Google launched a new company called Calico on September 18, which will focus on wellness, health and the challenge of an aging population.
This company will be headed by Arthur Levinson, chairman of the board of directors of Apple and the biotechnology company Genentech. “Illness and aging affect all of our families. With longer-term thinking about health and biotechnology, I believe we can improve millions of lives“, commented the general manager of Google, Larry Page. According to the press release from Google, the general manager of Apple, Tim Cook, invested in this new mission says to himself “looking forward to seeing business results “.
The CEO of Google, Larry Page interviewed by the American magazine Times announced “ that the project would consist in particular in using data processing in the knowledge of age-related diseases “. And that'”it is important to make long-term bets. He projects that all of Calico’s investments and research will serve us in 10 or 20 years. “.
From an economic point of view and to reassure Google’s shareholders, he specified that “ financial investments are very low compared to Google’s core business in the Internet “.
