A busy stretch of deal-making across Asia all includes transactions involving Innovent, Alector, Ono, Numab, Alphamab, 3DMed, Healios, Athersys, Laekna, Novartis, Asahi Kasei, SBI Biotech, Glenmark, Hindustan Unilever, Hanlim, Alteogen, Ildong, Evotec, AJU Pharm, Ribomec, Tyligand, Context

The drug development arm of the UK charity, Cancer Research UK, has started early clinical development of potentially a new type of anticancer, a Cdc7 inhibitor, discovered by Eli Lilly, in an effort that could boost traction in this new area of research.