Plus deals involving Incyte/CMS, Biocytogen/ABL, Bharat/Biofabri/Bilthoven, Dr. Reddy’s/Pharmazz, Veeda/Heads, Sosei Heptares/GSK, BioGeometry/Sanyou, Ono/Sibylla and Teijin/BioProjet

Bristol Myers Squibb CEO Christopher Boerner is looking to India to house the the company’s largest R&D site outside of the US, channeling the country's IT expertise to expand its AI-driven small-molecule research. He also wants to bring its drugs to treat multiple sclerosis and Lupus to India.

Zydus is developing a novel ADC, one of the most challenging but rewarding treatment modalities today as others in the class like Kadcyla and Enhertu prove. The Indian firm's managing director spoke to Scrip about R&D efforts, recent policy moves and gains from making the world’s first approved recombinant plasmid DNA vaccine.

Geron’s telomerase inhibitor will also get standard review for transfusion-dependent anemia in adults with low- to intermediate-1 risk myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS), suggesting FDA reviewers may be less bullish on imetelstat’s clinical data than analysts have been.