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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 April through May 2014.

Derived from Strategic Transactions, Informa’s premium source for tracking life sciences deal activity, the Recent Financings Of Private Companies column provides a comprehensive monthly review of emerging life science companies that have received venture funding, including companies within the In Vitro Diagnostics, Medical Devices, and Pharmaceuticals sectors. This month’s column covers deals announced April through May 2014.

Deals continue outside of the focus on Pfizer/AstraZeneca, with Novartis expanding its ophthalmology portfolio; Viking licensing five metabolic disease candidates from Ligand; BioAlliance and Topotarget moving closer to a merger creating a new orphan oncology firm to be called Onxeo; Ventrus and Assembly planning their own merger to focus on hepatitis B; and Daiichi Sankyo and Sanford-Burnham signing an R&D collaboration on novel cardiovascular and metabolic disease targets.