Private Company Edition: Attovia will advance two anti-IL-31 programs with its $105m in series B funding, while ImmuNext secured $575m in a Royalty Pharma deal for its Sanofi-partnered drug. Also, Bluejay and Aardvark raised $182m and $85m, respectively, in series C rounds. 

The company told Scrip that the sixth patient with elevated liver enzymes and low platelets recovered after hospital observation and oral steroids, and it may still continue VERVE-101’s development.

Eisai/Biogen’s Alzheimer’s drug has fallen foul of a recent court ruling over the handling of the European Medicines Agency’s experts' competing interests.

The EU regulatory agency’s discussions for lecanemab’s approval are hit by a decision to annul advice from an advisory committee due to the implications of a Court of Justice ruling on the handling of experts' competing interests.