With Google Ventures Backing, Flatiron Aims Broadly At Cancer Analytics
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
The New York City start-up brings together a product team well-versed in oncology with an IT crew that honed its skills in other arenas. Will their approach transform how we look at cancer data, or hit the snags that plague the entrenched industry?
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