The Alphabet unit formerly known as Google Ventures has strengthened its cancer care by bringing ex-Tesaro head of R&D Sridhar Ramaswamy as an entrepreneur-in-residence.

GV, an early-stage corporate venturing subsidiary of internet and technology group Alphabet, has hired Sridhar Ramaswamy as an entrepreneur-in-residence to explore the oncology ecosystem.

Ramaswamy moved from US-based cancer treatment developer Tesaro, where he had been senior vice-president and head of research and early development since 2017.

Prior to Tesaro, Ramaswamy had been an oncologist dedicated to breast cancer, gastrointestinal cancer and leukaemia care for nearly two decades at Massachusetts General Hospital, following stints at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and…

Edison Fu

Edison Fu is a reporter and Asia liaison at Global Corporate Venturing.