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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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Open science, genomics, and the quiet revolution in our approach to pharma

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Evan Floden , CEO of Seqera Labs examines how data sharing platforms are impacting cancer and genomics research. Increasingly, major collaborative life sciences projects, like the Human Genome Project or Human Cell Atlas, are driving advancements and organisations – both public and private – are taking note.

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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. Yerushalmi states there are numerous ways AI can support the pharma process – from clinical trials to patient stratification.

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Now is the time for pharma to help solve bias in clinical trials

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Pharma has a great opportunity ahead of it when it comes to conducting representative clinical trials. The processes used are now seeing huge infrastructure commitments, in order to cement their place in the development of future products and trials. But our drug development processes are not perfect.

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Unlocking disease treatment with large-scale research

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A few decades ago, gathering genetic data on the scale of the 100,000 Genomes Project would have been unthinkable – it was only in 2003 that the entire human genome was mapped. According to Genomics England , the project saw 18.5% Aims for the project. Hope for patients.

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GSK turns to AI specialist Tempus for R&D productivity boost

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US-based Tempus has built a precision medicine platform – powered by artificial intelligence and machine learning – that sifts through a large library of anonymised patient data, including results of clinical, molecular, and genomic testing.

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Life Science Trends to Look Out for in 2024

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This includes analyzing how drug combinations may impact individual patients or groups of patients before even entering a clinical trial. With a staggering 90 percent of drugs failing in clinical trials, AI has the potential to help improve these statistics. These companies are at various stages of research and clinical trials.