Drug discovery and development

摘要

Genomic information is used to liaise with pharmaceutical companies to find out what they are currently working on, highlight possible drug targets and help them get medicines to market quicker by influencing clinical trial design. "ICongenica is] working with drug companies to help them better stratify their trials," explains Alan Martin, the company's head of innovation and data science. "Having a database of biological knowledge is where we need to aim ourselves."