In Vivo's 2017 Deals Of The Year: The Winners Are…

We nominated 15 deals in three categories. You picked the winners.

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Regeneron Pharmaceuticals forged a unique agreement with start-up Decibel Therapeutics in which it will make an equity investment and provide financial support for the hearing-focused biotech's R&D, but claim no share of commercial rights to any therapeutics discovered under the collaboration.

Runner-Up: Medtronic & Aetna's outcomes-based insulin pump deal

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