Deals In Depth: September 2013
Executive Summary
Biogen and Isis teamed up for the fourth time in a new deal worth $450 million, focused on CNS disorders; Stryker gained robotic-assisted surgery expertise in its $1.4 billion acquisition of MAKO Surgical. Biopharma financing more than doubled in September compared with the previous month, reaching $1.7 billion and boosted by KV Pharma’s $375 million offering; device fundraising also increased, to $205 million, driven by early-stage venture rounds.
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