The BIA’s Genomics Advisory Committee (GAC) ensures that the UK starts, scales and builds world-leading genomic businesses.
The Committee acts as a leadership platform for sharing and discussing issues of common concern between genomic businesses and provides expert advice to the BIA to collectively input to relevant policy discussions, especially with the UK government. Committee membership is open to BIA member companies working in –omics.
GAC priorities
- Enable SME engagement with investors, funders, data holders, and big pharma to grow the UK genomics ecosystem
- Inform BIA’s work on UK’s diagnostics capability post COVID-19
- Support BIA’s lobbying activities, including Parliament Day and the Life Sciences Industrial Strategy
- Input into BIA consultation responses on relevant policy issues
- Inform the implementation of the Government’s genomics healthcare strategy
- Publish a report on UK genomics
- Secure and act as SME representation on UK National Genomics Board
- Work with government stakeholders, SMEs, big pharma and investors develop a proposal for a genomics-focused venture fund to support delivery of solutions that enable genomic medicine in the UK and globally
BIA GAC Members
AstraZeneca
AstraZeneca is a major contributor to UK science and innovation investment, economic prosperity and to patient health. The UK is home to the organisations global headquarters and major research and development and manufacturing facilities. AstraZeneca invest over £1.3 billion per year in research and development in the UK.
Cambridge Cancer Genomics
CCG is a precision oncology company providing treatment monitoring for cancer patients to model tumour evolution and predict resistance and relapse.
Cambridge Epigenetix
Aiming to change the way medicine is practiced by reducing several routine and important diagnostic screening tests to a simple blood draw.
Congenica Ltd
Congenica is a digital health technology company with the world’s leading clinical decision support platform for accelerated genomic data interpretation. Congenica software enables genomic medicine by integrating genetic data into healthcare, empowering clinicians to provide life-changing answers that transform the lives of individuals, patients and their families.
Cytiva
Eagle Genomics
Eagle Genomics is a bioinformatics services and software company specialising in the provision of genome content management and delivering open-source solutions.
Earlham Institute
Genomics plc
Genomics plc, based in Oxford and Cambridge, specialises in the analysis of complex genomics, genetic, and health data to transform the drug development industry and learn more about human biology.
Illumina
Innovate UK
Innovate UK is part of UK Research and Innovation, a non-departmental public body funded by a grant-in-aid from the UK government.
Instinctif Partners
Instinctif Partners is an international business communications consultancy. The Life Sciences practice focuses on enhancing the value proposition for companies seeking investment, partnerships or customers.
We work with clients to communicate the value of their science and innovation to key stakeholders through the most relevant channels. We offer specialist expertise across corporate, financial, healthcare and marketing communications, covering all communications disciplines including strategic counsel, PR, IR, media relations, public affairs, crisis communications, internal communications, marketing, advertising, copywriting, design, research and event management. Our practice serves clients around the world from our bases in London, Manchester, Munich, Boston, Melbourne and Sydney."
IQVIA
Johnson & Johnson Innovation
LGC Ltd
LGC is an international science-based company and market leader in analytical, forensic, biotechnology, diagnostic and product services and reference standards.
Medicines Discovery Catapult
The Medicines Discovery Catapult (MDC) is the centre of national, independent expertise for the discovery and proof of new medicines.
Novartis
Oxford Nanopore Technologies Ltd
Oxford Nanopore makes Nanopore sensing devices designed to enable the analysis of any living thing, by any person, in any environment.
PetMedix
Precision Life
Roche
Transcrip Partners LLP
TranScrip Partners is a pharmaceutical development company offering a wide range of expertise in drug development and registration.
University of Nottingham
The University of Nottingham is a pioneering university. A place where world-leading research transforms lives and shapes the future.
Wellcome Sanger Institute
The mission of the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute is to use genome sequences to improve human health by advancing understanding of the biology of humans and pathogens.
Yourgene Health
Nucleome Therapeutics
Nucleome Therapeutics is decoding the dark matter of the human genome to uncover novel ways to treat diseases.