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GSK, Regeneron and UK Biobank In Gene Sequencing Initiative

 
• By Alexandra Shimmings

GlaxoSmithKline and the Regeneron Genetics Center have joined forces with the UK Biobank to sequence genes from its 500,000 participants in an effort to improve drug discovery and disease diagnosis. The first data are due within a year.

Abstract render of earth inside a glowing DNA strand ( earth uv map from http://visibleearth.nasa.gov )

GlaxoSmithKline PLC has teamed up with Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. to sign a deal that will see the sequencing of genetic samples from the UK Biobank's half a million volunteers.

In a move that echoes other big pharma initiatives with sequencing specialists, the UK pharma giant will work with the Regeneron Genetics Center (RCG) in New York, Regeneron's wholly-owned genomics subsidiary, with the two making an undisclosed initial investment to enable the sequencing of the first 50,000 samples before

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