Bausch seeks to add eyecare assets in Allegro deal. AstraZeneca hopes preclinical PCSK9 inhibitor from Dogma can compete with dyslipidemia leaders. Exelixis options ADC candidates from Catalent and NBE.

Two years after its first big Navacim-based tie-up with Novartis, Parvus could earn beyond $800m in autoimmune R&D pact with Genentech. Iconic licenses ADC tech from Zymeworks, then out-licenses lead candidate to Exelixis.

This week's new appointments include the move by the second former big pharma executive to a PBM in the space of a week, plus a new CFO at Johnson & Johnson, and new CEOs at Alder BioPharmaceuticals, OncoMed and Hansa Medical. Other hires were announced by Astellas Americas, Merck & Co, Valbiotis, Bicycle Therapeutics, Sorrento Therapeutics, Gritstone Oncology and Oxford BioMedica. 

Celgene will pursue "high-impact" indications using Vividion's proteomics technology, while Magenta will use Heidelberg's technology to try to optimize bone marrow transplants.