After nearly 13 years working for the pharmaceutical company's venture arm, Marian Nakada has retired from corporate venturing.

The Oregon Health & Science University is the sole academic medical centre in the US state of Oregon.

Illumina Ventures started with a target of $300m for its latest fund but has cut that to $200m amid a tough climate for biotech investors.

Adele Moynihan has left her role as head of UK health insurer Bupa's APAC investment unit to join a health-tech startup.

The Mayo Clinic has hired entrepreneurs to speed the commercialisation of its medical research as funding from the government declines.

As sales of cameras and printers have declined, Canon Marketing Japan's VC unit has been tasked with finding new sources of revenue.

Totalling $30m, the funds will finance healthcare ventures spinning out of the academic medical care system.

The costs of making things in space — and getting them back to earth — is high. But infrastructure to bring down the costs is being built.

Outpatient surgery can be up to 60% cheaper and produce better outcomes than hospital procedures, but the market is fragmented. Oliver Keown wants to fix that.

Some 46 corporate-backed startups had an exit in May, a handful at more than $1bn. But the market is still in a holding pattern.