Mucosal and other new vaccines in development should target infection and transmission prevention, as White House’s Ashish Jha calls for them to be ‘better than terrific.’ But with the market transitioning to a flu-like status, incentives for big investments seem limited.

Derived from Strategic Transactions, Informa’s premium source for tracking life sciences deal activity, the Venture Funding Deals column provides a comprehensive monthly review of emerging biopharmaceutical companies that have received venture funding. This month’s column covers deals announced in August and September.

Private Company Edition: Deerfield is funding a new life science campus. Also, BioFractura gets up to $67.4m in BARDA contract in recent grant and government deal surge, Mission Bay raises a $60m fund and Amphivena closes a $62m VC round.

Arteaus sells royalty stream from Lilly's Emgality giving investors a $260m payday. Also, Pfizer spin-out SpringWorks nabs another $125m, Arch Oncology and Prevail Therapeutics close $50m Series B rounds, and Karuna's recent financing grows to $80m.