Plus deals involving Sanofi/Adocia, Sirnaomics/EDIRNA, Eisai/DRI Healthcare, Sangamo/Voyager, Liquidia/Pharmosa, Tonix/Upsher-Smith and more.

With strong government support over the past two decades, the Singaporean life sciences industry has matured. Initially known as a manufacturing hub, Singapore’s innovation ecosystem is now thriving, but the challenge is to cultivate commercialization power.

Leaders of burgeoning ophthalmology companies pitched innovations for treating glaucoma, macular degeneration and corneal blindness to potential investors and partners at the LSI Emerging Medtech Summit in Dana Point, CA. Here’s what Medtech Insight heard and learned in on-site interviews with chief executives.

In his recent report on Alcon, BTIG analyst Ryan Zimmerman estimated that its pharmaceutical portfolio could generate close to $900m in fiscal year 2022.