Qpex licenses rights to its antibiotic portfolio in China to Brii Biosciences. Moberg and DongKoo partner on commercialization of onychomycosis therapy in Korea.

Cipla expands on its in-licensing strategy in India with Lilly’s insulin glargine product, while Aptose signs second agreement with CrystalGenomics to add Chinese rights for leukemia candidate CG-806, and Yakult gains Japanese rights to Verastem's duvelisib.

Derived from Strategic Transactions, Informa’s premium source for tracking life sciences deal activity, the Venture Funding column provides a comprehensive monthly review of emerging life science companies that have received VC funding, including companies within the In Vitro Diagnostics, Medical Devices, and Pharmaceuticals sectors. This month’s column covers deals announced June through August 2014.

Antabio SAS is taking an antivirulence rather than an antibiotic approach to treat gram-negative nosocomial infections. When combined with marketed antibiotics, the compounds in its pipeline have potential to target key virulence pathways in pathogenic bacteria, and thus reduce patient mortality and associated costs.