Round 3: Dr. Google Will See You Now

Written by Maryam Henein

Google’s interest in Ascension and FitBit should not come as a surprise. In recent years, Google, via its venture arm Google Ventures, has begun to heavily invest in the healthcare industry.

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Bill Gates Funds Needle-Free mRNA Vaccine

Written by Carmel McCormack

‘Funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, has helped the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) to invest $1.2 million in a startup with Jurata Thin Film Inc. to create under-the-tongue vaccine wafers for needle-free vaccines. CEPI’s mission is to fund the development of “rapid response platforms to develop vaccines against ‘Disease X’…’

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