Twist Bioscience has completed a private placement of shares to raise $50m.
The company plans to use part of the proceeds towards investment in emerging market opportunities of digital data storage in DNA and drug discovery.
Based in the US, Twist Bioscience is a developer of a proprietary semiconductor-based synthetic DNA manufacturing.
Kangmei Pharmaceutical plans to issue medium-term notes in a public offering to raise CNY1bn ($159.21m).
Due March 2021, the medium-term notes carry a coupon rate of 6.1%.
Based in China, Kangmei is a pharmaceutical products manufacturer.
China Construction Bank Corporation and China Minsheng Bank are acting as underwriters for the transaction.
US-based pharmaceutical company ANI Pharmaceuticals has purchased the generic ANDA product portfolio from Australian pharmaceutical products provider IDT Australia for $2.73m.
ANI Pharmaceuticals acquired 23 previously marketed generic drug products in addition to active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) for $0.13m, as part of the acquisition.
IDT Australia will receive a share of the profits from the sale of Prazosin for a period of 60 months, upon its launch. It will also retain the right to produce and supply Doxazosin Mesylate and Calcium Leucovorin products, which are manufactured at its Boronia facilities.
ANI Pharmaceuticals will be responsible for the commercialisation and pharmacovigilance and regulatory costs of the divested ANDA product portfolio.
The acquisition will enable ANI Pharmaceuticals to build a pipeline of approved generic drug products.
Daiichi Sankyo and DarwinHealth have signed a research agreement, under which the latter will provide proprietary novel cancer target database to the former.
Darwin Health will receive an upfront payment and development and commercialisation milestone-based payments, as part of the agreement.
Based in Japan, Daiichi Sankyo is a pharmaceutical company, while DarwinHealth is a US-based precision therapeutics company focused on cancer medicine.
The agreement will enable both companies to identify novel, high-value cancer targets.
