While other medical device start-ups are turning away from international distribution, ev3, a new endovascular roll-up founded by a number of former SciMed executives, is preaching the value and importance of an international sales effort and are inviting other device companies to join them.

In Vivo presents another installment of our quarterly review of dealmaking--in this case February 2001-May 2001. Our data comes from Windhover's Strategic Transactions Database. We include medical device financings by industry segment and by deal type; medical device M&A; diagnostic financings and alliances by product category; pharma and biotech alliances by technology segment; pharma and biotech alliances by deal type, and pharma and biotech financings by market segment and therapeutic category.