M&A deals rained down in April with the highest number of acquisitions of the year to date. The month saw 14 M&A deals, up by four from March's total, but still down from the 16 deals recorded in April 2016.

Medical device manufacturers have a growing interest in 3D printing, a technology that could upend the manufacturing and distribution of certain medical devices and expand the scope of personalized medicine – especially in orthopedics, where it's used for some models, implants, and surgical cutting guides. Despite uncertainties related to regulation, reimbursement, and scaling up, global 3D printing revenues for medical and dental applications reached an estimated $537.1 million in 2014.

Recent executive-level company changes and promotions in the medical device and diagnostics industries.

Companies have recently started to launch implants constructed via 3-D printing to increase product customization and to save on costs. FDA says the additive manufacturing techniques are a promising form of personalized medicine.