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throughout the company, its employees and its workings.
She started the company in 2013 with modest beginnings,
no outside venture capital or influx of seed money and has
toiled hard to bring it where it stands today. When asked
what keeps her going, she answered, “I have questioned my
sanity from time to time. Then I remember why I’m doing
this. Maybe, though the efforts of the Phronetik team, its
University partners and industry collaborators, we help a
family predict and prevent the onset of disease.” She
continues to voice her thoughts, “We prevent a death. We
improve quality of care at a practice and quality of life for a
patient. We provide answers where there were previously
none. I believe in what we are doing wholeheartedly.”
Spearheaded by its leader and aptly supported by its staff,
Phronetik has been designing and re-designing its offerings
and focus, starting with clinical trial services and support
and broadening to sequencing and genetic services. It now
partners with a number of CAP/CLIA accredited
laboratories where it offers the services of genomic testing
such as diagnostic testing, predictive genetic tests,
pharmacogenomics, and carrier testing. This OMICS data is
then processed to offer next-generation sequencing services
and data analysis. It also offers technical support to the
solutions. These professional services include strategic
planning, technology roadmaps, HIPAA risk, security
assessments and more. Its managed services,
SupportDR™, is an IT offering perfect for providing
technical support for clinical trials, private practices and
other health care organizations. Specific SupportDR™
services include public portals, asset and inventory
management, system monitoring and maintenance,
24x7x365 support, remote end-user support and more.
The company is committed to its mission to provide
sustainable, innovative, transformative and disruptive
technologies and services to support clinical trials,
translational research, and patient-driven outcomes. It offers
a holistic approach to translational and clinical research.
The company being anti-silo believes in informational
transparency and necessary (compliant) data exchange to
achieve its goals of advanced scientific discovery,
reproducible studies with data to back them up and
accurate, accessible data for clinicians to improve
healthcare delivery. Phronetik credits its power to remain
flexible and adaptable to the needs of the clients as the key
to its towering stature over competitors. It helps in offering
a wide array of services to support the client’s initiatives.
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Phronetik’s effort, as it strides along the path to realizing its
values of “Good science, good data, excellence in
innovation, and integrity in all we do”, has received
recognition and accolades in many leading magazines.
Phronetik serves the government, life science, hospitals,
ambulatory/private practices, pharmaceutical, non-profit,
and community-based organizations.
The company values its employees like its customers and
doesn’t hesitate in going that extra mile to keep them
motivated, innovative and in love with their work. With the
exception of lab work, employees are allowed to work from
home, providing Phronetik access to the best talent in data
science and biotech regardless of geographical location.
Employee development is highly encouraged and they are
given an environment where they have the freedom to be
creative and think outside the box.
Preparing Today, for a Brighter Tomorrow
The healthcare and biotechnology landscape is constantly
changing, and Phronetik’s journey continues. It opines this
journey as an opportunity and is the passion that the
company thrives on. It entails the discovery of ways it can
be a part of improving health care while contributing to the
larger body of scientific knowledge. It keeps an eye on the
other developments happening worldwide, from new
vaccines to new human cell structures. Innovations which
help population and individual patients induce a sense of
pride and self-worth in them for being a part of this
industry. The management and employees keep up with
trends by reading publications like Science Daily and Gene,
Engineering & Biotechnology News. The Phronetik team
also stays in touch with groups and organizations in the life
science and biotechnology space news coming from
individual practices, hospitals, ambulatory centers, and
mental health practices to spark ideas to work upon.
Phronetik aims at having its own CAP/CLIA accredited
biotechnology laboratory in the near future. That is a very
important goal. Releasing an artificial intelligence engine
for point-of-care diagnostics is also on the charts. The
company strives to learn from failure and move ahead with
double the zeal. Phronetik will continue to grow and adapt
to the ever-changing science, technology, and healthcare
space.