Genomics England Contracts with WuXi NextCODE as Clinical Interpretation Partner for 100,000 Genomes Project

Genomics England has today announced that it has contracted with WuXi NextCODE as a Clinical Interpretation Partner for the 100,000 Genomes Project. The China, US and Iceland-based company is the first to work with them on cancer samples and will also interpret samples in rare disease. Genomics England will work with the clinical interpretation partners to drive up the quality of interpretation of genomic data. This will lead to better understanding of disease and more personalised care for patients in the future. The Project aims to sequence 100,000 whole genomes from approximately 70,000 people. Participants are NHS patients with a rare disease plus their families, and patients with cancer. The aim is to create a new genomic medicine service for the NHS, leading to more personalised care for patients. Some patients with rare disease may get a diagnosis for the first time, or discover what treatment might work best for them.WuXi NextCODE's unique database model and clinical and tumor-normal analysis and reporting systems will enable NHS clinicians to begin to efficiently analyse patient sequence data and identify causative variants in rare diseases and driver mutations in tumors.Dr Augusto Rendon, Director of