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Personalizing Medicine
Personalizing Medicine

The U.S healthcare system is under tremendous stress as a result of unsustainable cost pressures, demographic shifts and the advent of new medical technologies. By personalizing medicine through better understanding of the individual we can improve patient care and greatly increase healthcare productivity. MDV funds entrepreneurs and cross-disciplinary teams focused on biomedical breakthroughs, molecular diagnostics and technology platforms that will deliver on this vision.

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CardioDx is a molecular diagnostics company that serves cardiologists and their patients by offering clinically validated genomic tests to enhance patient care. These tests will help cardiologists identify patients who will benefit most from advanced cardiovascular therapies and predict risk for developing disease. Founded in 2004.

www.cardiodx.com

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Corventis is focused on improving the care of cardiovascular patients and revolutionizing the treatment of cardiovascular disease by developing truly innovative and clinically meaningful technologies for health care professionals. Founded 2005.

corventismedical.com

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Pacific Biosciences (PacBio) is developing a transformative single-molecule, real-time (SMRT) DNA sequencing platform. PacBio's goal is to commercialize SMRT DNA sequencing technology, eventually enabling sequencing of individual genomes as part of routine medical care. Founded in 2004.

www.pacificbiosciences.com

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iRhythm strives to ensure that cardiac rhythm monitoring becomes more accessible and available to patients who may be at risk for an abnormal heart rhythm, or an arrhythmia.

www.irhythmtech.com

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Navigenics, Inc. specializes in personalized consumer health and wellness services, with the overall goal of improving health outcomes in individuals across the population. Navigenics educates and empowers customers with knowledge of their genetic predispositions, and then motivates them to act on the information to prevent the onset of disease, achieve earlier diagnosis, appropriately manage disease, or otherwise lessen its impact.

www.navigenics.com

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RainDance Technologies™ is a provider of innovative droplet-based solutions that accelerate human health and disease research. The simplicity and speed of its new technology inspire researchers to rethink the way they design experiments and approach discovery. Its core RainStorm™ microfluidics technology produces 10 million picoliter-volume droplets per hour. Each droplet is the functional equivalent of a test tube and can contain a single molecule, reaction, or cell. The company empowers the scientist with solutions that minimize experimental error, provide simple, high-speed workflow, and generate accurate measurements. Founded in 2004.

www.raindancetechnologies.com/

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Tethys Bioscience is dedicated to the discovery, development and commercialization of novel biological markers - biomarkers - that provide a practical tool to address the growing global challenge of chronic metabolic diseases such as diabetes. Founded in 2002

www.tethysbio.com

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President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology

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Affiliations

Caltech Division of Biology Advisory Council

Institute of Medicine

California Institute for Regenerative Medicine

Harvard Center for Genetics and Genomics Advisory Council

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News

Fierce Biotech, June 30, 2009
Pacific Biosciences - 2009 Fierce 15

Forbes, June 29, 2009
10 Life-Saving Technologies

Newsweek, June 27, 2009
A Doctor's Vision of the Future of Medicine

Wall Street Journal, June 23, 2009
Medical Monitoring, Cell Phone Industries Joining Forces

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