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Deal Statistics Quarterly, Q3 2003

Executive Summary

In Vivo presents another installment of our quarterly reivew of dealmaking--in this case July-September 2003. Our data come from Windhover's Strategic Transactions Database. We include medical device financings by deal type; diagnostic financings by industry segment; pharma and biotech alliances by therapeutic category and industry segment; pharma and biotech financings by market segment, and pharma and biotech M&A.

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