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...Robotic surgery boost, Crispr breakthroughUK robotics start-up CMR Surgical has raised $600m in what it says was a record private financing round for a medtech....
...The short-term commercial paper market has also been frozen, requiring emergency surgery from the Federal Reserve....
...Accenture has appointed Silicon Valley veteran Tom Lounibos to lead Accenture Ventures as its new managing director. Lounibos has founded multiple software companies....
...Verily’s work is split between ambitious moonshots — such as robotic surgery or implantable devices — and software, some of which is already on the market....
...Neurosurgeons don’t perform heart bypass surgery. Successful firms often lose their way as they diversify....
...In 2014 more than a third of Google Ventures investments were in the health and life sciences industries....
...The San Francisco-based company said on Thursday that investors including Credit Suisse, JPMorgan and BBVA Ventures had provided $160m of “expansion capital”, allowing it to develop a facility in Phoenix...
...ApaTech has developed a new silicon substance to encourage bone growth, helping patients recover from surgery, such as spine or hip operations....
...Well before the credit crisis raised questions about Dubai’s solvency, Mubadala and Dubai Aluminium had been discussing equity restructuring of their joint venture, Emirates Aluminium, a vast smelter on...
...Banks and venture capitalists showed Mr Bennett the door (see below)....
...Looking for a lift Legal General Ventures, the private equity fund, is excited about its latest venture into healthcare, the purchase of nine hospitals from Bupa for £85m....
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