Google Life Sciences, a company under the Alphabet umbrella alongside the “classic” Google, is getting a new name: Verily.
Andy Conrad, the head of Google Life Sciences — which spun out of the Google X lab earlier this year — briefed Boston Globe Media’s website Stat on the name change.
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There’s a new video on the website that describes Verily as “an independent Alphabet company focused on using technology to better understand health, as well as prevent, detect, and manage disease.”
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Recently Google Life Sciences — er, Verily — announced a partnership with the American Heart Association.
Google announced the formation of the Alphabet umbrella company in August.
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