For iCarbonX, success is in the genes

China's youngest ever unicorn is working with tech giant Tencent and is building an international digital alliance with other companies in the healthcare space.
December 19, 2017

Founded by Wang Jun, a former chief executive and co-founder of genome sequencing giant Beijing Genomics Institute (BGI), healthcare technology start-up iCarbonX intends to mine and interpret genomic data from at least one million Chinese people in the next five years.

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