New GSK-Verily JV Aims For Smart, 'Grain Of Rice' Neuromod Tech
Executive Summary
Galvani Bioelectronics, the new joint venture between Google’s health-care spinoff Verily and drug giant GSK, will develop a new generation of "bioelectronic medicines" – neuromodulating therapies to treat a wide range of chronic diseases. Brian Otis, CTO of Verily, tells Medtech Insight how the devices that will come out of Galvani differ from existing neuromodulation technologies.
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