Biopharma happenings, including deals and partnerships, grants, preclinical data and other news in brief: Afyx, Albireo, Algernon, Arecor, Brightgene, Cantargia, Cevec, Chardan Healthcare Acquisition, Citius, Dr. Reddy's, Defence, Eisai, Felix, Genequantum, Genscript, Illumina, Immunome, Innocan, Insilico, Intas, Isoprene, Kintor, Knoa, Merck, Neuexcell, Nova Mentis, Moderna, Purdue, Renovacor, Spark, Synimmune, UCB.