Private Company Edition: In addition to Erasca’s big series B round, Mabwell reportedly brought in $278m. Also, Kurma, Venrock and Section bring the number of new VC funds in April to eight, raising $5.89bn, and former AveXis execs launched the new gene therapy venture Taysha.

Business development leaders and venture capital investors spoke at Biocom’s annual partnering conference about what they are seeking in relationships with entrepreneurs and start-ups.

Roche's main consideration when partnering is to "access great science" regardless of location. More of this is expected to come out of Asia, its global partnering head tells Scrip.

Former Ignyta executive Zachary Hornby wasn't wowed by immuno-oncology pitches when looking for his next cancer drug development company, but was intrigued by ecDNA research at UCSD, which also could generate a tumor agnostic approach.