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2y ago
Lifebit is proud to announce support for the AWS for Health initiative from Amazon Web Services (AWS) to empower Public Sector organisations to build innovative, scalable and collaborative cloud-based solutions for national precision medicine initiatives worldwide.
What is the AWS For Health initiative?
AWS for Health is an initiative featuring services and solutions from AWS and AWS Partners, built specifically for healthcare, biopharma, and genomics customers. The initiative makes it easier for health customers to select the right tools and partners for their highest-priority workloads ..read more
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2y ago
Lifebit’s Natural Language Processing and Artificial Intelligence platform automatically detects and tracks global infectious disease outbreaks using real-world evidence
The captured insights can accelerate detection of the latest outbreaks including transboundary diseases and emerging pathogens
London, United Kingdom, June 9, 2021 – Lifebit Biotech Ltd announces the beginning of a long-term partnership with Boehringer Ingelheim to utilise Natural Language Processing (NLP) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) for the detection and early reporting of global disease outbreaks using real-world data ..read more
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2y ago
We are excited to announce that Lifebit is officially part of the Alliance for Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare (AAIH), where we will work alongside a number of industry leaders to support the advancement of AI in healthcare.
What is the Alliance for Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare?
AAIH represents a coordinated, global effort across the healthcare, life science and technology industries to ensure there is a responsible adoption and application of AI/ML in healthcare. The alliance’s particular areas of focus include AI-guided pharmaceutical development, advanced medical diagnostic t ..read more
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2y ago
Lifebit’s precision medicine software will power Hong Kong’s development of genomic medicine by supporting the Hong Kong Genome Institute to implement the first large-scale genome sequencing initiative, the Hong Kong Genome Project. The Project will empower medical professionals and researchers to leverage up to 50,000 whole genomes to achieve faster diagnosis, develop more precise and personalised treatments and perform disease surveillance.
London, UK – 25 May 2021: The leader in population genomics and precision medicine technology, Lifebit Biotech Ltd, today announced it has been awa ..read more
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2y ago
Lifebit has been selected by the European Health Data & Evidence Network (EHDEN) for the recent Open Call, paving the way for an acceleration in mapping health data from various formats and institutions to the OMOP Common Data Model (CDM).
As part of the EHDEN network, Lifebit will support a diverse ecosystem of European institutions in performing mappings and harmonising their clinical data, and will actively contribute to EHDEN’s large-scale, federated network of OMOP CDM standardised data sources.
The coordinated efforts of the network will result in more efficient management and ..read more
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2y ago
Amazon Web Services (AWS) recently hosted AWS Startup Industry Days focused on Healthcare and Life Sciences. The two-day virtual event gathered thought leaders across Healthcare and Lifebit Sciences – and our CEO Dr Maria Chatzou Dunford was featured as a speaker.
In the session, Dr Chatzou Dunford along with Patrick Lamplé, AWS Senior Specialist Solutions Architect for Healthcare and Life Sciences, discussed the technical and practical aspects of building data platforms using AWS – from data ingestion to analytics and machine learning.
In Dr Chatzou Dunford’s words: “To bring prec ..read more
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2y ago
As genomic, phenotypic and clinical data are continuously being generated at an exponential pace, the biopharma industry must find more efficient ways of accessing and working with large volumes of complex and siloed data. This is especially critical for big pharmaceutical companies that need to optimise and accelerate clinical research and drug development processes. In a recent interview with Pharma Exec, our CEO, Dr. Maria Chatzou-Dunford, sheds light on the significant challenge the industry faces with regards to accessing siloed biomedical data effectively, without compromising data safet ..read more
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2y ago
National initiatives and biobanks have been driving the genomics transformation for years – however these efforts have been fraught with major challenges as biomedical data grows exponentially, including usability, commercial and security challenges. However, the greatest challenge faced by these initiatives is the fact that data is becoming more siloed and distributed than ever before.
Lifebit has launched a new webinar series, PopGen:Live, which brings together the global population genomics community through interactive and educational content to address and solve these challeng ..read more
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2y ago
Life sciences organisations around the world choose Lifebit to power their research and discoveries – for our industry-defining technology and for the visionary people behind it.
We are very pleased to spotlight Fletch Fletcher, who joins Team Lifebit as Director of Innovation and UX. Fletch will spearhead global customer success, partnerships and growth across the Lifebit solution suite.
An Executive Storyteller, Fletch brings to Lifebit 20+ years’ experience across innovation and creative leadership roles in the technology industry. Uniquely skilled in up-leveling communications for so ..read more
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2y ago
Lifebit’s partnership with Genomics England, and the launch of our ground-breaking federated Research Environment, helps fortify the UK’s leadership position in genomics.
“Houston, […] the Eagle has landed.” –Commander Neil Armstrong
The much anticipated National Genomic Healthcare Strategy – Genome UK: the future of healthcare has landed. As a next-generation genomics and precision medicine technology solutions provider, Lifebit is proud to be playing a key role in bringing this landmark strategy to life.
GenomeUK sets out a 10 year plan to create “the most advanced genomic healthcar ..read more