Beautiful Mornin' for Oklahoma's Selexys as it bags $665m Novartis option and venture round

A Series A financing concurrent with a Big Pharma option to buy your lead drug candidate? The scenario is not as elusive as it may seem, since the US venture Selexys Pharmaceuticals - like other private companies since MPM Capital began managing investment funds for Novartis Pharmaceuticals in 2007 - has achieved both financial milestones in one fell swoop.