Public Company Edition: Denali, Crinetics and Ocular Therapeutix grossed $500m, $350m and $325m, respectively, in private placements ahead of data readouts. Also, Viking raised $550m after its positive Phase II obesity data and Abingworth invested $210m in Gilead’s Trodelvy NSCLC trials.

Janux reported early clinical trial data for its lead asset JANX007 that may show differentiated efficacy in the crowded PSMA space and for an EGFR agent with lung and kidney tumor shrinkage.

The French non-profit, whose IP is incorporated in Zolgensma, is taking its Crigler-Najjar gene therapy into a pivotal study on its own for now. It hopes to be ready for an EU filing in two years.

Turnstone’s initial public offering comes just one week after Apogee and Sagimet launched US IPOs. Also, Westlake Village BioPartners raised $450m for its third venture capital fund and argenx grossed $1.27bn in a post-Phase III follow-on offering.