[Editors' note: For more details about VC deals in 2017 and previous years, go to Medtech Insight's VC deal tracker: https://medtech.pharmamedtechbi.com/datasets/vc-funding]
VC Deals Analysis: Big Boost From Bumper Round
It had been a slow start to the year but one unusually large financing round from cancer diagnostics company Grail means the first quarter of 2017 has now outpaced the performance from any in the previous four years.
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