Pacts In Medtech: November/December 2016

06 Jan 2017

• By Beth Allan, Deanna Kamienski, and Maureen Riordan

Derived from Strategic Transactions, Informa’s premium source for tracking life-sciences deals, this new bimonthly Pacts In Medtech column pulls up notable technology alliances, R&D partnerships and commercial collaborations. This month we highlight deals announced in November and December 2016.

Cooperation at work — Medtech co-operation and collaboration • Source: shutterstock.com

The final two months of 2016 spelled a busy time for deal-making and forging alliances. Google's life-sciences division, Verily, which has been busy partnering up with health-care companies throughout the year, managed to squeeze another agreement in before the year was out.

This time, Verily's partner was with Optos, the UK-based retinal imaging specialist that was acquired by Japanese group Nikon in...