Public Company Edition: June has seen 14 initial public offerings by drug developers (and one big biopharma funder) after there were only 15 from January through May – and the month isn’t over yet. Follow-on and other offerings also are hitting the market at a rapid pace.

Public Company Edition: Legend Biotech raised $424m in its US public market debut. Also, Pfizer commits up to $500m for equity investments and Allogene capitalizes on ASCO with a $550m offering.

US biotech expands 2017 collaboration with Alnylam and inks collaboration with WuXi. Plus deals involving AbbVie, Allergan, Amazon, Thermo Fisher, Qiagen, Boehringer Ingelheim, Trutino, Taiho, Arcus, Eisai, Fuji Yakuhin, Hikma, Glenmark, Hanmi, GC, Bayer, GW.

The firm reorganized to focus on hemoglobinopathies and cancers after Celgene ended a multi-drug partnership. Also, Flagship funds a gene therapy start-up and brings in a business development veteran, Ultragenyx raises $320m in a royalty deal and Paratek secures up to $285m from BARDA.