Sentences with phrase «many life science»

The founders of Emerald Therapeutics, D.J. Kleinbaum and Brian Frezza, think it comes down to the difficulty of running experiments in the life sciences.

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GOOGLE»S AI HELPS TO PREDICT CARDIOVASCULAR CONDITIONS BY ANALYZING EYE SCANS: Google and Verily — Google - parent Alphabet's life sciences unit — are exploring new ways that artificial intelligence (AI) can be used to identify patients» risk of suffering from a cardiovascular event, such as a heart attack or stroke, according to a newly published study by the two Alphabet subsidiaries.

So we decided to spend some time speaking with Roberts, to get his views on the current state of life sciences investing and to learn what he thinks may set him apart from the rest of the health care VC crowd.

The country's life sciences scene has suffered a series of spectacular flame - outs.

In a year that saw a terrible Ebola pandemic in Africa and the resurgence of Legionnaire's disease in New York, it's small wonder that life sciences and health - care companies are also leading the way for initial public offerings.

Perhaps no field in the life sciences has been as heartbreaking, from a drug development standpoint, as Alzheimer's disease and dementia.

For one thing, «There are a lot of good drugs on the market for heart disease right now that come in generic form,» says Neil Lesser, a principal at Deloitte who specializes in the life sciences, in an interview with Fortune.

(The GTA also hosts more than half of the country's life sciences firms, according to economic development agency Invest Toronto.)

Verily, the life sciences arm of Google umbrella firm Alphabet, is about to release some 20 million mosquitoes into the Fresno, California region.

• Altitude Life Science Ventures, a Seattle - based venture capital firm, is seeking to raise $ 125 million for its third fund, according to an SEC filing.

Google's life sciences unit is releasing 20 million machine - reared, bacteria - infected mosquitoes into Fresno.

There actually isn't a lack of interest, on the financial side, in fueling Alzheimer's research given the critical need for it and the rewards that life sciences firms would reap from even a modestly - successful product.

Giles & Associates Consultancy serves innovators throughout the life science and healthcare industry, including biotech, pharmaceutical, diagnostics, medical device and academic research organizations.

Research into life sciences is not an instant - return kind of investment.

About Pappas Capital Founded in 1994, Pappas Capital invests exclusively in the life sciences sector — biotechnology, biopharmaceuticals, drug delivery, medical devices and related ventures — across the United States and Canada.

Existing investors Partner Fund Management, Altitude Life Science Ventures, and Fidelity Management & Research Company participated.

It's for these same reasons that Kinaxis is starting to appeal to the life sciences sector.

The slice of patients above the age of 60 consumes about 85 % of the drugs and devices and diagnostics out there,» says Justin Stephenson, senior life sciences analyst at Vancouver - based independent investment dealer Haywood Securities Inc. «That is only going to get significantly bigger in the western world, which is the main market for Canadian health - care products in the next five to 10 years.

Raymond James's Bapty says CROs represent a huge growth area for Canada's life sciences firms.

In Weir's typical style, the novel — which goes on sale on November 14 — is wildly entertaining and far - fetched, but stays surprisingly believable by leaning heavily on real - life science and engineering.

• Accelerator Corp, a Seattle and New York - based life science investment and management firm, named Kendall Mohler as chief development officer and Ian Howes as chief financial officer.

Verily, the life sciences branch of Alphabet (Google's parent company), has started releasing millions of mosquitoes in California.

The region includes 870 companies in the broader life sciences sector,» notes Startup Genome.

• Grail, a life sciences company focused on early cancer detection that operates as a subsidiary of Illumina Inc. (Nasdaq: ILMN), raised more than $ 900 million in Series B funding.

Of course, not every Canadian life sciences firm will make it to the big time when it comes to drug development.

There are and will continue to be death kick strategies and tell - tale signs of life; smaller more narrowly focused funds, deal - by - deal funds, and a focus on trendy categories like life sciences and alternative energy.

And in April, Verily, Alphabet's life sciences business, unveiled a health tracking watch built specifically for research purposes.

Boston Scientific Group led the round, and was joined by Hatteras Venture Partners, Synergy Life Science Partners, Lord Baltimore Investment Partners, Mountain Group Capital, and Sovereign's Capital.

«There's a need for innovative working models, and I think an entrepreneurial setting is a great place to set that up,» adds Flynn, who for the past four years has also been involved in Pipeline, a community for Midwestern entrepreneurs in technology and life sciences.

Ten venture - backed companies in the first quarter came from the IT sector, while 24 were life sciences companies including biotech and health concerns, NVCA reports.

Its umbrella company, Alphabet, has arms dedicated to the life sciences (such as Verily).

The treatment, named Kymriah, was hailed by doctors and the life sciences community as a major advance in medicine and a boon to children and young adults with a certain form of leukemia (the group for whom the gene therapy is approved).

Companies can use a public - sector buyer as a reference for other potential clients to help drive export sales and gain access to financing, particularly in life sciences, manufacturing and energy.

Astia Angels, a global network of angel investors, backs select Astia companies across the sectors of tech, life science, med device, consumer products and health and wellness.

Agtech and life sciences.

Both Medtronic and Verb Surgical (Johnson & Johnson's joint robotic surgical project with Google parent Alphabet's life sciences arm, Verily) are expected to challenge Intuitive with their own robotic surgery product lines.

Goldman has consulted for the life sciences industry, including Novartis.

Missionary entrepreneurs -; more often found running life sciences, green technology, infrastructure or deep sciences businesses -; have a bigger goal beyond just making money.

With a combined revenue of $ 56.9 million in 2014, California's six African American - led companies range from life science consultancies to interior design services.

But I am very bullish on energy and business in the U.S., especially in life sciences and technology.

The 56 companies on our 2017 Change the World list, which includes six smaller rising stars, are tackling problems obvious and not - so - obvious — from Accenture, which is using data to reduce E.R. visits, to DSM, a Dutch life sciences company, that is fighting greenhouse gas emissions from a notorious source: cow flatulence.

It's hard to think of a hardware / software or life science technology that dominates its space for years.

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But in the 20th century, dominated by hardware, software, and life sciences, technology swings inside an existing market happened slowly — taking years, not months.

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Equally transformative on the life science side, CRISPR and CAS enable rapid editing of the genome, and that will change life sciences as radically as machine intelligence.

In an interview with Medium Andrew Conrad, head of life sciences at Google X, explained why our current strategy for treating serious diseases, particularly cancer, is fundamentally backwards:

The Greek Golden Ratio of Beauty Pi, 1.62, was discovered and rediscovered many times dating back to the Great Pyramids, according to Live Science.

Regulations are necessary to prevent unsafe products from killing people; regulations are killing small life sciences companies and the patients they might have otherwise saved.