Before broad implementation, the healthcare system will gauge the feasibility of the screening program, patient impact, and cost-benefit in a pilot phase.
The partnership has allowed Philips to provide a single view of cancer patient's status, including genomic test results, through the FDA-cleared IntelliSite Pathology Solution.
The health system hopes to pair the data with nearly three decades worth of electronic health records as well as medical histories provided by contributors.
Results from a randomized clinical trial known as GIFT suggest that genotype-guided warfarin dosing is linked to fewer adverse events than clinical dosing.
The company launched the RxMatch Antidepressant Panel as the first step to grow beyond precision oncology and offer genomic assays for a wider range of diseases.
The researchers now plan to apply the linked-read technology to additional cancer samples as well as other disease cohorts with suspected structural variants.
The Intermountain spinout will use the Series A financing to commercialize and expand its precision cancer care offering, including the TheraMap solution.
In an editorial, officials from scientific societies in the US and China call for the international community to develop criteria and standards for human germline editing.
The US National Institutes of Health is to review studies that have received private support for conflicts of interest, according to the New York Times.
