Landscape scan
Globaldata sources reviewed
Scan the field
We mapped new and emerging sequence data sources that could improve flu and COVID strain selection.
Case Study · Technology Scouting
Tracking variants beyond the clinic.
A global biopharmaceutical company wanted better ways to track viral variants for flu and COVID vaccine design. We landscaped emerging data sources, including wastewater sequencing, and connected the client with academic experts.
The Client
The client is a global biopharmaceutical company that develops vaccines. It wanted new variant tracking methods to improve flu and COVID vaccine development.
The Challenge
Strain testing alone.
Look further.
Prescouter was asked to identify emerging methodologies for viral variant tracking and surveillance, including innovation sources and technologies built on wastewater and environmental sequence data.
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Sources
New sequence data
Beyond public sequence databases.
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Environment
Wastewater signals
Tracking variants in the community.
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Partners
Academic experts
Groups open to collaboration.
Our Approach
Landscaping new sources, then reaching out.
Academic outreach
Directstakeholder contact
Reach the experts
We contacted high-interest academic groups to gauge their interest in working with the client.
Introductions
3experts introduced
Make the connection
We introduced the client to experts working on viral variant tracking and surveillance.
The Outcome
Introductions to three variant experts.
Prescouter landscaped emerging sequence data sources for flu and COVID strain identification, including wastewater and environmental approaches. Targeted outreach to academic stakeholders then ended with introductions to 3 experts working on viral variant tracking and surveillance.
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Landscape
Emerging data sources
For better strain identification.
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Methods
Wastewater sequencing
Environmental signals of variants.
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Network
3 expert introductions
In variant tracking and surveillance.
Vaccine design is only as good as its view of circulating strains. New data sources can widen that view.
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