Her experience in banking and consultancy helped C4XD strategy chief Bhavna Hunjan to build a team that drives corporate development through partnerships, with a focus on attractive preclinical data packages to out-license to pharmaceutical companies.

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The JP Morgan conference uptick in biopharma deal-making has begun with more than 20 deals announced this week, including the latest Bayer/Evotec partnership and Pfizer’s cancer tie-up with eFFECTOR.

Partnership will use Carna’s proprietary lipid kinase drug discovery platform, bringing another aspect to Gilead’s IO efforts. Catalent continues expansion by acquiring Novavax R&D assets; Genfit licenses elafibranor in China to Terns.