Amicus announced its ambitions in gene therapy last year, recently purchased Celenex and 10 pipeline candidates, and now partners with Penn on gene therapies. Celltrion is collaborating with Emory in atherosclerosis therapies.

Cancer vaccine development is not the only R&D avenue being pursued by the Czech Republic-based biotech, SOTIO, which is aiming to become a fully-integrated biopharma company.

Boehringer Ingelheim's Paola Casarosa explains that when her company partners with academia, it looks for the best way to mine that level of expertise rather than trying to fit the collaboration to a preferred deal model. Plus, our roundup includes three cancer-related deals and one for dry eye disease.

Derived from Strategic Transactions, Informa’s premium source for tracking life sciences deal activity, the Dealmaking column is a survey of recent health care transactions listed by relevant industry segment – In Vitro Diagnostics, Medical Devices, and Pharmaceuticals – and then categorized by type – Acquisition, Alliance, or Financing. This month’s column covers deals announced in May 2016.