Switzerland: Novartis teams with Google in high-tech contact lens JV (Competition Policy International)

Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis announced plans to launch a joint venture with Google to develop a high-tech contact lens that will monitor the glucose levels of diabetic patients that wear the technology.

According to reports, Novartis’s Alcon eye care unit will join secretive research lab Google X to develop the lens. …read more

Source: Global Competition Law Blogs

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21st Century Competition. "Switzerland: Novartis teams with Google in high-tech contact lens JV (Competition Policy International)." 21st Century Competition, 15 July 2014. https://www.twentyfirstcenturycompetition.com/2014/07/switzerland-novartis-teams-with-google-in-high-tech-contact-lens-jv-competition-policy-international/.

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@misc{21st-century-competition2014, author = {21st Century Competition}, title = {{Switzerland: Novartis teams with Google in high-tech contact lens JV (Competition Policy International)}}, year = {2014}, url = {https://www.twentyfirstcenturycompetition.com/2014/07/switzerland-novartis-teams-with-google-in-high-tech-contact-lens-jv-competition-policy-international/}, note = {21st Century Competition} }
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