High court will consider the standard for determining if a patent covering a group of related chemicals is enabled in Amgen v. Sanofi. It denies Juno petition seeking review of standard for written description of an invention in CAR T-cell patent suit against Kite.

David Ricks says a consortium of companies will be needed to ensure enough doses of the successful candidates are available.

Device financing dropped more than 40% to $714 million in Q1; Smith & Nephew’s $1.7 billion acquisition of ArthroCare overshadowed acquisitions. Diagnostics companies raised $568 million, a 34% increase over 2013’s final quarter; nonprofits provided assets to diagnostics firms in multiple licensing arrangements.

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 March through April 2014.