Wim Geomaere

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.

Biopharma start-ups raised $299 million and just over half were Series A rounds. Device companies brought in $134 million, while two diagnostics firms raised $10 million total. Ophthalmology was the most popular theracat for biopharma alliances. Just one acquisition involving a start-up took place.