23andMe and Mirador Therapeutics Enter Into Strategic Research Collaboration to Advance Mirador’s Precision Medicines for Immunology & Inflammation
November 20 2024 - 6:30AM
23andMe Holding Co. (Nasdaq: ME), a leading human genetics and
preventive health company, and Mirador Therapeutics, a
next-generation precision medicine company focused on developing
first-in-class or best-in-class therapeutics for immunology and
inflammation (I&I)-related diseases, today announced a
strategic research collaboration. Under the agreement, Mirador will
leverage a targeted set of aggregated, de-identified genetic and
phenotypic data from the 23andMe research database and its
proprietary Mirador360™ development engine to enable target
validation and precision medicine.
The 23andMe genetic and phenotypic health information database
is the world’s largest crowdsourced platform for genetic research.
Insights gleaned from the 23andMe database have resulted in
previous pharma collaborations that have generated multiple drug
discovery programs, as well as two clinical stage assets in
immuno-oncology, and more than 300 scientific publications. Mirador
will use the 23andMe database to augment its proprietary
Mirador360™ development engine, which already houses one of the
most extensive repositories of immune-mediated disease data,
including over two million human molecular profiles.
“Our new partnership with 23andMe supercharges the Mirador
mission to rapidly advance transformational precision therapies for
patients living with chronic immune-mediated inflammatory and
fibrotic diseases,” said Mark C. McKenna, Chairman and CEO of
Mirador. “Combining Mirador360’s cutting-edge biology, multi-modal
data and AI capabilities with the unparalleled genetic and
phenotypic insights from the 23andMe database will enable us to
accelerate our progress toward solving major unmet needs in
I&I.”
“Mirador is a pioneer in I&I precision medicine, and our
collaboration harnesses the power of 23andMe’s data and research
platform to identify new targets and develop promising new drugs,”
said Anne Wojcicki, CEO and Co-Founder of 23andMe. “We hope this
can ultimately help the millions of patients living with a range of
I&I diseases who urgently need treatment options.”
Protecting participant privacy23andMe has
strong privacy protections in place, and customers are in control
of their data. Customers have the option to consent to participate
in the 23andMe Research program, which is overseen by a third party
Institutional Review Board (IRB) to ensure research being conducted
meets the highest ethical standards. Only data from consented
research participants is used for 23andMe research, and for those
that choose to opt-in, their information is de-identified for
research activities, meaning participants’ personally identifiable
information such as name, age, sex and contact information is
stripped from their genetic information, with the two sets of data
stored separately. If a customer originally opted-in to participate
in 23andMe’s Research program, they can easily withdraw at any
time.
About 23andMe23andMe is a genetics-led consumer
healthcare and therapeutics company empowering a healthier future.
For more information, please visit www.23andme.com.
About Mirador TherapeuticsMirador is a
next-generation precision medicine company focused on developing
first-in-class or best-in-class precision medicines for immunology
and inflammation. Mirador aims to revolutionize precision medicine
with its proprietary Mirador360™ development engine that leverages
cutting-edge biology, multi-modal data and advanced analytics to
rapidly advance new medicines for patients living with chronic
immune-mediated inflammatory and fibrotic diseases. Launched in
2024, Mirador has raised over $400 million from leading life
sciences investors and is based in San Diego, CA. For more
information, please visit us at www.miradortx.com and follow the
company on LinkedIn.
Contact Information23andMeMedia:
press@23andMe.comInvestor Relations: investors@23andMe.com
MiradorMedia: dan@1abmedia.com
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