The company, which has treatments in the clinic for CLN2 Batten disease and APOE4-associated Alzheimer’s disease, is developing AAV-mediated gene therapies designed for safer outcomes.

Biotech licenses drug composition patents from University of Alaska Fairbanks for study in several disease states. Gilead seeks long-acting HIV therapy or prevention with broadly neutralizing antibodies discovered by Rockefeller U.

In a review of biopharma start-up dealmaking and financing activity from January through March, based on data from Strategic Transactions, Anthos completed the largest venture capital round in the first quarter, raising $250m.

Bayer will collaborate with start-up Hope Medicine to develop antibody therapies targeting the PRL receptor. WARF and Sanford Burnham Prebys partner on translational research.