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Roche Considers Selling Cancer Data Specialist Flatiron Health Business, Highlights Challenges With Start-Up Acquisitions
Roche Holding AG (OTC:RHHBY) is reportedly contemplating the divestiture of Flatiron Health, a cancer data specialist Roche acquired in 2018 for $1.9 billion.
The move underscores the complexities and potential pitfalls that large pharmaceutical companies encounter when investing in early-stage health technology firms.
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Flatiron Health was founded by two former executives from Alphabet Inc’s (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) Google.
The company manages electronic patient records for numerous U.S. cancer clinics, boasting one of the most extensive repositories of cancer data.
The start-up mines this data and sells it to ...