Public Company Edition: The stock market has been unkind to biotech firms but investors rewarded some drug developers for clinical trial successes, including Scholar Rock and Day One, which raised $205m and $172.5m, respectively. However, some SPAC deals and an IPO never got off the ground.

Recent executive-level company changes and promotions in the biopharma, medical device and diagnostics industries.

This week’s roundup includes high-level appointments by Almirall, Hookipa Biotech and RXi Pharmaceuticals, in addition to CEO appointments by Karolinska Development and ReForm Biologics and various board announcements by companies including Faron and Redx.

With backing from Bayer and others, the US-based venture will develop iPSC therapies for cardiovascular and neurodegenerative diseases; other notable new financings involve Cerevance, Goldfinch Bio, NeuroPharma and Tenaya. Derived from Strategic Transactions, Informa’s premium source for tracking life sciences deal activity, the Venture Funding Deals column provides a comprehensive monthly review of emerging biopharmaceutical companies that have received venture funding. This month’s column covers deals announced November through December 2016.