Bionano Genomics Announces Sites within the UK’s National Health System have Adopted its Saphyr System for Optical Genome Mapping - Seite 2

Dr. Heggarty added "The pilot study will be used to assess the clinical utility of OGM in the identification of SVs observed in patients with constitutional and acquired chromosomal abnormalities, including but not limited to developmental delay, infertility, rare disease, leukemia and lymphoma patients."

“What we are seeing with recent adoption within the UK NHS and other sites is a validation of the change in our sales model that we adopted in the first half of 2020. Our focus is on accelerating the process for researchers to implement OGM with Saphyr to shorten the time it takes them to generate data. A faster implementation brings revenue sooner compared to a traditional capital sales cycle, and earlier access to Saphyr data may raise awareness of that data sooner,” commented Erik Holmlin, PhD, CEO of Bionano Genomics. “King’s College Hospital London is one of the largest NHS testing centers for heme malignancies and serves a diverse patient population. Meanwhile, NIRGL is the only NHS genetic testing center in Northern Ireland, providing services to that entire population. We are thrilled that these NHS centers have chosen to invest in OGM with the Saphyr system as they begin developing and validating assays on the platform along a path to modernizing their workflows. We believe their success can spark potential adoption by many other NHS testing labs across the UK.”

About Bionano Genomics
Bionano is a genome analysis company providing tools and services based on its Saphyr system to scientists and clinicians conducting genetic research and patient testing, and providing diagnostic testing for those with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and other neurodevelopmental disabilities through its Lineagen business. Bionano’s Saphyr system is a research use only platform for ultra-sensitive and ultra-specific structural variation detection that enables researchers and clinicians to accelerate the search for new diagnostics and therapeutic targets and to streamline the study of changes in chromosomes, which is known as cytogenetics. The Saphyr system is comprised of an instrument, chip consumables, reagents and a suite of data analysis tools. Bionano provides genome analysis services to provide access to data generated by the Saphyr system for researchers who prefer not to adopt the Saphyr system in their labs. Lineagen has been providing genetic testing services to families and their healthcare providers for over nine years and has performed over 65,000 tests for those with neurodevelopmental concerns. For more information, visit www.bionanogenomics.com or www.lineagen.com.