The menopause drug elinzanetant, which has just gone into Phase III, has joined Kerendia, Verquvo and Nubeqa as a candidate that Bayer believes has a peak sales potential of more than €1bn.

Seattle biotech raised $36m series A in March, now obtains glaucoma and AMD drug candidates along with delivery technology. Alligator, Orion partner on bispecific antibodies for cancer.

It has taken just seven weeks from a cold call to completion and the German major has got its hands on a prized asset in Vividion which was on the verge of listing on the NASDAQ. The companies told Scrip how the deal was done.

Although Bayer's radiopharmaceutical for prostate cancer Xofigo has proved a commercial disappointment, the Leverkusen-headquartered firm is keen to advance its pipeline of targeted alpha therapies, snapping up Noria and its subsidiary PSMA Therapeutics.