Life Sciences

Powering discovery and development

Our pioneering scientists have been harnessing the power of genetic insight to accelerate targeted drug development and advance population health. Now we’ve built a digital platform, products and service to make sure these insights are applied for the benefit of all. We work with leading pharmaceutical and biotech organisations to improve R&D outcomes by embedding human genetics across the discovery and development process. Our approach is grounded in causal biology, enabled by one of the world’s largest harmonised multi-omic datasets and state-of-the-art analytics.

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Proven partnerships with industry pioneers and innovators

Drug development has a high attrition rate

$2.6b

average cost of taking drug to market1

10years

average time to bring drug to market2

95%

of drugs entering clinical trials fail3

2.6x

Drugs supported by human genetic evidence are 2.6x more likely to succeed in clinical trials compared to those without4

Delivering data-driven insights across the full discovery & development cycle

Target & biomarker discovery

Uncover key mechanisms, cellular context, and causal genes to identify & prioritise new therapeutic targets

Target validation

Assess human genetic evidence supporting target-indication pair to confidently advance high-value targets with strong causal evidence

On-target safety

Assess secondary on-target effects to shift safety-related attrition early and reduce costly late-stage failures

Indication selection

Prioritise or expand into new indications to maximise value of pipeline assets or marketed therapies

Omics-based stratification

Apply advanced methods and tools to develop population stratification approaches, enabling trial enrichment and precision medicine approaches

Genetics-First Precision

De-risk and accelerate discovery and development

Drug development remains challenging, with most candidates failing due to a lack of efficacy or unforeseen safety issues. Genetics provides a powerful means to address this. Genomics uses large-scale genomic data and machine learning to help identify and prioritise targets with causal evidence, assess safety risks earlier, stratify patient populations for greater therapeutic effect, and explore new indications for existing assets. This enables our partners to make faster strategic decisions with confidence.

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High-Confidence Genomic Insights

Unmatched data scale and analytical power

We have curated one of the largest harmonised genotype–phenotype resources globally, comprising over 40,000 datasets and millions of analyses. Our platform integrates multi-omic datasets — including genomic, transcriptomic, proteomic, phenotypic, and real-world clinical data — enabling deeper insight into disease mechanisms and therapeutic opportunity.

This is supported by access to major public biobanks (e.g. UK Biobank, AllOfUs) alongside proprietary data, and powered by world-leading polygenic risk scores for disease prediction and patient stratification.

Unlock deeper insights across therapeutic areas, faster

Largest and most diverse genotype-phenotype data resource enables the deepest insights into genetic drivers of diseases across all therapeutic areas

Maximise confidence in decisions

Scale of data delivers unmatched statistical power to uncover novel insights & drive high-confidence decisions

Increase breadth & depth of analysis while maximising ROI in multi-omics data

Private and proprietary data can be integrated into data platform in compliance with stringent infosec protocols

End-to-End Support

Tailored support across the pipeline

Genomics supports partners across the full R&D cycle — from novel target discovery to indication expansion and clinical trial design and rescue. Our genetics-first approach informs critical decisions on efficacy, safety, and patient stratification.

All programmes are built on our proprietary multi-omic platform and tailored to align with your strategic goals. Whether validating assets, uncovering new targets, or refining development plans, we deliver evidence-based insights to reduce risk and accelerate progress.

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1

2014 report by  Tufts Center for the Study of Drug Development (CSDD)

2

BIO New Clinical Development Success Rates 2011-2020 Report

3

Pfizer review of PTRS including their own benchmarks + MIT review across TAs with and without biomarkers (Table 3 - overall rates from FIH to approval with / without biomarkers 5.7%) https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1359644621005444 & https://academic.oup.com/biostatistics/article/20/2/273/4817524?login=false#200808396

4

Nelson et al. (2015) Nature Genetics

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We act as scientific partners to help integrate human genetics into drug discovery and development. Whether identifying new targets, evaluating clinical-stage assets, or refining development strategies, Genomics delivers customised, data-driven approaches tailored to your strategic goals. Together we can accelerate drug discovery and advance population health to help people live longer, healthier lives.

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