Clear Labs Explained

Clear Labs, Inc.
Type:Private
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Founded:2014
Hq Location City:San Carlos, California
Hq Location Country:United States
Area Served:Global
Key People:Sasan Amini, CEO and Co-founder; Ramin Khaksar, CSO, COO, and Co-founder
Industry:Clinical and applied markets
Products:Fully automated genomics testing
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Num Employees:50+
Founders:Sasan Amini, Mahni Ghorashi

Clear Labs, Inc. is a private genomics testing company headquartered in San Carlos, California, United States. It offers a fully automated, next-generation sequencing (NGS) platform for turnkey diagnostics, including SARS-CoV-2 genomic characterization and detection of foodborne pathogens such as listeria and salmonella.[1] It can also verify a food's ingredients, its GMO status, or conduct other tests.[2]

Clear Labs was co-founded by Sasan Amini and Mahni Ghorashi in 2014, who left their jobs at a genomics company to start Clear Labs.[3] The company acquired $6.5 million in series A financing in September 2015.[4] In December 2016, the company closed a $16 million Series B funding round.[5] This was followed by another $21 million round in October 2018.[6]

Clear Labs was granted an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) from the US FDA in September 2020 for its SARS-CoV-2 descriptive diagnostic test.[7] Clear Labs launched in January 2021 a groundbreaking solution for whole genome sequencing surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 and its mutations.[8] Clear Labs announced in March 2021 that the company had reached a critical milestone of over 50% public health laboratory penetration with its whole genome sequencing SARS-CoV-2 product,[9] [10] including laboratories such as Nebraska,[11] [12] [13] Nevada,[14] [15] New York,[16] California[17] and Kansas,[18] among others. Clear Labs Raised a $60M Series C round led by Morgan Stanley and T. Rowe Price in May 2021.[19]

Clear Labs has also received governmental and professional certification for its food safety next generation sequencing platform, including from the International AOAC[20] in December 2019 and the National Poultry Improvement Plan in October 2021.[21]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Schug . Debra . Evolving pathogen testing methods offer better, faster alternatives . Food Engineering . 15 March 2017 . 5 January 2018.
  2. Web site: A Genetic Database Will Identify What's Really In Our Food. Popular Science. Popular Science. Genetic Database - PopSci. Ossola. Alexandra. 17 September 2015 . 12 October 2016.
  3. Web site: Grant . Rebecca . The Company That Wants to Test Your Hot Dog's DNA . The Atlantic . 23 October 2015 . 5 January 2018.
  4. Web site: Clear Labs Aims To Be Google Search For GMOs In Packaged Food. 15 September 2015. techcrunch.com. AOL inc. TC. Buhr. Sarah. 15 October 2016.
  5. Web site: Google Ventures-backed Clear Labs gets $13 million in Series B to nip food recalls in the bud. 13 December 2016. techcrunch.com. AOL inc. TC. Buhr. Sarah. 13 December 2016.
  6. Web site: Clear Labs closes $21M funding round to advance food safety solutions . 2022-06-27 . Food Dive . en-US.
  7. Web site: Clear Labs Granted EUA by FDA for SARS-CoV-2 Novel Descriptive Diagnostic . 2022-06-27 . PRWeb.
  8. Web site: Clear Labs Launches Groundbreaking Solution for Enhanced Screening and Genomic Surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 and its Mutations . 2022-06-27 . PRWeb.
  9. Web site: Clear Labs' Real-Time Technology Solution Supports Half of U.S. Public Health Labs in Identifying SARS-CoV-2 Variants . 2022-06-27 . PRWeb.
  10. Web site: 2021-07-02 . Clear Labs Develops SARS-CoV-2 Variant Monitoring Engine Using Rapid Sequencing Workflow . 2022-06-27 . Genomeweb . en.
  11. Web site: Julie . Anderson . Nebraska lab uses new gene sequencer to look for COVID-19 mutations . 2022-06-27 . Omaha World-Herald . en.
  12. Web site: Simpson . Kalani . 2021-02-18 . UNMC uses new technology to discover SARS-CoV-2 mutations in state . 2022-06-27 . University of Nebraska Medical Center.
  13. News: Smith . Mitch . 2021-12-04 . At a sequencing lab in Nebraska, tracking Omicron to help gauge its spread. . en-US . The New York Times . 2022-06-27 . 0362-4331.
  14. Gorzalski . Andrew J. . Boyles . Christina . Sepcic . Victoria . Verma . Subhash . Sevinsky . Joel . Libuit . Kevin . Van Hooser . Stephanie . Pandori . Mark W. . 2022-06-22 . Rapid Repeat Infection of SARS-CoV-2 By Two Highly Distinct Delta-lineage Viruses . Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease . 104 . 1 . en . 115747 . 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2022.115747 . 35843112 . 9217632 . 0732-8893.
  15. Web site: Nevada State Public Health Laboratory detects new COVID-19 strain B.1.1.7 in Nevada . 2022-06-27 . University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine . en-us.
  16. Web site: Pereira . Sydney . 2021-03-31 . How Coronavirus Variants Are Tracked: A Tour Inside NYC's Genome Labs . 2022-06-27 . Gothamist . en.
  17. Web site: 2021-07-14 . New county tool touted as game changer in fight against COVID-19 . 2022-06-27 . Santa Rosa Press Democrat . en-US.
  18. Web site: Bahl . Andrew . COVID-19 variants are taking hold nationally. How prepared is Kansas to cope? . 2022-06-27 . The Topeka Capital-Journal . en-US.
  19. Web site: Food safety tester Clear Labs raises $60M to chase COVID-19 variants. 2021-07-25. FierceBiotech. en.
  20. Web site: December 2, 2019 . AOAC Certification . June 27, 2022.
  21. Web site: Clear Labs Automated NGS Technology Platform (Clear Safety™) Approved by USDA's National Poultry Improvement Plan for Salmonella Detection . 2022-06-27 . PRWeb.

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