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GlaxoSmithKline and Google to develop bioelectronic medicines

01-Aug-2016

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Glaxo and Verily Life Sciences LLC, formerly Google Life Sciences, create Galvani Bioelectronics with $714 million budget.

Many biological processes are controlled by electrical signals transmitted from the nervous system to the body’s organs.

Distortions of signaling pathways involved in long-term diseases including diabetes, asthma and arthritis.

Treatments would work by attaching miniature electronic devices to individual nerves.

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Galvani Bioelectronics

Company developing life changing neuromodulation therapies for patients with chronic disease.

GlaxoSmithKline (GSK)

Research and develop pharmaceutical medicines, vaccines and consumer healthcare products

Verily Life Sciences

Research organization devoted to the study of life sciences.

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