Today, the FDA announced the beta release of precisionFDA, a community platform for NGS assay evaluation and regulatory science exploration. The online , cloud-based, portal will allow scientists from industry, academia, government and other partners to come together to foster innovation and develop the science behind a method of “reading” DNA known as next-generation sequencing (or NGS). precisionFDA is the FDA’s answer to its role under the White House’s Precision Medicine
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FDA Unveils Open Source Platform for Genomic Sequencing Data
On Wednesday, the FDA announced the launch of an open source platform for community sharing of genomic sequencing data called precisionFDA. DNAnexus, the provider of cloud-based genome informatics and data management was awarded a research and development contract by the FDA to build the platform. precisionFDA is the FDA's answer to its role under the White House’s Precision Medicine Initiative is to review the current regulatory landscape and develop a streamlined approach to evaluating
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