Verily (formerly
Google Life Sciences) is
Alphabet Inc.'s research organization devoted to the study of
life sciences. The organization was formerly a division of
Google X, until 10 August 2015 when
Sergey Brin announced that the organization would become an independent subsidiary of
Alphabet Inc. This restructuring process was completed on October 2, 2015. On December 7, 2015, Google Life Sciences was renamed Verily.