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Sophia Genetics launches AI tool to find COVID-19 ‘unknowns’

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Swiss medical data specialist Sophia Genetics has launched a platform that will sift through data generated at more than 1,000 hospitals around the world to try to work out how the COVID-19 pandemic will evolve in the coming months and years. The post Sophia Genetics launches AI tool to find COVID-19 ‘unknowns’ appeared first on.

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Genomic testing ‘should be offered to all cancer patients in Scotland’

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A group representing pharma companies selling precision therapies for cancer has called for a change to the way genomic testing is done in Scotland, to make sure patients get access to targeted drugs. “It would have saved me and the NHS a lot of money. .” Why do we always have to follow? Why not lead?”

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How epilepsy researchers are moving the needle past anti-seizure treatments

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Gene therapies are an attractive way of targeting the underlying genetic mutations, but traditional approaches cannot be used while targeting mutations for Dravet Syndrome, forcing researchers to develop new ways. Meanwhile, others are researching the link between gene variation and different responses to treatments.

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Can genetic data be a magic bullet for drug R&D?

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Drug development has long been an issue for the pharma industry, due to the expense and the high failure rate of potential treatments. Ben Hargreaves finds that the vast amount of genetic data that exists today could help provide a faster, more targeted way of developing new drug candidates.

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Big pharma companies partner to form AI-based start-up

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Built under a government tender, AION Labs comprises four large international pharma companies – AstraZeneca , Merck, Pfizer , and Teva – and another core partner, the Israel Biotech Fund. But it always starts with the biology or the genetic pool that makes the natural antibodies. The partnership. About the author .

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Gene editing: beyond the hype

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Genome editing is an exciting but still nascent field, and companies in the area face as many obstacles as they do opportunities. Sangamo CEO Sandy Macrae told us how his company is being cautious about the hype and finding ways to be financially viable in an emerging space. The genomic medicine journey.

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Drug development and working with specialised Rare Disease networks

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In a recent webinar held by pharmaphorum, in partnership with IQVIA, a discussion was held looking at how to make academic and commercial medical research more efficient, while also looking at the opportunity of genomic data to bring benefits to patients and healthcare systems. The potential to leverage genomic data.