After the recent spike in COVID-19, China has allowed the public to buy rapid antigen home-use tests. Prices offered in a recent government tender were cut by over 50% as local manufacturers rushed meet the demand opportunity.

The Dealmaking column is a survey of recent transactions, including strategic alliances, mergers & acquisitions, and financings, in the life sciences industries. Deals are listed by the following industry sectors: in vitro diagnostics, medical devices, pharmaceuticals, and research/analytical instrumentation and reagents. All transactions are excerpted from Elsevier's Strategic Transactions database, providing comprehensive transaction coverage from 1991 to the present.

A roundup of recent medtech mergers & acquisitions, strategic alliances, and financings.

Inhibikase Therapeutics, a creator of anti-infective therapies, has elected Dr Steven Gilman to its board of directors. Dr Gilman currently serves as executive vice-president, R&D and chief scientific officer at Cubist Pharmaceuticals. Prior to this, he was chairman, president and CEO of ActivBiotics.