Plus transactions involving Nissan Chemical/Sanwa Kagaku, Memel/Therabest, Chugai/Alnylam, Takeda/Kumquat, Nxera/Handok, 3SBio/CStone and deals in brief.

The Sweden-headquartered biotech has emphasized the promising survival data in a head and neck cancer study of setanaxib rather than the NOX inhibitor’s inability to shrink tumors.

Already in Phase III for PAH, Gossamer said it can take seralutinib into Phase III for PH-ILD at least four years earlier than planned under its alliance with respiratory disease expert Chiesi.

The attraction of listing in the US for innovative companies is clear but the heads of the Swiss Biotech Association tell Scrip that start-ups should remember the advantages of playing at home and not waste too much energy and time on worrying about being on the NASDAQ.