J&J, Verily Life Sciences Create New Robotic Surgery Company
- Medical company had been developing robot surgery platform
- Venture to be called Verb Surgical, compete against Intuitive
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Johnson & Johnson and Verily Life Sciences LLC, formerly known as Google Life Sciences, have formed a new company to develop the next generation of robotic-assisted tools for surgeons.
The venture, which will be called Verb Surgical Inc., is the latest partnership between the California tech giant and the health-care industry, after earlier collaborations with Biogen Inc., Novartis AG and Sanofi.