Derived from Strategic Transactions, Informa’s premium source for tracking life sciences deal activity, the Medical Device Deals Update column is a survey of recent medtech M&A, alliance, and financing activity. This month’s column covers deals announced October-November 2015.

Derived from Strategic Transactions, Informa’s premium source for tracking life sciences deal activity, the Dealmaking column is a survey of recent health care transactions listed by relevant industry segment – In Vitro Diagnostics, Medical Devices, and Pharmaceuticals – and then categorized by type – Acquisition, Alliance, or Financing. This month’s column covers deals announced in November 2015.

J&J's Biosense Webster heart-rhythm device unit has acquired privately held partner Coherex Medical, solidifying its stake in the left atrial appendage closure market that Boston Scientific currently leads.

As first-to-market in the US with a transcatheter left atrial appendage closure device, Boston Scientific has blazed a regulatory and reimbursement trail for other companies in this space and opened up a potentially billion-dollar-plus market. In this second part of our two-part series on LAAC devices, Medtech Insight reports on other companies with current and emerging LAAC devices and looks at how close they are to bringing their technology to the US market.