Foundation Medicine Fund Company Profile

Description

Foundation Medicine, Inc. provides various molecular information products in the United States. The company’s molecular information platform includes proprietary methods and algorithms to analyze specimens across various types of cancer, as well as for incorporating that information into clinical care; and offers genomic information about each patient’s individual cancer, enabling physicians to optimize treatments in clinical practice and biopharmaceutical companies to develop targeted oncology therapies. It provides clinical products, such as FoundationOne for solid tumors; and FoundationOne Heme for blood-based cancers, or hematologic malignancies, including leukemia, lymphoma, and myeloma, as well as sarcomas and pediatric cancers. The company also offers FoundationCORE, a knowledgebase to publish scientific and medical advances, and foster relationships throughout the oncology community. In addition, it has strategic collaboration agreements with WuXi PharmaTech Inc.; F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd.; Horizon Healthcare Services, Inc.; AstraZeneca PLC, and Clinical Outcomes Tracking and Analysis. The company was founded in 2009 and is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Foundation Medicine, Inc. is a subsidiary of Roche Holdings, Inc.