Sanofi has entered a research agreement with drug discovery services provider Axxam.

The partnership is aimed at optimising numerous small molecules targeted against a range of diseases of the central nervous system (CNS).

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Axxam expects the partnership to help strengthen its platform to generate leads for discovering small molecule drugs.

Axxam is based in Italy, whereas Sanofi is a pharmaceutical company based in France.

US-based Entasis Therapeutics has completed a series B-1 extension financing round to raise additional $31.9m from Pivotal bioVenture Partners, Sofinnova Ventures and TPG Biotech.

The proceeds are intended to be used to advance the company’s portfolio of anti-infective programmes to mid and late-stage clinical development.

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"US-based Entasis Therapeutics has completed a series B-1 extension financing round to raise additional $31.9m from Pivotal bioVenture Partners, Sofinnova Ventures and TPG Biotech."

Helsinn Therapeutics (US) has obtained a non-exclusive, non-sublicensable right from Novartis AG to provide detailing services for the latter’s drug Zykadia in the US, as part of a co-promotion agreement signed between the two companies.

Zykadia is approved as a treatment for patients with ALK-positive metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) as detected with an FDA-approved test.

Novartis is a healthcare company based in Switzerland, while Helsinn Therapeutics is a pharmaceutical company and subsidiary of Helsinn Holding.

India-based pharmaceutical company Sayre Therapeutics Private has closed a second round of venture financing to raise $8m from Accel Partners and Aarin Asset Advisors.

The company has concurrently raised $1m from InnoVen Capital in venture debt financing.

The proceeds will be used to expand the company’s teams in India, perform clinical trials of its in-licensed assets, and to expand its geographical footprint in other South Asian countries.