In this issue, we present another installment of our quarterly review of dealmaking—for July-September 2005. Our data comes from Windhover's Strategic Intelligence Systems, which covers deal activity within the pharmaceutical/biotechnology, medical device, and in vitro diagnostics industries.
Public device financing continued at a steady trickle: as in last quarter, there was one follow-on offering (that of implant manufacturer Symmetry Medical Inc. , this time, netting $9.8...