Pacts In Medtech, Sept/Oct 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 September and October 2017.

Pacts In Medtech

The last couple of months have been a busy time for UK liquid biopsy company, Angle PLC. The firm may not be the biggest player in this broad and increasingly competitive area but it has made significant inroads as one of the leading runners in the circulating tumor cell capture field with its Parsortix system, which is currently being used by several cancer research institutes in the diagnosis and monitoring of various cancers.

September saw Angle put even more distance between itself and its CTC cell capture rivals when it nabbed Qiagen as...

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