Variant Bio’s Benefit-Sharing Model Featured in Genome Research
<p>Then along came <a href="https://www.variantbio.com/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Variant Bio</a>, whose mission it is “to leverage the power of human genetic diversity to develop life-saving therapies.” As far as I could tell, it was — and remains to this day — a real outlier in the biopharma world. From the moment it was founded, leaders at Variant Bio set about figuring out how to integrate community-engaged research and benefit-sharing policies into their business model. They formed an ethics advisory board before even a scientific advisory board<strong>,</strong> and they hired anthropologists right out of the gate. Taking as guidepost the Indigenous data sovereignty movement, Variant Bio built out <a href="https://www.variantbio.com/benefit-sharing" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">a unique approach to benefit sharing</a> that aims to increase equity in genomics, and to prioritize the perspectives of the communities who participate in research with us.</p>
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