MD Anderson teams with Eisbach on precision oncology and with Yingli on a five-year translational research effort. Moffitt inks tie-ups with Dyve and Turnstone.

Private Company Edition: Amylyx will use its new cash to run a Phase III trial and submit applications seeking EU and Canadian approvals of AMX0035, but US filing plans based on prior Phase II/III data are less clear. Also, three VC firms raised new funds targeting biopharma and other investments.

The recently concluded BIO annual meeting included several sessions focused on the practice of business development. In this extra edition of our BIO 2021 notebook, Scrip collected observations about best practices for partnerships.

Genentech will use the X-Chem platform to obtain leads against multiple oncology targets. Lilly partners with Merus on CD3-targeting T-cell therapy candidates.