BGI cares – 2022 social everyday jobs in assessment

At BGI Genomics, we consider it’s our accountability not to most effective make stronger world well being results, but additionally to help in making the puts we paintings and are living in higher. This yr, we stepped up our social everyday jobs within the 4 pillars of:

• International well being results
• Our group
• Environmental sustainability
• Epidemic prevention and regulate

As an international built-in answers supplier of precision medication, we search to boost up medical and technological innovation, whilst making sure moral practices inside of our groups and getting our paintings achieved sustainably.

International well being results

We’re dedicated to leverage lifestyles science analysis and paintings in partnership with our companions to make stronger world well being results. 

Partnership with the Azerbaijan Thalassemia Middle

Azerbaijan Thalassemia Middle and BGI Genomics representatives at signing rite. Symbol Credit score: BGI Genomics

In September, the Azerbaijan Thalassemia Middle and BGI Genomics held a signing rite to seal a collaboration settlement. The partnership objectives to make stronger thalassemia screening in Azerbaijan thru genetic generation. This middle will likely be considered one of BGI Genomics’ pioneer in another country thalassemia initiatives in a rustic with a top occurrence charge of this illness.

It’s been estimated that 5-7% of the sector’s inhabitants carries a mutated gene affecting the manufacturing or serve as of the hemoglobin molecule. Over 330,000 affected babies are born once a year (83% sickle mobile problems, 17% thalassaemias). Screening for thalassemia thru genetic checking out is important in order that carriers and at-risk {couples} could also be knowledgeable about their threat and the choices for lowering it.

That is considered one of our pioneer in another country thalassemia initiatives and such settlement commits us to paintings in combination extra carefully against commonplace targets, the pursuit of screening and regulate of thalassemia, and the imaginative and prescient that during a not-too-distant long term there will likely be a global with out this illness.”

Mr. Jeremy Cao, Vice President, BGI IntDx

Fueling innovation thru most cancers genetics and mobile analysis

As of November 2022, BGI Genomics has printed over 440 SCI (Science Quotation Index) papers within the box of most cancers analysis, with a cumulative have an effect on issue of over 4,000 issues. A constant choice of vital papers had been printed in Nature Medication, Cellular, Nature, Science, Cellular Analysis, Nature Genetics and different most sensible medical journals.

The corporate’s analysis scope covers 20 kinds of cancers, together with lung most cancers, esophageal most cancers, colorectal most cancers, gastric most cancers, pancreatic most cancers, liver most cancers, breast most cancers, cervical most cancers, endometrial most cancers, nasopharyngeal most cancers, thyroid most cancers, prostate most cancers, lymphoma, melanoma, glioma, and mind tumors.

Our group

At BGI Genomics, we perceive the significance of serving to the communities round us to develop in combination, as we proceed to increase our industry and achieve.

BGI Genomics give a contribution assist applications to Cianjur earthquake reduction efforts

Bumame and BGI representatives talk over with Cianjur to give a contribution to reduction efforts. Symbol Credit score: BGI Genomics

In November, as a part of earthquake reduction efforts, BGI Genomics and its subsidiary Naleya Genomics Indonesia (NGI) partnered with Indonesia’s main healthcare services and products supplier Bumame to give a contribution humanitarian assist applications for sufferers, that have been disbursed during the Cianjur district govt.

Mr. Heru Dharmadi Wijaya, Director of NGI, stated, “We visited the Cianjur earthquake crisis web page to distribute assist immediately to the sufferers. Moreover, we additionally helped arrange a cellular PCR laboratory the use of the Huo-Yan Air Laboratory with coordination from the Ministry of Well being, to strengthen and regulate infectious sicknesses within the affected house. We are hoping that post-earthquake restoration may also be performed briefly in order that the sufferers suffering from the crisis can perform their actions as prior to.

Environmental sustainability

BGI Genomics believes that it’s our accountability as a rising industry to take into account of our have an effect on at the surroundings, and ceaselessly strived to make our operations extra environmentally pleasant. For instance, the corporate goals to regulate the full quantity of hazardous waste at 40 lots/yr and scale back the scale back the yearly electrical energy intake in keeping with unit of take a look at reviews by means of 2% year-on-year.

First-ever social accountability file of Chinese language enterprises in Saudi Arabia

Mr. Weiqing Chen, the Chinese language ambassador to Saudi Arabia, makes a video speech. Symbol Credit score: BGI Genomics

In December, the Social Duty Record of Chinese language Corporations in Saudi Arabia used to be formally introduced. That is the primary file launched by means of the Touch Place of business of Chinese language Corporations in Saudi Arabia. BGI Genomics projects within the Kingdom had been included into this file, presenting the important thing initiatives and highest practices of Chinese language enterprises to meet their social and environmental everyday jobs whilst advancing the Kingdom’s trade construction. 

Mr. Weiqing Chen, the Chinese language ambassador to Saudi Arabia, stated, “The Record highlights Chinese language enterprises’ highest practices in serving the area people, protected manufacturing, inexperienced and low-carbon construction and selling native employment.” 

Epidemic prevention and regulate

BGI Genomics has been a pace-setter within the prevention and regulate of the worldwide epidemic of COVID-19.

With just about 100 in another country Huo-Yan laboratories, positioned in over 30 nations, our group is well-positioned to additional give a contribution to post-pandemic public well being, running with native scientific establishments and the general public well being gadget to make breakthroughs in spaces comparable to reproductive well being, tumour prevention and regulate.

Donating a Huo-Yan Air Laboratory to the Thai Ministry of Public Well being

Ministry and BGI representatives at Huo-Yan Laboratory handover rite. Symbol Credit score: BGI Genomics 

In September, senior representatives from the Ministry Division of Clinical Sciences, gained a Huo-Yan Air Laboratory donation from the Mammoth Basis – represented by means of the BGI Genomics World Control Staff –to assist Thailand in combating towards COVID-19 and different epidemic sicknesses that threaten public well being.

This lab may also be packed and moved for fast deployment. It might additionally cater to different post-pandemic wishes, comparable to immunology lab and point-of-care checking out. The Ministry of Public Well being will make complete use of it to profit the inhabitants.”

Mr. Anutin Charnvirakul, Deputy Minister of Public Well being

Hong Kong epidemic regulate measures 

Albert Liu, Basic Supervisor of BGI Genomics Hong Kong, on the Group Trying out Centre at Morse Park © WHO/Till Chan 

As Hong Kong’s COVID-19 circumstances spiked in February, BGI Genomics despatched over 200 technicians to Hong Kong to habits large-scale checking out to track and minimize hidden transmission chains with citywide checking out. Those technicians have been despatched in different batches and all of a sudden enhanced Hong Kong’s capability for large-scale PCR checking out, together with gene sequencing, starting place tracing, and antigen checking out. They staffed the Tai Po laboratory, a briefly inflated laboratory on the Ma On Shan Sports activities Middle, and a laboratory on the airport. 

In March, BGI Genomics additionally donated 10,000 units of fast antigen take a look at (RAT) kits to the Percentage for Excellent platform, which used to be based by means of assets construction corporate New Global Construction and contours companions together with Yan Chai Medical institution and greater than 30 NGOs. 

In June, the Global Well being Group (WHO) unveiled pictures from its Feb-Mar 2021 talk over with to Hong Kong as COVID-19 affected the town, masking group checking out amenities in key places such because the Hong Kong World Airport and the Morse Park Sports activities Centre.