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October 16, 2019

The inventor of Viagra just raised $56m for his AI drug startup

Healx is using artificial intelligence to speed up the discovery of new treatments for rare diseases


Kim Darrah

2 min read

Healx, a Cambridge-based startup cofounded by one of the inventors of Viagra, has raised $56m to expand the rollout of its artificial intelligence technology that hunts for new treatments for rare diseases. 

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