Private Company Edition: Also, Medicxi’s new €200m fund will be reinvested in a portfolio of six life science companies and Silverback more than doubled its 2020 money with an $85m series C round.

The sponsors of up to seven new drugs or vaccines will find out this week whether their products will soon be approved in the EU. The products include two vaccines from Sanofi and what is possibly the first generic rival to Bayer's Xarelto to be assessed by the European Medicines Agency.

Apparently positive news for two unglamorous indications – acne and allergy – should be balanced against restrictive reimbursement and market fragmentation.

Since Palforzia likely will be the only peanut allergy drug on market for some time, Nestle announces it will pay about $2.6bn to acquire the 80% of Aimmune it doesn’t own.