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Versant Ventures announced the acquisition of portfolio company BlueRock Therapeutics by Bayer AG for up to $1 billion in total value. For the firm, it represents another in a series of significant transactions by Versant-created companies founded on globally sourced cutting-edge science. A common aspiration of each Versant start-up is to pioneer a new generation of important medicines. Other recent examples include Century, Therachon, Black Diamond, Jecure, Inception 5, Crispr and Quanticel.

Corindus Vascular Robotics, Inc. [NYSE American: CVRS], a leading developer of precision vascular robotics, today announced that it has entered into a definitive merger agreement to be acquired by Siemens Healthineers AG. Under the terms of the merger agreement, Siemens Medical Solutions, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Siemens Healthineers AG, a German stock listed company, will acquire all issued and outstanding shares of common stock of Corindus for $4.28 per share in cash, representing an aggregate purchase price of approximately $1.1 billion.

Digital health tool developer Hello Heart reeled in a $12 million series B round led by Khosla Ventures to help bankroll the expansion of its sales and engineering teams.

Recordati announces the signing of an agreement with Novartis for the acquisition of worldwide rights to Signifor® and Signifor® LAR® for the treatment of Cushing’s disease and acromegaly in adult patients for whom surgery is not an option or for whom surgery has failed. Worldwide sales of Signifor® in 2018 were $ 72 million.

Belong.Life, a U.S.-Israeli creator of a social network and app for cancer patients, said on Monday it raised $14 million in a funding round led by life science analytics firm IQVIA.

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Transaction valued at $48 per Array share in cash, for a total enterprise value of approximately $11.4 billion

Dassault Systèmes (Euronext Paris: #13065, DSY.PA) and Medidata Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ: MDSO), leader of the digital transformation of the Life Sciences industry for clinical development, commercial, and real-world data intelligence, today announced the signing of a definitive agreement for Dassault Systèmes to acquire Medidata in an all-cash transaction at a price of $ 92.25 per share of Medidata, representing an enterprise value of $5.8 billion.