Editas regains rights to ocular programs first partnered with Allergan in 2017. Newly public F-star will focus on bispecific antibodies for cancer, TriSalus acquires oncology candidate from Dynavax.

Augmedics' employees formed a limited liability company and raised $4m from employees to finance the launch of the company's augmented reality surgical guidance system.

Medical device companies – including Sientra, Endologix and Invacare – won loans from the US government’s Paycheck Protection Program, intended to protect jobs during the coronavirus pandemic. In total, nearly 1,400 device makers collected as much as $1.6bn, according to a Medtech Insight analysis of PPP data.

Deal Snapshot: Set to begin a Phase II study that Alpine will complete, ALPN-101 is a dual inhibitor of CD28 and ICOS that may offer a new treatment option in SLE.