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OrigiMed

5th Fl, Bldg 3, No.115 XinJunhuan Rd, Shanghai, China

Overview

至本医疗科技 develops comprehensive multi-gene sequencing tests covering hundreds of cancer genes across all solid-tumor types and products that guide both targeted therapy and immunotherapy. The company has built proprietary bioinformatics algorithms, a China-focused tumor gene/clinical/drug database, and a precision-treatment data-sharing app called 土拨鼠博士. It holds multiple patents for its analysis algorithms and in August 2018 obtained CAP (College of American Pathology) certification for laboratory quality, analysis, and clinical interpretation. 至本 has assembled an advisory board including international cancer genomics and immunotherapy experts and established collaboration platforms with institutions such as MD Anderson, Mayo Clinic and MGH. The firm reports more than 300 employees, its services cover hundreds of major hospitals nationwide, and it serves over a thousand clinical doctors. Proceeds from the latest round will be used for continued R&D and to expand the clinical impact of its tumor-precision medical data platform in China. OrigiMed focuses on translating high-tech R&D into clinical applications for cancer care, using high-throughput next-generation sequencing to comprehensively detect gene abnormalities related to cancer treatment. Its testing product line includes four series (溯、源、至、本) designed to enable personalized drug-consultation and dynamic monitoring. The company provides individualized medical consultation services based on genomic profiling. The announced financing will be used for team building, product optimization, and R&D and clinical translation of the latest cancer diagnostic and treatment technologies. Founder Wang Kai has a background in sequencing analysis at BGI, began NGS data analysis in 2007, earned a bioinformatics doctorate, continued cancer research at Harvard, and was an early employee at Foundation Medicine before returning to China in 2015 and founding OrigiMed in May this year.

Total raised
$10M
Funding rounds
2
Latest round
Equity
Latest activity
Sep 2016

Industries

  • Health Care
  • Health Diagnostics
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Recent funding

  1. Equity

    Sep 2016

    $10M

Team

  • Kai Wang

    CEO & Founder

  • Dong You

    CMO

  • Xavier Liu

    CFO

  • Leilei Lu

    COO