Pharma moves Phase III-ready antibody to prevent pneumonia to Aridis, licenses preclinical STING inhibitors from F-star. Sanofi teams with SRI on AI-directed discovery, Biogen licenses BTK inhibitor from InnoCare.

The European Medicines Agency will decide this week whether BMS and bluebird bio’s cell-based gene therapy for multiple myeloma should be approved for use in the EU. 

The Pink Sheet's list of EU centralized approvals of new active substances has been updated to include three new products, including GlaxoSmithKline's Jemperli (dostarlimab), which is the first anti-PD-1 therapy approved for recurrent or advanced endometrial cancer. 

More C-Suite level pharma executives are lending their domain expertise to private equity firms, which then use their skills for commercial due diligence on targets or in an operating partner role in portfolio companies once a deal is sealed. PEs are also increasingly opting for control deals, at least in India, with an aim to run the acquired firm professionally thereon.