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£12.2m boost for coronavirus genomic surveillance pharmatimes
November 17, 2020
The COVID-19 Genomics UK (COG-UK) Consortium is being given £12.2 million from the Department for Health and Social Care Testing Innovation Fund to expand whole genome sequencing of positive SARS-CoV-2 virus samples.
Chandigarh-based IMTech to begin genome sequencing of novel coronavirus expresspharma
April 20, 2020
The genomic resource obtained from this sequencing will also allow identification of new targets of diagnosis and drugs for COVID-19.
Evolving World of Pharma: A new model for healthcare: personalized medicine Sarah Harding
January 10, 2019
Fellow sci-fi fans might share memories of Star Trek’s Dr ‘Bones’ McCoy scanning J.T. Kirk with a futuristic hand-held gadget to discover a mysterious illness… which of course provided the medical team with a quick fix, every time.
Genome sequencing of first 50,000 UK Biobank participants europeanpharmaceuticalreview
April 09, 2018
UK Biobank has announced a major initiative to sequence the full genomes of 50,000 UK Biobank volunteer participants…
Does genome sequencing increase downstream costs? europeanpharmaceuticalreview
March 27, 2018
A pilot study has found that whole genome sequencing of healthy individuals and cardiology patients did not increase health care spending outside of the sequencing costs.