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AI-Powered SaaS for Faster and More Accurate Genetic Disease Diagnosis

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Imagine trying to find a few typos in a library of millions of books; that is what diagnosing genetic diseases is like. Most tools only look for one big mistake, but some diseases are caused by several small errors working together. This tool uses AI to spot those complex patterns quickly, helping doctors find the cause of a patient's illness much faster.

By the numbers
300 million
people worldwide affected by genetic diseases
2.8 million
new patients every year
50%
average diagnostic yield of genetic disorders
The business problem

What needed solving

Clinicians struggle to identify disease-causing variants in genomic data, leading to a diagnostic yield of only about 50%. Current tools fail to efficiently identify complex combinations of multiple variants (oligogenic) that cause disease.

The solution

What was built

A cloud-based SaaS platform that uses AI to classify single and multiple genomic variants. It includes the OliVer database for oligogenic combinations and the VarChat tool.

Audience

Who needs this

Clinical GeneticistsGenomic Diagnostic LabsPrecision Medicine ClinicsBioinformatics Software Vendors
Business applications

Who can put this to work

Clinical Diagnostics
mid-size
Target: Genetic Testing Laboratories

If you are a Genetic Testing Laboratory dealing with a diagnostic yield of only about 50% on average — this project developed a SaaS platform that identifies single and multiple genomic variants to increase the rate of successful diagnoses.

Pharmaceuticals
enterprise
Target: Drug Discovery Firms

If you are a Drug Discovery Firm dealing with the need to identify unknown pathogenic variants for target validation — this project developed an AI-based interpreter that ranks variants by probability of causation.

Digital Health
SME
Target: Health-Tech Software Providers

If you are a Health-Tech Software Provider dealing with slow turnaround times in genomic data analysis — this project developed a cloud-based architecture that processes raw sequencing data to provide consistent variant interpretation.

Frequently asked

Quick answers

What is the pricing or cost model for this technology?

Based on available project data, the platform is delivered as a SaaS (Software as a Service), but specific pricing tiers are not disclosed.

Can this be scaled for industrial-level genomic processing?

Yes, the system uses a finely engineered cloud-based architecture capable of analyzing raw sequencing data containing up to millions of variants per patient.

What is the IP or licensing status of the platform?

Based on available project data, the technology is developed by ENGENOME SRL, and they have released public resources like OliVer and VarChat to support the community.

How does this integrate into existing clinical workflows?

The SaaS takes a list of patient genotypes and phenotypes as input and outputs a ranked list of pathogenic variants and a suggested diagnosis.

What is the timeline for deployment?

The project period was from 2022-04-01 to 2024-03-31, indicating the development phase is complete.

Consortium

Who built it

The project is led by a single Italian SME, ENGENOME SRL, representing a 100% industry ratio. This lean structure suggests a highly focused commercial drive, as the company handled all development and validation through collaborations with hospitals and institutions rather than a complex academic consortium.

How to reach the team

Contact ENGENOME SRL in Italy for SaaS licensing

Next steps

Talk to the team behind this work.

Request a demo of the eVai variant interpreter

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