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Alphabet Prepares to Sell Life Sciences Unit Verily
News // October 02, 2025

Alphabet has been preparing for two years to sell its life sciences unit, Verily, a company executive told a court Thursday (Oct. 2). Testifying as a defense witness in the Justice Department’s antitrust case against another Alphabet business unit, Google, which involves the company’s advertising...

Alphabet Helps Its Health Business Verily Raise $1B to Expand Data-Driven Healthcare
Investments // September 09, 2022

Alphabet-owned health technology company Verily is preparing to expand its precision health businesses after a $1 billion investment round. The capital — from a round led by Alphabet itself — will be used “to support a variety of the company’s core initiatives focused on real-world...

Alphabet’s Verily Opens Coronavirus Test Lab
Economy // August 11, 2020

Verily, an Alphabet company and Google sibling, has established a Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA)-certified lab at its south San Francisco headquarters, intended to speed up COVID-19 testing. An interview with Deb Hanks, Verily’s head of pathology, cast a light on the current issues with...

Coronavirus Update: Alphabet Project May Have Privacy Concerns; More Scams May Loom With Gov Payments
Economy // March 19, 2020

Google’s attempts to aid the world during the outbreak of the coronavirus could have privacy concerns, according to some U.S. senators. The new site, created by Google parent Alphabet’s life sciences arm Verily, offers a questionnaire to help people find out simply and quickly if...

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Verily Launches Consumer Health App with AI Companion That Answers Questions

October 17, 2025
Verily has launched a new consumer health app that includes personalized recommendations and a private artificial intelligence companion. “We created Verily Me to meet the consumer need for a simpler, more personalized healthcare solution,” Vindell Washington, MD, MS, chief clinical officer at Verily, said in a Friday (Oct. 17) press release. “Verily Me identifies care […]

Alphabet Prepares to Sell Life Sciences Unit Verily

October 02, 2025
Alphabet has been preparing for two years to sell its life sciences unit, Verily, a company executive told a court Thursday (Oct. 2). Testifying as a defense witness in the...

Alphabet Helps Its Health Business Verily Raise $1B to Expand Data-Driven Healthcare

September 09, 2022
Alphabet-owned health technology company Verily is preparing to expand its precision health businesses after a $1 billion investment round. The capital — from a round led by Alphabet itself —...

Alphabet’s Verily Opens Coronavirus Test Lab

August 11, 2020
Verily, an Alphabet company and Google sibling, has established a Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA)-certified lab at its south San Francisco headquarters, intended to speed up COVID-19 testing. An interview...