April 15, 2018 Informatics & Software Life Science Tools PR/Corporate

WuXi NextCODE Names Richard Williams to Lead Cancer Genomics Business

Dr Richard Williams, managing director and head of oncology at WuXi NextCODE SHANGHAI and CAMBRIDGE, Mass. and REYKJAVIK, Iceland, April 15, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — At AACR, Williams and colleagues will showcase the company’s portfolio of cutting edge capabilities for using genomic data to optimize and advance cancer therapies: Liberating the world’s largest cancer datasets with the novel SeqPlusSM method for high-quality sequencing... Read more

April 12, 2018 Informatics & Software Life Science Tools PR/Corporate

WuXi NextCODE Announces Executive Leadership Transition

Rob Brainin appointed as CEO to lead next phase of global growth, succeeding co-founder Hannes Smárason, who will continue as senior advisor SHANGHAI, CAMBRIDGE, Mass. and REYKJAVIK, Iceland, March 12, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — WuXi  NextCODE, the emerging global platform for genomic data, today announced that Rob Brainin, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, has been appointed as the company’s new Chief Executive... Read more

March 7, 2018 Informatics & Software Life Science Tools M&A, Partnerships

WuXi NextCODE Unveils Genomics Partnership with Google Cloud

– WuXi NextCODE’s massively scalable genomics database management system and clinical and research applications will be available to Google Cloud Platform users – Google Cloud BigQuery, the open source DeepVariant and other tools will be integrated for use with the WuXi NextCODE platform – The companies plan to work on additional tools, capabilities and APIs... Read more

October 17, 2017 Life Science Tools

WuXi NextCODE Integrates Oxford Nanopore into the Global Platform for Genomic Data

– Long-read, real-time DNA and RNA sequencing now available to researchers and clinical scientists through China’s preeminent and most comprehensive CLIA/CAP laboratory – WuXi NextCODE partners can now combine nanopore sequencing and the world’s leading informatics to solve genomics challenges with the potential to improve health SHANGHAI, CAMBRIDGE, Mass. and REYKJAVIK, Iceland, Oct. 17, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — WuXi NextCODE,... Read more

September 7, 2017 Informatics & Software Life Science Tools PR/Corporate

WuXi NextCODE Completes $240 Million Series B Financing

Investment from leading technology and healthcare investors will accelerate the growth of the global platform for genomic data The global platform aims to empower institutions and individuals to realize the full value of their genomic data – to benefit human health and contribute to advancing precision medicine SHANGHAI and CAMBRIDGE, Mass. and REYKJAVIK, Iceland, Sept. 7, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — WuXi NextCODE,... Read more