Funding for the BioPortal

Basic recruitment costs 

Basic recruitment costs (i.e. identification and consenting of patients, blood collection, database creation) will initially be covered through existing funds.

Funding from philanthropy

Funding from philanthropy is presently being sought for in collaboration with the JGH Foundation to secure recruitment for the next 5 years.

Industry partnerships

In parallel, industry partnerships as a consortium are presently getting envisioned to fund more extensive phenotyping, i.e., continuous glucose monitoring, liver FibroScan, plasma proteomics and metabolomics, possibly brain MRI, coupled with whole exome/genome sequencing.

Future revenue

• Once data and genomics are available, we are confident in the BioPortal’s ability to attract both industry and academic interest, based on our market research.
• Future revenue will be generated from the use of these data and genomics, and from our capacity to perform clinical trials on our patients.