MD Anderson buys tech from Bellicum; Tarsus’ Lyme disease trial data; Rigel takes Gavreto

Plus, Oc­u­lar Ther­a­peu­tix’s pri­vate place­ment, Lim­maT­e­ch Bi­o­log­ics’ shigel­losis vac­cine da­ta and a col­lab­o­ra­tion be­tween Hox Ther­a­peu­tics and Ver­nalis.

MD An­der­son buys tech from Bel­licum: The Texas can­cer re­search in­sti­tu­tion said it has ac­quired “cer­tain as­sets” and IP from its Hous­ton neigh­bor, which last year start­ed a strate­gic re­view process. MD An­der­son will use the “safe­ty switch” tech in its cell ther­a­pies, and the can­cer cen­ter plans to ink non-ex­clu­sive li­cens­es with oth­er aca­d­e­m­ic groups and bio­phar­ma com­pa­nies so they can ac­cess it, as well. — Kyle LaHu­cik

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