Company|Our Story

Mission: Revolutionize Drug Development & Personalize Care

BC Platforms is a global leader in building data networks for the life sciences industry and provides versatile technology platforms for personalised medicine, accelerating the translation of innovations into clinical practice. We convert complex biological information collected in the healthcare setting into actionable insights. With our innovative technology we are creating a patient centric infinity loop between the life sciences and healthcare sectors. Data we generate, harmonise, and manage, from diverse biobanks and healthcare institutions, is made accessible for pharmaceutical and biotech companies to enhance their core strengths in research and development. In parallel, we enable stratification of patients towards targeted therapies, delivering on the promise of more personalized healthcare.

Our high performing genomic data discovery and analytics platform enables flexible data integration, secure analysis, and interpretation of molecular and clinical information. We have developed a Global Data Partner Network, BCRQUEST.com, which allows access to high-quality real-world data. This rapidly growing network has a footprint across many sites, including networks of major hospitals, covering 20 countries in five continents, providing standard of care data for over 23 million patients. Our platforms seamlessly facilitate access to highly enriched data for pharmaceutical research and development.

Founded in 1997 from a MIT Whitehead project spinoff, we have a strong scientific heritage underpinned by over 25 years of working in close collaboration with a network of leading researchers, developers, and industry partners. We have global operations with our headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland, R&D in Espoo, Finland, and Singapore, as well as a presence in London and Boston.

Our History

BC Platforms got started in 1997 when our founder Timo Kanninen created a database that could store and analyze genetic and phenotypic data together for a MIT Whitehead Institute type 2 diabetes research project. That first database became the foundation for our platform.

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1997

Founded in Helsinki, Finland

2000

First own large scale genome data discovery solution is released

2007

Solutions expand to cover biobank market as well as research and pharma

2010

Partnerships expand to offer solutions for biomarker discovery

 

2014

BC Platforms released the next generation of our solution integrating genomic and clinical data geared for clinical genomics applications

2016

BC Platforms adds partnerships to advance Artificial Intelligence Solutions in healthcare

 

2017

BC Platforms celebrates 20 years

 

2018

Launch of complete Personalized Medicine Platform Powered by BC | GENOME. New Partnerships with Microsoft & Google Cloud including Health Care integrators Tieto and Intersystems

 

2018

Launch of Global, Federated Data Partner Network

2019

BC Platforms Closes $15 million Series C Financing and Signs Partnership with IQVIA to Extend Data Analytics in Genomics

2020

BC Platforms and Kaiser Permanente Win 2020 Microsoft Health Innovation Award for Precision Medicine Collaboration

Meet Our Strategic Partners

Strong partnerships bring the best results

Google Cloud
IQVIA
Microsoft Azure

BC Platforms Leverages Latest Science, Unique Technology Capabilities, and Strategic Partnerships to achieve our mission of Revolutionizing Drug Discovery and Personalizing Care.

Our close collaborations with experts across relevant areas help provide a complete framework for our customers to ensure success. We are proud to work closely with a network of leading edge institutions and partners, supporting our strong scientific heritage and driving the best results.

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