Calico (company)

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Calico (California Life Company)

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legal form Limited Liability Company
founding 2013
Seat San Francisco, California
management Arthur D. Levinson, Cynthia Kenyon, Hal V. Barron, David Botstein
Branch Health, biotechnology
Website www.calicolabs.com

Calico is a biotechnology company that develops methods against human aging . It was founded in 2013 by the US company Google Inc. The name is derived as an abbreviation of California Life Company . On August 10, 2015, Calico became a subsidiary of the newly founded holding company Alphabet Inc.

background

The company is run by Arthur D. Levinson along with Robert Cohen, Hal V. Barron , David Botstein and Cynthia Kenyon . Three of the last four were already involved in the field of genetic engineering . In 2013, Google co-founder Larry Page described in an open letter that the company had a focus on " health , well-being and longevity".

In September 2014, Calico announced that she would be working with the US company AbbVie to focus research more on the aging process and age-related diseases . Each of the two companies plans to initially invest $ 250 million in joint research with the option of increasing research funding by an additional $ 500 million.

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Remarks

  1. ↑ Calico . 
  2. ^ Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung : Extending life? No problem! , from October 25, 2014
  3. ↑ Der Spiegel : Google's start-up Calico: Algorithm der Immortlichkeit , from September 20, 2013
  4. ↑ Die Zeit : The net is not enough: Google wants to extend life ( memento of the original from October 26, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.zeit.de archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , dated September 19, 2013
  5. ^ Dan Primack: Google to form health company led by Genentech chairman . In: CNNMoney.com , September 19, 2013. Retrieved September 19, 2013. 
  6. ^ Arthur Levinson: Google+ Post . November 19, 2013. Accessed December 27, 2013. 
  7. ^ Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung : Health Company Calico - Google's Mission against Aging , from September 19, 2013
  8. ↑ Die Welt : Google even wants to stop the aging of humans , from January 9, 2014
  9. ^ The Economist : How to live for ever , July 30, 2014
  10. ↑ Gordon Ecco: 5 Things You Should Know About Google Calico . In: bluemind.tv .
  11. ^ The Washington Post : Google to banish death with new company, Calico , September 19, 2013
  12. ↑ Larry Page: 2013 Founders' Letter . Retrieved October 23, 2014.
  13. ^ The New York Times : Calico, Google's Anti-Aging Company, Announces New Research Facility , September 3, 2014
  14. ↑ Reuters : Google's Calico, AbbVie forge deal against diseases of aging , September 3, 2014
  15. ↑ AbbVie and Calico Announce a Novel Collaboration to Accelerate the Discovery, Development, and Commercialization of New Therapies .