Illumina expands genomics capabilities in India with opening of Solutions Center
- Illumina expands presence in the genomics market in India, a country with over 1.4 billion people. Collaborating with Premas Life Sciences to grow the market and advance healthcare in South Asia. Supported TB surveillance and initiatives to increase sequencing capability in India. The new Solutions Center provides training and education to increase local technical expertise.
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Illumina's expansion comes after 16 years of working closely with the company's channel partner in
"Expanding Illumina's presence in
Tuberculosis is one infectious disease of concern and a prevalent problem in
Illumina has also supported initiatives to increase access to sequencing capability in
Illumina employs over 30 people in
"Abhishek brings vast knowledge and experience to Illumina India, and we look forward to supporting him and the team as they collaborate with and support our customers," said Weightman. She also emphasized the opportunity the new Solutions Center presents to pursue equitable access and more diverse data: "Democratizing genomics and making it available to the many and not just the few will take a collaborative approach. We must better reflect diversity in genomic data and drive awareness for, access to, and adoption of genomic technologies, through partnership."
The new Illumina Solutions Center features a fully equipped laboratory housing the latest NGS and array technologies, and it is fully resourced with field applications and service engineers to offer Illumina's partners and customers broad genomics capabilities. The center will support Illumina's growing number of channel partners in the region by providing training and education to increase local technical expertise and access to genomics.
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