Derived from Strategic Transactions, Informa’s premium source for tracking life-sciences deals, the bimonthly Pacts In Medtech column pulls up notable technology alliances, R&D partnerships and commercial collaborations. In this edition, we highlight industry pacts that were sealed in July and August 2017.

Our monthly update on technology transfer deals--licensing agreements between companies and universities or other research institutions--in the fields of life sciences, including pharmaceuticals, medical devices, in vitro diagnostics and research/analytical instrumentation and reagents.

Jerusalem-based BioLineRx has signed a worldwide, exclusive licence agreement with Ramot, the technology transfer arm of Tel Aviv University, in order to gain access to the early-stage compound BL-7050, an orally available molecule for neuropathic and inflammatory pain. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Emerging tissue-engineering and cell transplantation therapies have the potential to provide solutions to many of the treatment challenges facing neurologists today.