The firm reorganized to focus on hemoglobinopathies and cancers after Celgene ended a multi-drug partnership. Also, Flagship funds a gene therapy start-up and brings in a business development veteran, Ultragenyx raises $320m in a royalty deal and Paratek secures up to $285m from BARDA. 

China-focused venture goes against tide by acquiring anti-infective assets via multiple deals that will build out its pipeline in an area deprioritized by big pharma.

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

Building on research by Dana-Farber professor Wayne Marasco, the partners are backing a bispecific approach to CAR-Ts in solid tumors. Seelos licenses a Parkinson’s gene therapy candidate from Duke.