Derived from Strategic Transactions, Elsevier Business Intelligence’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.

Derived from Strategic Transactions, Elsevier Business Intelligence’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.

Asthmapolis gets new funding; Rock Health releases Q1 funding numbers; Cochrane Collaboration examines digital diabetes self-management systems.

Recent launches and approvals include overseas debuts of Abbott’s Absorb bioabsorbable vascular scaffold and Medtronic’s next-generation CoreValve Evolut transcatheter aortic heart valve.