• By Beth Allan, Deanna Kamienski, and Maureen Riordan
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.
While the traditional summer recess led to an expected drop in the number of alliances in August, there was still a good level of activity from medtech players – with a couple of joint ventures thrown in – right through the month before.
Among the industry pacts sealed in July was between Japan's Pentax Medical and a much smaller and younger Chinese player, Aohua Photoelectricity Endoscope, to create a joint venture focused...
