Medical Device Collaboration and Licensing Deals 2016-2026

Description

The definitive benchmark for medical device dealmaking

Medical device partnering is driven by hardware innovation, engineering expertise, and clinical application, with deal structures reflecting product development cycles, regulatory pathways, and integration into healthcare systems.

This report provides a comprehensive and structured analysis of 1000+ medical device collaboration and licensing deals, delivering a clear and evidence-based view of how partnerships are designed, negotiated, and executed across the market.

Establish a clear view of market standards

The report enables a precise understanding of how medical device deals are structured in practice, allowing you to:

Benchmark comparable transactions with confidence
Detailed analysis of upfronts, milestones, and royalty structures across relevant deals
Define realistic market parameters
Clear insight into how deal terms vary by device type, development stage, and partner profile
Support valuation and structuring decisions with evidence
Ground internal discussions in real transaction data rather than assumptions
Understand how leading companies approach dealmaking
Visibility into partner behaviour and recurring deal structures across a technology-driven and clinically embedded landscape
Full visibility into deal structure and execution
Beyond headline deal data, the report provides access to underlying contract documents, enabling a detailed understanding of how agreements are constructed in practice.

This includes:

Rights granted and retained
Development and commercialization responsibilities
Financial structures and payment triggers
Key contractual provisions and protections
This level of transparency is critical to understanding how value, risk, and control are allocated within medical device partnerships, particularly where regulatory approval, product lifecycle management, and clinical adoption are key considerations.
Designed for real-world BD and strategy use

The report is widely used to:

Structure and benchmark device and technology transactions
Prepare for negotiations with well-defined market context
Evaluate partnership opportunities and counterparties
Support internal strategy with robust, defensible data
What's included
1000+ medical device collaboration and licensing deals
Financial terms, including upfronts, milestones, and royalties where disclosed
Fully searchable deal directory (by company, device type, and application)
Direct access to SEC-filed agreements and source documents
Analysis of deal trends, key transactions, and active dealmakers
A trusted, evidence-based reference for medical device dealmaking
Combining comprehensive deal coverage with contract-level insight, this report provides a trusted, evidence-based reference for how medical device partnerships are structured, negotiated, and valued.

Product Code: CP1012

Executive Summary

Chapter 1 - Introduction

Chapter 2 - Trends in medical device dealmaking

2.1. Introduction
2.2. Medical device deals over the years
2.3. Most active medical device dealmakers
2.4. Medical device deals by deal type
2.5. Medical device deals by therapy area
2.6. Medical device deals by industry sector
2.7. Deal terms for medical device deals
- 2.7.1 Medical device deal headline values
- 2.7.2 Medical device deal upfront payments
- 2.7.3 Medical device deal milestone payments
- 2.7.4 Medical device royalty rates

Chapter 3 - Leading medical device deals

3.1. Introduction
3.2. Top medical device deals by value

Chapter 4 - Most active medical device dealmakers

4.1. Introduction
4.2. Most active medical device dealmakers
4.3. Most active medical device deals company profiles

Chapter 5 - Medical device contracts dealmaking directory

5.1. Introduction
5.2. Medical device contracts dealmaking directory

Chapter 6 - Medical device dealmaking by technology type

Deal directory
Deal directory - Medical device deals by company A-Z
Deal directory - Medical device deals by deal type
Deal directory - Medical device deals by therapy area
Deal type definitions
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Table of figures

Figure 1: Medical device deals since 2016
Figure 2: Active medical device dealmaking activity since 2016
Figure 3: Medical device deals by deal type since 2016
Figure 4: Medical device deals by therapy area since 2016
Figure 5: Medical device deals by industry sector since 2016
Figure 6: Medical device deals with a headline value
Figure 7: Medical device deals with an upfront value
Figure 8: Medical device deals with a milestone value
Figure 9: Medical device deals with a royalty rate value
Figure 10: Top medical device deals by value since 2016
Figure 11: Most active medical device dealmakers since 2016
Figure 12: Medical device deals by technology type since 2016