Lilly looks To Elektrofi for help on subcutaneous injectable therapies, while NAYA will merge with INVO and acquire two antibodies from Cytovia. Plus deals involving Hummingbird/Endeavor, Basilea/Gravitas/Intron, Lilly/Mablink and Sotio/Synaffix.

Canaan Partners-backed biotech will investigate the therapeutic potential of three-way junctions in folded RNA. UC Berkeley and Duke sign separate license agreements related to CRISPR gene-editing technology.

Recent executive-level company changes and promotions in the biopharma, medical device, and diagnostics industries.

Two Western big pharmas struck back-to-back deals this week with two U.S. biopharmas and will bring their innovative drugs to Asia without a local partner. The details of the deals are different, but both signal a willingness on the part of biopharmas to partner with experienced, feet-on-the-ground Western companies as a route into emerging Asian markets, though they’ll still need to find a local partner down the road.