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

START-UP's monthly comprehensive review of emerging life science companies that have received venture funding during the month, including companies in in vitro diagnostics, medical devices, pharmaceuticals, and research/analytical equipment & supplies.

Noteworthy news from medtech start-ups. This month we profile NinePoint Medical, which is developing technology for real-time diagnosis of esophogeal cancer and e(ye)BRAIN, which aims to diagnose neurological disorders by tracking eye movements. These company profiles first appeared in Start-Up magazine.

Could the eyes hold the key to diagnosing neurologic conditions by associating eye movement behavior to specific areas of the brain? French start-up e(ye)BRAIN certainly thinks so, and as a result has developed a brain tracking medical device that its inventor claims is able to diagnose Parkinson's disease and multiple sclerosis.