A first big pharma partnership for Ascidian, headed up by ex-Biogen research head Michael Ehlers, as the Swiss firm expands its gene editing and neuroscience efforts.

After chasing late-stage assets in 2023, Roche is moving back to its more diverse dealmaking approach. The company’s global head of pharma partnering, James Sabry, spoke to In Vivo about the value of partnerships at Roche and the formula for a successful collaboration. 

Private Company Edition: TCGX raises $1bn for its second fund, Goldman Sachs’ first fund totals $650m and Panlin’s biopharma fund grows. Also, Apollo’s series C increases to $260m, Avistone closes a $140m series B, OnCusp raises a $100m series A and HI-Bio grabs $95m in series B cash.

The news comes just under two years after Remix signed a partnership with J&J, and the biotech announced the same-day closing of a $60m financing to develop its lead product candidate.