About us

FinnGen is one of the very first personalized medicine projects at this scale and the public-private collaborative nature of the project is exceptional compared to many ongoing studies.
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The collaborative nature of the project is exceptional compared to many ongoing studies.

FinnGen study launched in Finland in the autumn of 2017 is a unique study that combines genome information with digital health care data. The FinnGen study is an unprecedented global research project representing one of the largest studies of this type. Project aims to improve human health through genetic research, and ultimately identify new therapeutic targets and diagnostics for treating numerous diseases. The collaborative nature of the project is exceptional compare to many ongoing studies, and all the partners are working closely together to ensure appropriate transparency, data security and ownership.

FinnGen brings together Finnish universities, hospitals and hospital districts, THL, biobanks, international pharmaceutical companies and, hopefully hundreds of thousands of Finns. Collaboration is the key to achieving breakthroughs in disease prevention, diagnosis, and treatment. 

The study is funded by Business Finland and thirteen international pharmaceutical companies: Abbvie, AstraZeneca, Biogen, Boehringer Ingelheim, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Genentech, a member of the Roche Group, GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), Janssen, Maze Therapeutics, MSD (the tradename of Merck & Co., Inc, Kenilworth, NJ USA), Novartis, Pfizer and Sanofi