Inside a biotech VC’s anger-driven strategy

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Welcome to Insider Healthcare. I'm healthcare editor Leah Rosenbaum, and today in healthcare news:

• A top biotech VC shares what she looks for when investing in new companies;
• How two women convinced a group of millennial men to invest in a menopause symptom startup;
• A new study further proves the effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines.

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A top biotech VC looks for 2 factors when investing in startups that could shake up the healthcare industry

• Arch Venture is one of biotech's biggest investors, leading $200 million to $800 million rounds.
• The fund's leaders pick healthcare issues that make them angry, then look for a solution.
• Managing Director Kristina Burow wants to overhaul brain-disorder treatments and autoimmune issues.

Get an inside look>>

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Here is the 23-slide presentation a former Marie Claire editor-in-chief used to get millennial men to invest in a startup that treats menopause symptoms

• Alloy is a digital-health startup that treats menopause symptoms.
• Kairos HQ and PACE Healthcare Capital participated in its $3.3 million seed round on Wednesday.
• Alloy is planning to launch a mail-order estrogen product in November.

See the slides now>>

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Vaccines cut the risk of severe COVID-19 by at least 90% in a huge real-world study of 23 million people

• Vaccines cut the risk of developing severe COVID-19 by at least 90%, a study of 23 million people finds.
• COVID-19 vaccine protection lasted for at least five months in people aged 50 to 75, it found.
• It adds to a growing body of real-world evidence that vaccines hold up against severe COVID-19.

Check it out>>

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More stories we're reading:

• 13 power-player lawyers advising life-sciences companies through the biotech feeding frenzy (Insider)
• A new panel says older adults shouldn't take an aspirin each day to prevent heart attacks (Associated Press)
• Massachusetts' National Guard will help test for COVID-19 in public schools as staffing shortages cause delays (Insider)
• The pandemic has heightened violence against healthcare workers (Kaiser Health News)

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-Leah