Pacts In Medtech: May/June 2017

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 May and June 2017.

Pacts In Medtech

R&D and commercial alliances in June were wholly dominated by partnerships between big names in molecular diagnostics, such as Johnson & Johnson 's Janssen Biotech Inc., Cepheid and Qiagen NV.

Janssen Biotech and Cepheid were both involved in industry linkups. The former's deal with Adaptive Biotechnologies Corp. is a...

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