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These 10 VC Firms Made The Most Investments In Healthcare Startups This Year
Quantified not by dollars invested, but rather number of deals, these are the top 10 VC investors in the healthcare sector this year ranked by number of US-based deals, according to an analysis compiled by Pitchbook for Forbes.
Former President Of Billionaire-Owned Hearing Aid Manufacturer Sentenced To 7 Years In Prison
The former president of billionaire-owned Starkey Hearing Technologies, Jerry Ruzicka, was sentenced to seven in prison inside a Minneapolis courthouse Wednesday.
Single Cell Sequencing Startup Mission Bio Raises $30 Million
Mission Bio has raised $30 million Series B from investors such as Mayfield, Agilent Technologies and LabCorp.
Fentanyl Billionaire No More: John Kapoor’s Net Worth Drops Below $1 Billion
The founder of embattled fentanyl manufacturer Insys Therapeutics is no longer a billionaire.
Healthcare Startups Raised $2.2 Billion In November
Venture capital fundraising among healthcare startups was down 25% to $2.18 billion in November compared the same month one year ago, according to an analysis conducted for Forbes by Pitchbook.
Novartis CEO Vas Narasimhan On The Price Of Gene Therapies: ‘It’s A Challenge We Have To Solve’
In May Novartis announced that it had acquired the gene therapy pioneer AveXis in a $8.7 billion deal, but according to the the Swiss drug giant CEO Vas Narasimhan, he wishes he could have bought the company much earlier.
Why Billionaire Venture Capitalist John Doerr Thinks Healthcare Needs An ‘App Store’
What does the healthcare industry really need? An app store, says legendary Kleiner Perkins venture capitalist John Doerr.
It’s Lights Out For Novartis And Verily’s Glucose Monitoring ‘Smart Lens’ Project
Alphabet’s Verily and Novartis eye-care subsidiary Alcon are pulling the plug on the glucose monitoring “smart lens” device the two companies had been attempting to build since 2014, according to a post by Verily chief technical officer Brian Otis on t…
Hemophilia, The Musical? It’s Funded By Biotech BioMarin
Rare disease drug company BioMarin put on a show called ‘Hemophilia: The Musical’ performed by teenagers affected by blood disorders.
A Spine-Surgery Robot Turned This Entrepreneur Into A Billionaire. But How Well Does His Robot Work?
David C. Paul is riding high on a million-dollar robot designed to make spinal surgeons more accurate. But how effective is it?
