Totals for aggregate deals and in the M&A, alliance and divestment categories were similar among the 10 busiest deal makers from 2020 to 2021, but COVID-19 may have driven a more hectic deal-making pace overall in 2020.

After discussions with the FDA, which has made its feelings clear on accelerated approvals, Incyte has concluded it cannot complete the confirmatory trials in lymphomas that would be needed on parsaclisib in time to make them worth their while.

Building on its Loxo Oncology unit, Lilly teams with Foghorn to target cancers caused by BRG1 mutations, about 5% of all tumors, including 10% of NSCLC patients. Merck & Co. teamed up with Foghorn in 2020.

Public Company Edition: Blade will merge with a special purpose acquisition corporation to go public, Bluebird spins out 2seventy with $442m in cash and Compass raises $125m in a move to the Nasdaq.