Pieris and Genentech try partnering again after a disappointing IO tie-up before. Biogen’s hectic May includes partnerships with Ginkgo, Envisagenics, Capsigen and an opt-in on TMS’s stroke candidate.

Acasti’s omega-3 candidate drug CaPre missed the primary endpoint in TRILOGY-1 due to an unexplained high placebo effect, as AstraZeneca said its STRENGTH study was unlikely to show a treatment benefit.

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Winter is coming, yet China’s financial market is still hot for healthcare companies looking at a prosperous period of investment before the year ends. Capital investments from Chinese investors dramatically increased in November, particularly in the precision medicines segment. Although Chinese Creat Group’s expected record-breaking outbound pharmaceutical acquisition deal worth $1.5bn failed to gain US approval, cross-border M&A remained active.