Private Company Edition: Kymera said it will take up to three programs into the clinic by next year. Also, three new life science funds recently launched, including a Gates Foundation-backed accelerator for COVID-19 treatments, and Cell Medica reemerges as Kuur with new funding for CAR-NKT therapies.

Polyneuron, Synerkine, Harmony, EIP Pharma and AITI Life Sciences all raised cash in recent weeks to tackle various conditions involving the nervous system. More recent venture funding deals... 

The Irish specialty pharma has made its first filing in the US with an infusion of acetaminophen that Altan hopes will break the monopoly of Mallinckrodt's Ofirmev.

CEO of the Stevenage-based center hopes the new cell and gene manufacturing hub will see a growing life sciences ecosystem coalesce around it.