Plus deals involving SK Biopharmaceuticals, Hikma and Proteovant, Day One/Sprint, Eyenovia/Formosa, Clinigen/CNX, Ikena/Pionyr and more.

During Q4, biopharma merger and acquisition value reached $35.7bn and drew in $62.1bn in potential deal value from alliances. Device company M&A values reached $19.2bn, while in vitro diagnostic firms and research tools players completed M&A activity that totaled $4.8bn.

Recent executive-level company changes and promotions in the biopharma, medical device, and diagnostics industries.

Derived from Strategic Transactions, Informa’s premium source for tracking life sciences deal activity, the Venture Funding column provides a comprehensive monthly review of emerging life science companies that have received VC funding, including companies within the In Vitro Diagnostics, Medical Devices, and Pharmaceuticals sectors. This month’s column covers deals announced June through August 2014.