Google Life Sciences

Google X Life Sciences is now named Verily
By Jonah Comstock | 06:18 pm | December 07, 2015
Google Life Sciences has finally gotten its new name as an independent company under the aegis of Alphabet: Verily.
Roundup of recent, notable digital health hires: Google, IBM, Medullan
By Aditi Pai | 12:13 pm | September 17, 2015
Google subsidiary Alphabet, has hired Dr.
Health insurer Oscar gets $32.5 million from Google Capital
By Jonah Comstock | 08:42 am | September 16, 2015
An Oscar-branded Misfit Flash device.
Novartis CEO comments, new patent shed light on Google's contact lens projects
By Jonah Comstock | 09:38 am | September 08, 2015
Google and Novartis are working on two smart contact lenses, and news broke this week about both of them: A new patent application sheds light on how Google might power its glucose-sensing contact lens, just a week after partner Novartis told a Swiss newspaper it was on track for human trials in 2016 of an autofocus lens for presbyopia patients.
DexCom taps Google for smaller, cheaper diabetes devices
By Jonah Comstock | 08:25 am | August 11, 2015
The old Dexcom Share, with charging cradle.