Looking to develop the first drug therapy for FA, Larimar gets US FDA hold due to deaths in non-human primate study. This alters clinical development timelines and fundraising plans for the firm.

Roche will obtain options to license candidates discovered and optimized by Rheos under the collaboration. Jazz acquires US rights to PharmaMar SCLC candidate, while Biogen teams with both Ionis and Catalyst.

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This month's roundup also records a second tie-up between Florida State and Spotlight Innovations, while Taiwan's Lin Biosciences licenses global rights to a CDC7 kinase inhibitor from Columbia and Memorial Sloan Kettering.