Google Joins Novartis Backing Medicxi’s New $300m Late-Stage Fund
Executive Summary
Alphabet's Verily Life Sciences intends to increase its exposure to European biotech by joining Novartis and the European Investment Fund as cornerstone investors in Medicxi Growth 1 (MG1), a $300m fund launched by VC firm Medicxi to focus on late-stage private life science companies.
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