Multiply Labs, which develops robotic systems to automate pharmaceutical manufacturing processes, raised a $75M Series B led by Patrick Soon-Shiong's NantWorks
THE SO WHAT
$75M into robotic pharma manufacturing is a bet that regulatory-grade automation will be a core moat for drugmakers, not a back-office efficiency play. If you operate in any validated production environment, assume your next competitive benchmark includes robotized, 24/7-compliant throughput.
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