Genetic testing has expanded significantly, both in clinical contexts and beyond. Understanding the distinctions between testing modalities—genotyping, targeted panels, exome sequencing, and whole genome sequencing—matters for decisions about study design, eligibility criteria, and participant qualification. The available testing modalities differ meaningfully in scope, cost, and the nature of information they generate.
If you’re struggling to enroll your trial, you’re not alone. It’s so difficult that nine out of ten trials require the original timeline to be doubled to meet enrollment goals – and when you add in a genetic component, it becomes even more challenging.
Patient retention remains one of the most persistent constraints in clinical trial execution. When a significant proportion of enrolled patients drop out before study completion, the downstream effects are substantial: extended timelines, inflated costs, and compromised data quality.
This webinar, hosted by Patrick Short, CEO of Sano Genetics, and featuring Lindsey Wahlstrom-Edwards, Partnerships Lead at Sano Genetics, focused on the challenges patient organisations face in supporting innovation while also keeping patient health information safe.
This webinar was hosted by Paul Wicks and featured Sano CEO Patrick Short, Rakhi Rajani from Genomics England, and Julian Hastings Ward who chairs the participant panel for Genomics England.
This webinar, hosted by Sano Genetics and featuring representatives from Newcastle University, Congenica, UK CRC Tissue Directory and Co-ordination Centre and Sano Genetics, focussed on the topic of diversity in clinical trials. The speakers discussed how to promote diversity in research participation, the importance of patient engagement and involvement, and how to flag potential issues earlier in the research process.
This webinar was hosted by Sano Genetics' scientific advisor, Paul Wicks, and featured representatives from Genomics England as well as Sage Bionetworks. The discussion centered around experiences and insights on patient engagement in precision medicine research, including how patients can be more involved in this type of research, as well as how design systems can impact engagement.
- Sano raises $11 million in Series A funding round led by MMC Ventures
- New funding will support the team to grow and further its mission to accelerate personalised medicine research
- Sano aims to address the challenge of a decades-long, costly drug development process so that new treatments can reach patients faster
- Sano Genetics supports personalised medicine research by increasing participation in clinical trials and guiding patients through the process
- Half of clinical trials are delayed due to recruitment issues and 85% fail as they can’t retain enough participants
- Seed round will fund free at-home DNA testing kits for 3,000 people affected by Long Covid, further development of its tech platform and team expansion
Advances in large-scale genome sequencing, data storage, and analysis are accelerating the development of precision medicine across a growing number of therapeutic areas. These advancements are already helping to improve outcomes for patients with chronic diseases such as coronary artery disease and breast cancer. Depression, however, presents a distinct challenge.