Viva Biotech and Adjutor Group have announced a collaboration aimed at expanding their international business networks and strengthening engagement with global life sciences partners.

Innovent Biologics and Eli Lilly and Company have signed a distribution and promotion agreement for Verzenios® (abemaciclib) in mainland China.

Ionis Pharmaceuticals has signed a licensing agreement with Recordati, granting the company exclusive rights to develop and commercialise the investigational medicine zilganersen for Alexander disease (AxD)

Passage Bio and Remix Therapeutics have entered into a definitive merger agreement in an all-stock transaction that will combine the two biotechnology companies. Following completion of the deal, the merged business

Combotope Therapeutics has entered into a strategic research collaboration with Boehringer Ingelheim to develop next-generation cancer therapies based on tumour-selective antibodies.

Bayer has entered into a drug discovery collaboration with Iambic Therapeutics, a clinical-stage biotechnology company that develops medicines using artificial intelligence. The partnership will focus on the discovery of small-molecule therapies.

Boltz PBC has announced a collaboration with Takeda to deploy its advanced biomolecular artificial intelligence models and platform across Takeda’s research organisation.

Jazz Pharmaceuticals and AbCellera have entered into a preclinical research collaboration, option and licence agreement to discover and develop next-generation T-cell engaging (TCE) multispecific antibodies for gastrointestinal (GI) cancers and other solid tumours.

Eli Lilly and Company has acquired 4E Therapeutics, an Austin-based neuroscience company focused on developing non-opioid treatments for chronic pain. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Johnson & Johnson has announced an investment of more than $1 billion to expand its vision care operations in Jacksonville, Florida, strengthening its manufacturing, packaging and distribution capabilities in the United States.