Foundation Medicine, Inc. is an American company based in Boston, Massachusetts, which develops, manufactures, and sells genomic profiling assays based on next-generation sequencing technology for solid tumors, hematologic malignancies, and sarcomas.[2]
History
Foundation Medicine was founded in Cambridge, Massachusetts.[3] The company was conceived after Broad Institute researchers Levi Garraway and Matthew Meyerson published a 2007 paper detailing a method for large-panel testing of 238 DNA mutations.[4]
Foundation Medicine launched in 2010 with a $25 million Series A financing led by Third Rock Ventures.[5]