Former National Mental Health Chief Thomas Insel Leaving Verily

Thomas Insel, the former National Institute of Mental Health director, has left Verily Life Sciences after less than two years. With much fanfare but few details about his plans, Insel jumped in 2015 to South San Francisco-based Verily, formerly known as Google Life Sciences. In an announcement this morning, Verily said it would continue working on a “measurement-based care platform” for people with depression. CNBC first reported the news of Insel’s departure.

Author: Alex Lash

I've spent nearly all my working life as a journalist. I covered the rise and fall of the dot-com era in the second half of the 1990s, then switched to life sciences in the new millennium. I've written about the strategy, financing and scientific breakthroughs of biotech for The Deal, Elsevier's Start-Up, In Vivo and The Pink Sheet, and Xconomy. View all posts by Alex Lash