OVP Company Does 14 Genomes

Luke Timmerman9/9/09

Complete Genomics, the Mountain View, CA-based company with a goal of sequencing full human genomes for $5,000, is announcing today that it has completed 14 full human genome sequences for commercial customers like March. The company says it has a dozen customers, including Pfizer, Duke University, the Institute for Systems Biology in Seattle, and the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard. Last month, we reported on how Kirkland, WA-based OVP Venture Partners joined a syndicate that invested $45 million in Complete Genomics.

Luke Timmerman is the National Biotech Editor of Xconomy, and the Editor of Xconomy Seattle. E-mail him at ltimmerman@xconomy.com or follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/ldtimmerman.