Biopharma happenings, including deals and partnerships, grants, preclinical data and other news in brief: Acerus, Ajinomoto, Argenx, Aspect, BMS, Celonic, Curevac, Confo, Dicerna, GSK, Hansa, Huyabio, Index, Ixaka, JSR, Kiadis, Lianbio, Maylen, Merck & Co., Monopar, Novartis, Oncotelic, Ovid, Sanofi, Sumitomo Dainippon, Takeda, Tarsus.