Boehringer Ingelheim's Paola Casarosa explains that when her company partners with academia, it looks for the best way to mine that level of expertise rather than trying to fit the collaboration to a preferred deal model. Plus, our roundup includes three cancer-related deals and one for dry eye disease.

Derived from Strategic Transactions, Informa’s premium source for tracking life sciences deal activity, the Dealmaking column is a survey of recent health care transactions listed by relevant industry segment – In Vitro Diagnostics, Medical Devices, and Pharmaceuticals – and then categorized by type – Acquisition, Alliance, or Financing. This month’s column covers deals announced March 2015.