Private Company Edition: TVM, Focus/MD Anderson and RA Capital launched new venture capital funds. Also, LianBio’s $310m crossover financing, AavantiBio’s Sarepta-backed $107m series A and Sirnaomics’ $105m series D led recent VC rounds. 

With gene editing making the news again after the recent Nobel Prize for CRISPR, China’s EdiGene has been raising new funds to accelerate its pipeline to the clinic, led by a potential one-time cure for thalassemia and helped by recent regulatory changes.

Agency directs Sprout to disseminate corrective messages about the risks associated with the female sexual dysfunction pill. Sprout previously challenged FDA’s alcohol labeling requirements.

In its second letter of the year, US Office of Prescription Drug Promotion says Xeris Pharmaceuticals’ television ad fails to include important risk information and misleadingly suggests Gvoke pre-filled syringe can be easily used.