Derived from Strategic Transactions, Informa’s premium source for tracking life sciences deal activity, the Tech Transfer Deals column provides a monthly update on technology transfer deals, reporting licensing agreements between companies and universities or other research institutions within the In Vitro Diagnostics, Medical Devices, and Pharmaceuticals sectors. This month’s column covers deals announced May through June.

Big pharma investments in early innovation are paying off in ways that still are hard to measure in any concrete way, but green shoots are sprouting through the pavement as startups supported by multimillion-dollar initiatives evolve from concept to reality.

A recent publication shows that T helper 2 cells play a critical role in creating a pro-regenerative microenvironment when biomaterial scaffolds are inserted into the body to promote wound healing.

A roundup of recent medtech strategic alliances, mergers & acquisitions and financings.