The number of coronavirus cases in Massachusetts surged to 108 on Thursday, as the caseload from the Biogen outbreak continued to swell. State health officials say they have now tracked 108 cases, with 82 of them tied directly to staffers or close contacts of employees who attended Biogen’s strategy meeting at the Boston Marriott Long Wharf in late February.

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Pfizer was first to the finish line for the next-gen pneumococcal vaccine in adults, but Merck beat its rival with a jab for children in June.

Now, two months after Merck’s 15-valent Vaxneuvance won the FDA stamp of approval for kids, Pfizer is out with some late-stage data on its 20-valent shot for infants.

Known as Prevnar 20 for adults, Pfizer’s 20vPnC will head to the FDA by the end of this year for an approval request in infants, the Big Pharma said Friday morning. Discussions with the FDA will occur first and more late-stage pediatric trials are expected to read out soon, informing the regulatory pathway in other countries and regions.

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CSL is gathering its brands under the family name umbrella, renaming its vaccine and newly acquired nephrology specialty businesses with the parent initials.

CSL Seqirus and CSL Vifor join CSL Plasma and CSL Behring as the four now uniformly branded business units of the global biopharma. The Seqirus vaccine division was formed in 2015 with the combination of bioCSL and its purchase of Novartis’ flu vaccine business. CSL picked up Vifor Pharma late last year in an $11.7 billion deal for the nephrology, iron deficiency and cardio-renal drug developer.

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In 2019, Aptinyx’s stock cratered after it reported that its lead candidate failed a diabetic nerve pain trial. After some ‘further analysis,’ the biotech re-upped with that same non-opioid pain drug in two more mid-stage studies — another diabetic nerve pain trial and later a fibromyalgia trial.

In April, Aptinyx reported that its second diabetic nerve pain trial also fell through. However, the Illinois-based penny stock biotech had one more shot for its NMDA-modulating drug, dubbed NYX-2925, in fibromyalgia.

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As public biotechs seek to climb out of the bear market, a popular strategy to raise cash has been through public offerings on the heels of positive data. But one proposed raise Wednesday appeared to take advantage not of a company’s own data, but those from a competitor.

Cerevel Therapeutics plans to raise $250 million in a public offering and another $250 million in debt, the biotech announced Wednesday afternoon, even though it did not report any news on its pipeline. However, the move comes days after rival Karuna Therapeutics touted positive Phase III data in schizophrenia, a field where Cerevel is pursuing a similar program.

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