Edigene Inc. has obtained nonexclusive, global rights to technology from Boston Children’s Hospital for technology related to increasing fetal hemoglobin levels by disrupting B-cell lymphoma/leukemia 11A (BCL11A) expression at the genomic level to treat hemoglobinopathies.

Sihuan Pharmaceutical Holdings Group Ltd.’s subsidiary Beijing Meiyan Kongjian Biology Medicine Co. Ltd. has acquired an 80% equity stake in Shenzhen Yimei Medical Technology Co. The deal is to be completed via a mix of capital and equity transfers. Sihuan Pharmaceutical is interested in Shenzhen Yimei’s two-in-one patented technology of collimated ultrasound and superficial focused ultrasound.

Volastra Therapeutics Inc., dedicated to taking aim at chromosomal instability (CIN) to design cancer drugs by way of its CINtech platform,, scored a potential $1 billion-plus agreement with Bristol Myers Squibb Co. (BMS) to find synthetic lethal targets as drug candidates.

Medications are available to treat many mental disorders, but they’re only effective if patients adhere to the treatment. A distribution agreement between Beckman Coulter Inc. and Saladax Biomedical Inc. aims to improve patient outcomes by providing health care professionals with tests to assess treatment compliance and individual patient drug response.

As interest in digital health increases and pandemic efforts decline, both med-tech deals and mergers and acquisitions this year continue to climb.

Sophia Genetics SA and Realm Idx Inc. established a collaboration for co-development of new genomic applications and their commercialization. The companies hope to expand next-generation sequencing research and multimodal data streams to improve cancer diagnostics and treatment outcomes.

Oculogica Inc. has signed an agreement with Minnetronix Inc. to launch a diagnostic device that tracks eye movements to detect possible brain concussion, this after receiving FDA clearance in December for its fourth iteration of the artificial intelligence-driven, battery-operated Eyebox.

Google Health is expanding the reach of its Care Studio technology to clinical software company Medical Information Technology Inc. (Meditech). The companies reported a partnership at HIMSS 2022 to integrate search functionalities from the Google product suite within Westwood, Mass.-based Meditech's web-based Expanse electronic health record (EHR). The aim is to combine data from different sources into a standard format and offer clinicians a full ‘holistic’ view of patient records.