2026-07-28
Anthropic spent a year buying biology talent. Its newest partner says the bottleneck isn’t science.
ICON plc has agreed a multi-year collaboration with Anthropic to put Claude across the clinical trial process. The Dublin company is a contract research organisation, which means pharmaceutical firms pay it to run their trials. It employed roughly 40,200 people across 99 locations and 55 countries at the end of June. Neither company disclosed financial […]<br /> This story continues at The [...]
2026-07-28
The Italian state just backed €500m for the company that owns AOL
Bending Spoons has agreed a €500m loan facility guaranteed by the Italian state. The guarantee comes from SACE, Italy’s export credit agency, which is wholly owned by the Ministry of Economy and Finance. HSBC Continental Europe, Intesa Sanpaolo and BPER Banca arranged the facility, which matures in March 2031. The Milan company will use the […]<br /> This story continues at The Next We [...]
2026-07-28
Only 27% of US hospitals can run an EEG. Epitel raised $26m for the rest
Epitel has raised $26m in a Series B round to expand a wireless EEG system that patients wear at home. Catalyst Health Ventures and Genoa Ventures co-led the round. The Salt Lake City company says it will spend the money on sales, marketing and distribution rather than research. The gap it is aiming at One […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]
