Life Sciences & Healthcare

• Syncona, the LSE listed life sciences investment fund, on its $475m disposal of diagnostic imaging business Blue Earth Diagnostics to Bracco lmaging.
• Essential Pharmaceuticals, a pharma business, on the sale to Rosemont Pharmaceuticals of its oral liquids portfolio and the acquisition from Rosemont Pharmaceuticals of a portfolio of products, in each case through a new corporate vehicle.
• Contura on the sale to Axonics of Bulkamid, a treatment for stress urinary incontinence, for $200m in upfront consideration plus deferred consideration of up to $35m, payable in a combination of cash and Axonics stock.
• Catalent, lnc., a NYSE listed provider of drug delivery technology and development solutions, on  the UK aspects of its $140m acquisition of Juniper Pharmaceuticals, lnc., a NASDAQ listed provider of women´s health therapeutics.
• The Crick lnstitute, a biomedical discovery institute, on the arrangements between its JV parties, including the Medical Research Council (MRC), Cancer Research UK, the Wellcome Trust and a number of universities.
• VC funds Syncona, Albion Capital, ALSA and Epidarex on a number of investments.

TMT - Technology, Media & Telecommunications

• Clearscore, the credit marketplace business, on its $200m investment from lnvus Opportunities.
• Modulr, the digital payments provider, on its $19m funding round led by Highland Europe and subsequently on a 29 investment by PayPal.
• Arm and Thales, the shareholders of Trustonic, a developer of cyber security solutions for smart phones and loT devices, on its sale to EMK Capital.
• MXLG, a joint venture between MXC, the AlM-listed technology focused adviser and investor, and Liberty Global, the NASDAQ-listed international TV and broadband company, on its acquisition of Koris Communications, a managed telecommunications service provider.
• JPMorgan Chase on its strategic investments in fintech companies Mosaic Smart Data, Access Fintech and H4.
• VC fund TempoCap on a number of investments and disposals in tech and fintech businesses.
• Moonbug Entertainment Limited on its acquisition of El Bebe Productions Limited, the producer of pre-school animation content including the "Little Baby Bum", "LBB Junior" and "KiiYii" series.
• Dentsu Aegis Network, the global media group, on its acquisitions of:
  • Tempero, a social media moderation business.
  • John Brown Media, a content marketing agency.
  • Gleam Futures, a digital talent agency.
  • B2B International, an international market research business.