US biotech expands 2017 collaboration with Alnylam and inks collaboration with WuXi. Plus deals involving AbbVie, Allergan, Amazon, Thermo Fisher, Qiagen, Boehringer Ingelheim, Trutino, Taiho, Arcus, Eisai, Fuji Yakuhin, Hikma, Glenmark, Hanmi, GC, Bayer, GW.

Ensnarement defense bars Remicade maker from prevailing on claim that Inflectra partners infringed cell culture media patent, US federal judge rules.

Ensnarement defense bars Remicade maker from prevailing on claim that Inflectra partners infringed cell culture media patent, US federal judge rules.

Third-quarter device financing at $2.38 billion – almost half of that amount from CooperSurgical's $1.1 billion bridge loan – was double the Q2 total, while device acquisitions showed a steep decrease at $3.38 billion versus Q2's $33.4 billion. Diagnostics fundraising also was up in the third quarter, reaching $2.4 billion (a 133% increase over Q2) mostly from Thermo Fisher Scientific's $1.5 billion follow-on offering, which accounted for 63% of the total. In line with the previous quarter's $1.7 billion in M&A, Q3 diagnostics acquisitions had an aggregate value of $1.8 billion, led by Konica Minolta's $1 billion buy of Ambry Genetics.