Building a narrow set of products and services that provide reliable and consistent revenue is a perfectly sound business strategy and one that sustains many biotech companies. But for the hungrier, like Twist Bioscience, Inc., a strategy of ongoing disruption and evolution has been more appealing and indeed is generating significant growth. Emily Leproust, Twist’s CEO, spoke with In Vivo about what it means to follow a value-added business strategy.

Taiho will pay Cullinan Oncology up to $405m for their joint venture and lead candidate for a form of lung cancer. Plus deals involving Zhaoke/Visus, AnGes/Eiger, Juniper/Helsinn, Peak Bio and more.

The start-up is built around four business units – technology, manufacturing, R&D and therapeutics – based on internal and external expertise. Kriya will take its first gene therapies into the clinic in 2023. 

AbbVie inks collaboration and option deal focused on targeted protein degradation with Plexium. Cend and Calabrius merge in an all-stock transaction.