Cancer deals involve City of Hope/Chimeric, CARISMA/NYU, Sorrento/Mayo Clinic, Rain/Drexel, Diaprost/Memorial Sloan Kettering, Alkido/University of Kentucky. Plus, research collaborations in brief.

Brandon Capital, an Australian venture capital firm, has closed its third Medical Research Commercialisation Fund (MRCF), raising Aus$200m (around US$155m) and marking the country's largest ever life sciences-focused VC fundraising.

Dr Janet Woodcock wants to get one thing straight: She's not going anywhere.

US state lawmakers last week joined a growing chorus, which also includes some members of Congress, calling for transparency and a cautious approach in the ongoing highly secretive negotiations for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) free-trade agreement with Australia, Brunei, Chile, Malaysia, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, Vietnam, Canada and Mexico, with the 13th round of the pact's talks, which began on 2 July, concluding on 10 July in San Diego.