Ike Swetlitz
Health Reporter at Bloomberg News
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bloomberg.com | John Tozzi |Ike Swetlitz
(Bloomberg) -- Elevance Health Inc. affirmed its profit outlook for the year and said that first-quarter medical cost trends had tracked with expectations — a sharp contrast to a surprise jump in costs called out by rival UnitedHealth Group Inc. “While cost trends in Medicare Advantage remain elevated, the company’s first quarter experience was consistent with its expectations and pricing,” Elevance said in a filing.
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bloomberg.com | Ike Swetlitz
Tim Fisher uses Precision Neuroscience’s brain device while undergoing surgery. (Bloomberg) -- One of the co-founders of Elon Musk’s Neuralink Corp. is building a different kind of brain implant. That device, made by the startup Precision Neuroscience Corp., went in 63-year-old Tim Fisher earlier this month. In an operating room in Philadelphia, a surgeon placed a sliver of film, thinner than a human hair and embedded with over a thousand electrodes, on Fisher’s brain.
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news.bloomberglaw.com | Ike Swetlitz
One of the co-founders of Elon Musk’s Neuralink Corp. is building a different kind of brain implant. That device, made by the startup Precision Neuroscience Corp., went in 63-year-old Tim Fisher earlier this month. In an operating room in Philadelphia, a surgeon placed a sliver of film, thinner than a human hair and embedded with over a thousand electrodes, on Fisher’s brain.
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1 week ago |
news.bloomberglaw.com | Ike Swetlitz
One of the co-founders of Elon Musk’s Neuralink Corp. is building a different kind of brain implant. That device, made by the startup Precision Neuroscience Corp., went in 63-year-old Tim Fisher earlier this month. In an operating room in Philadelphia, a surgeon placed a sliver of film, thinner than a human hair and embedded with over a thousand electrodes, on Fisher’s brain.
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bloomberg.com | Ike Swetlitz
Science Corp., a technology company focused on the human brain started by Neuralink Corp. co-founder Max Hodak, has raised over $100 million in a funding round led by Khosla Ventures. “We have a philosophy of investing in companies that are early and make bold bets and can be impactful for the future,” said Shernaz Daver, operating partner and chief marketing officer at Khosla Ventures, in an interview Monday. Daver said that Khosla led the round, but declined to say how much the firm contributed.
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