An Alliance for Regenerative Medicine (ARM) report shows big Q1 numbers for venture capital and partnership deals. Also, mid-May VC deals surge globally across therapeutic areas, Biogen pushes back against a bargain-hunting investor and recent public company financings.

This latest roundup includes EFPIA's appointment of Nathalie Moll to director general, CEO appointments by YposKesi and Symbiomix Therapeutics, as well as various executive appointments by PureTech Health, Arterial Capital Management and Mitra Biotech.

In Vivo presents another installment of our quarterly reivew of dealmaking--in this case April-June 2003. Our data come from Windhover's Strategic Transactions Database. We include medical device financings by deal type; diagnostic financings by industry segment; pharma and biotech alliances by therapeutic category and industry segment; pharma and biotech financings by market segment, and pharma and biotech M&A.