US-based, China-focused CANbridge moves into cholestatic liver disease and enzyme replacement therapy via two deals. Plus deals involving LegoChem, TransThera, Morepen, Daiichi Sankyo, Geneseeq, Innocare, Biosplice, Sirnaomics and Walvax.

During Bausch Health’s first quarter earnings call, CEO Papa said he’ll lead Bausch + Lomb following the corporate split. Overall the company reported flat revenues, but said its pandemic rebound is ongoing.

Bouncing back from the pandemic more strongly than its peers, AbbVie sees 40% growth for Botox and Juvederm, a good launch for Ubrelvy and continued strength from its mainstays.

Slated to begin a Phase III later this year of ADVM-022 in wet AMD, Adverum had to scuttle a Phase II study of the gene therapy in DME after a patient suffered ocular hypotension, panuveitis and vision loss in the treated eye.

Pfizer will develop the novel antifungal fosmanogepix. The big pharma has made several other recent anti-infective deals, including when it expanded its BioNTech vaccine alliance to include COVID-19.

With disappointing revenues during Q1 due to the pandemic impact on sales and price pressure on Taltz, the pharma gave a long-term, pipeline-focused growth narrative. Alzheimer's filing plans pushed back.