Blackstone is providing $250m to combine Intellia’s gene editing and Cellex’s cell manufacturing capabilities in a new CAR-T company using Cellex subsidiary GEMoaB’s technology and pipeline as a foundation.

Pharma and the US biotech will target key regulators of cellular metabolism with focus on immune and neurological disorders. Royalty Pharma buys portion of PTC’s royalty rights to risdiplam, under development at Roche.

Derived from Strategic Transactions, Informa’s premium source for tracking life sciences deal activity, the Tech Transfer Deals column provides a monthly update on technology transfer deals, reporting licensing agreements between companies and universities or other research institutions within the In Vitro Diagnostics, Medical Devices, and Pharmaceuticals sectors. This month’s column covers deals announced November through December 2015.