Private Company Edition: Martin Mackay and two other former Alexion executives co-founded the rare disease start-up in January with a $37m Series A to kick things off. Also, Innovent raises $150m in venture cash, Tmunity adds $35m and Third Rock launches Cedilla.

A review of biopharma start-up deal-making and financing activity from July through September 2017, based on data from Strategic Transactions, showed that fundraising declined 18% from the previous quarter, however the number of acquisitions doubled to eight.

Continuing a partnership between Neon co-founder and two Netherlands Cancer Institute researchers, agreement will help autologous T-cell candidate move into Phase I. Plus Scrip's monthly roundup of tech transfer deals.

Pfizer-backed SpringWorks, ProQR spin-out Amylon and Landos, the first firm out of accelerator Xontogeny, gain their own financing. Other venture rounds support Autolus, Grid Therapeutics, Excision and more.