Groupon co-founder Eric Lefkofsky discovered the health-care system's flawed approach to data when his wife was diagnosed with cancer. Tempus is now on the front lines of the coronavirus fight. It made the CNBC 2020 Disruptor 50 list, released Tuesday.
list, has three primary lines of business. It offers genomic tests that physicians can order, its most popular being a test that looks for over 600 genes associated with cancer.
Finally, it curates and sells de-identified data to pharmaceutical companies working on drug discovery. "We are focused on collecting real-world evidence for patients that are Covid-19 positive to help doctors stratify patients based on risk and help triage patients to the optimal therapeutic path for them, based on their unique phenotypic characteristics," he said., resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and special partner at New Enterprise Associates, sits on Tempus' board of directors.
Gottlieb added that Tempus is partnering with employers and health-care providers to support Covid-19 testing in states where restrictions are being relaxed, and employees are going back to work, so they'll know what to watch out for.
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