ARCH closed a $3bn VC fund to end the month of June while in the same week six public biopharma firms said they are cutting jobs. Even so, some publicly traded companies have been able to launch sizeable offerings, including a $450m note sale by Cytokinetics and Xenon’s $250m follow-on. 

As the COVID-19 pandemic wore on, industry clamored for the US FDA to re-inspect troubled drug manufacturing plants remotely if need be to clear them for new approvals. Now FDA investigators are out in force and early returns from Sun, Aurobindo, Lupin and Sterling suggest these re-inspections will be as tough as ever.

The latest drug development news and highlights from the Pink Sheet’s US FDA Performance Tracker.

Having looked at four prominent drug candidates which are expecting important top-line data this quarter, with the help of Biomedtracker's Q2 Outlook Report, we take a look at four other assets that could soon break into the US market, from infectious diseases to diabetes.