Restructuring Edition: OrbiMed/Foresite and Concentra responded quickly after Theseus implemented a 72% workforce reduction and began a search for strategic alternatives despite having $225.4m in cash. REGENXBIO, Novavax and Lyell also revealed job cuts despite large cash stockpiles.

From synthetic data to real-world data, from patient engagement to patient stratification, from combination trials to master protocols and from fully decentralized through hybrid to onsite trials, the world of clinical development is undergoing major changes. Fifty executives share their predictions around clinical trial trends for the year ahead.

Public Company Edition: PTC will get $350m up front as part of an initial $500m commitment. Also, while Biohaven and Vaxcyte launched traditional follow-on offerings, Recursion and Agios took the private placement and royalty sale routes, while others revealed job cuts and other strategic updates. 

News that the Australian biotech's paxalisib did not meet pre-defined criteria to continue into the second stage of a major glioblastoma platform trial saw Kazia's stock crash, but investor reaction appears to be excessive.