Johnson & Johnson Development Corporation invests in $55m financing of company dedicated to removing the need for reading glasses.

TB Biosciences, a life sciences firm commercialising tuberculosis detection kits, receives $1.5m in series A funding.

Medtech spin-out Saluda Medical receives $5m backing from the New South Wales Government.

Wisconsin-Madison spin-out Cellular Dynamics raises $46m in an IPO.

Life science firm Illumina acquires Duke spin-out Advanced Liquid Logic, a provider of liquid handling solutions, for $94m.

Google Ventures leads $15.4m funding round for company developing an early diagnosis of autism spectrum disorders.

Michigan cancer-fighting biotech spin-out lands $82m in IPO.