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Five Hot Trends in Life Sciences for 2025

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The life sciences industry is well positioned for growth in 2025, fueled by strong investor interest and technological advancements, especially in AI. Life sciences venture capital (VC) funding and IPOs have picked up in...more

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Medical Device Deal Activity Shows Signs of Life for Q3 2024

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Market reports indicate the global medical device industry for Q3 2024 saw an increase in merger and acquisition (M&A) activity in terms of value year-over-year. Although deal value decreased compared to Q2 2024, deal volume...more

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Life Sciences M&A Trends for 2023 and 2024 (Through End of Q3) in Greater China

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Goodwin is presenting a two-part publication series covering life sciences trends involving license deals, M&A, and financing for Greater China’s life sciences sector. ...more

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Learning Old Lessons From Recent Life Sciences Earnout Disputes: Above All Else, Words Matter

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There’s an old saying – “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.” While this mantra may help bruised egos on the playground, it’s of no use in M&A disputes. Three recent Delaware Court of Chancery...more

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Life Sciences Licensing and M&A Update: Catching Up on Recent Decisions Affecting Commercially Reasonable Efforts Definitions and...

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Recently, the Delaware Chancery Court and the Third Circuit issued three significant decisions on key issues affecting licensing and M&A transactions in the life sciences industry....more

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HSBC Venture Healthcare Report: 1H 2024

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For a succinct analysis of 1H 2024 venture investment and exit activity in life sciences and health care, take a look at HSBC’s Venture Healthcare Report, Shake it off: HSBC Innovation Banking Analysis, 1H 2024. Lead author...more

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Boston Scientific Agrees to Acquire Silk Road Medical in $1.16B Deal

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Press releases report that Boston Scientific (BSX) has entered an agreement to acquire medical device developer Silk Road Medical in a deal totaling $1.16 billion. Silk Road Medical has reportedly developed devices and...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

[Event] Medical Device Digital Health Conference - June 13th - 14th, San Francisco, CA

Wilson Sonsini’s 31st Annual Medical Device & Digital Health Conference will address topics of critical importance to medical device and digital health companies, including early and late-stage venture financing, partnering...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Event] FCPA & Anti-Corruption for the Life Sciences Industry - May 9th - 10th, New York, NY

Hosted by the American Conference Institute, the 19th Annual FCPA & Anti-Corruption Conference for the Life Sciences Industry returns for another exciting year with carefully researched programming based on critical findings...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Life Sciences Snapshot – A Quarterly Report on Financing Trends – Q4 2023

This report series examines quarterly trends in life sciences venture investment. Key findings for Q3 2023 include: Life sciences VC deal value in Q3 2023 totaled $7.7 billion, representing an uptick from last quarter...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

[Ongoing Program] 2023 Medical Device Digital Health Conference - June 16th, San Francisco, CA

Wilson Sonsini’s 30th Annual Medical Device Digital Health Conference will address topics of critical importance to medical device and digital health companies today, including key healthcare regulatory considerations, the...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

[Ongoing Program] MDC 2023 Reception & Dinner Women’s Networking Event & Program - June 15th, Menlo Park, CA

Wilson Sonsini’s 30th Annual Medical Device Digital Health Conference will address topics of critical importance to medical device and digital health companies today, including key healthcare regulatory considerations, the...more

McDermott Will & Emery

[Event] Life Sciences Boot Camp For In-House Counsel 2023 - April 4th, South San Francisco, CA

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McDermott is pleased to bring our Life Sciences Boot Camp for In-House Counsel back to the Bay Area! Amid turbulent economic forces, life sciences companies continue to grapple with increasingly complex legal and business...more

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The Life Sciences Report – January 2023

Wilson Sonsini is pleased to present the latest edition of The Life Sciences Report. This issue features an article on interlocking boards in the life sciences sector and the antitrust risk they pose to firms and investors;...more

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Medtronic Completes Acquisition of Cardiac Mapping Company Affera

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Medtronic recently announced that its acquisition of Affera, Inc. has been completed. The acquisition was previously announced to be for $925 million with a $250 million contingency, as reported by MedCity News. Medtronic had...more

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Boston Scientific Acquires Embolization Gel Developer Obsidio, Inc.

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Boston Scientific announced on August 15, 2022, that it acquired Obsidio, Inc. for an undisclosed fee.  Obsidio has technology called the Gel Embolic Material (GEM™), which is used in minimally invasive blood vessel...more

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First closing of Acutus’s sale of its left-heart access portfolio to Medtronic completed

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On July 1, 2022, Acutus Medical (”Actus”), an arrhythmia-based medical device company, reported that it completed the first of its two closings in its left-heart access portfolio sale to Medtronic. Actus, the maker of the...more

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Seizing Opportunity: The post-pandemic future of US life sciences M&A 2022

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As we predicted in the previous edition of this report, 2021 turned out to be a very strong year indeed for US life sciences dealmaking, marked by high transaction values and volumes as the industry continued on its...more

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Innovation and search for growth sparks Medtech rebound

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The postponement of non-urgent medical procedures in the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic led to a lull in MedTech transaction activity in the first half of 2020 but makers of medical devices returned in force in the...more

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Philips Acquires BioTelemetry for $2.8B

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Royal Philips NV acquired BioTelemetry, Inc. for $2.8 billion US dollars. Headquartered in Malvern, Pennsylvania, BioTelemetry provides cardiac diagnostics and monitoring tools that, according to the press release, are...more

Jones Day

Vital Signs: Digital Health Law Update | Summer 2020

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Note From the Editors - With this Summer 2020 issue of Vital Signs, we take a moment to again applaud the remarkable actions of all the health care and life science organizations around the globe working tirelessly on our...more

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Exact Sciences Acquires Paradigm and Viomics

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On March 3, 2020, Exact Sciences announced completion of its acquisition of Paradigm Diagnostics, Inc. and Viomics, Inc., privately held companies based in Phoenix, AZ. According to Exact Sciences, Paradigm and Viomics...more

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[Event] Life Sciences Bootcamp For In-house Counsel - March 19th, Cambridge, MA

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The life sciences industry faces a wide range of legal, regulatory and business challenges, along with constantly evolving trends that impact leadership priorities. McDermott’s cross-functional team of life sciences...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

MedTech Update 2020: Legal and Regulatory Issues to Watch For in the Medical Technology Industry in the New Year

Medical device and diagnostics companies and laboratories should anticipate significant legal, regulatory and market changes in 2020 that will have a lasting impact on the industry. From revisions to how the government...more

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[Event] 3rd Annual Shanghai Life Sciences Forum - November 12th, Shanghai, China

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MWE China Law Offices and its strategic alliance partner McDermott Will & Emery are proud to co-host our annual Shanghai Life Sciences Forum in partnership with the Redefining Early Stage Investments (RESI) conference. This...more

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