Fujifilm has successfully transformed its business strategy by expanding away from traditional photographic film and toward new priority business fields – significantly in regenerative medicine. Identifying health care as a key growth area, Fujifilm targets the role of being a comprehensive provider in the fields of prevention, diagnosis and treatment.

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 November through December 2013

Derived from Strategic Transactions, Elsevier Business Intelligence’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.

The Medicines Co.’s transition away from near-total reliance on Angiomax seems ever closer to reality, given its full pipeline and intensive business development activities. The new products stretch beyond the hospital catheterization lab, as the company builds franchises in hospital anti-infectives, pain management, and hemostatis.