--- title: VarSome - Company News | Carl Smith description: The latest news from Saphetor SA, the creator of the VarSome suite. --- [![VarSome](https://news.varsome.com/hubfs/VarSome_February2020%20Theme/Images/logo.png)](https://varsome.com/) - Editions - [More about VarSome.com](https://varsome.com/varsome-editions/varsome/) - [More about VarSome Premium](https://varsome.com/varsome-editions/varsome-premium/) - [More about VarSome Clinical](https://varsome.com/varsome-editions/varsome-clinical/) - [Learn more about APIs](https://varsome.com/information/varsome-api-info/) - About - Resources - [Library](https://varsome.com/library/) - [Documentation](https://docs.varsome.com/) - [Query types](https://varsome.com/about/examples/) - [IVDR](https://landing.varsome.com/ivdr-whitepaper) - [Germline Classification](https://varsome.com/about/resources/acmg-implementation/) - [Somatic Classification](https://varsome.com/about/resources/amp-implementation/) - Partners - [Distributors](https://varsome.com/distributors/) - [Partners](https://varsome.com/partners/) - [Become a partner](https://landing.varsome.com/become-varsome-partner) - General - [The Company](https://saphetor.com/about/) - [Cite VarSome](https://varsome.com/about/varsome-citations/) - [Link to VarSome](https://varsome.com/how-do-i-create-link-varsome/) - [Contact](https://landing.varsome.com/contact) - [Community](https://varsome.com/community-contributions/) - [Blog](https://blog.varsome.com/) # Expanded biobanks, education, and genomics research investments - Saudi Arabia transforming healthcare [Continue Reading](https://news.varsome.com/en/saudi-arabia-transforming-healthcare) # Oxford Nanopore Technologies and Saphetor announce a new partnership to deliver tertiary analysis for comprehensive interpretation of nanopore sequencing [Continue Reading](https://news.varsome.com/en/saphetor-partners-with-ont) # CING studies ABT with the help of VarSome Clinical [Continue Reading](https://news.varsome.com/en/cing-studies-abt-with-varsome-clinical) # Building the best in variant classification [Continue Reading](https://news.varsome.com/en/germline-classifiers-varsome) # Automated Germline and Somatic Classification [Continue Reading](https://news.varsome.com/en/automated-germline-and-somatic-classification) # MolecularDB: A Unified Source for Genomic Data Analysis [Continue Reading](https://news.varsome.com/en/moleculardb-a-single-source-of-genomic-data) # File Uploads - VarSome Clinical [Continue Reading](https://news.varsome.com/en/file-uploads-varsome-clinical) # Company News listing page By ### Categories - Select a Topic ### Stay up to date ##### Search The Blog ![Picture of Carl Smith](https://app.hubspot.com/settings/avatar/409171fee064910b6bf04363a7781f22) # Carl Smith [![](https://news.varsome.com/hubfs/PR%20%20(Medium%20Banner%20(US)%20(Landscape)).png)](https://news.varsome.com/en/saphetor-and-longseq-partner-to-expand-access-to-advanced-long-read-sequencing-diagnostics-in-spain) Lausanne, Switzerland & Murcia, Spain, 30 July 2025 — Saphetor, the creators of the industry-leading VarSome suite of NGS bioinformatics tools, announces a new partnership with LongSeq, a Spanish biotechnology company specialized in advanced... [Press Releases](https://news.varsome.com/en/tag/press-releases) [VarSome Clinical](https://news.varsome.com/en/tag/varsome-clinical) [News](https://news.varsome.com/en/tag/news) ##### [Saphetor and LongSeq Partner to Expand Access to Advanced Long-Read Sequencing Diagnostics in Spain](https://news.varsome.com/en/saphetor-and-longseq-partner-to-expand-access-to-advanced-long-read-sequencing-diagnostics-in-spain) By [Carl Smith](https://news.varsome.com/en/author/carl-smith#blog-listing-section) on July 30, 2025 [![](https://news.varsome.com/hubfs/Icon%20comment.svg) 0](https://news.varsome.com/en/saphetor-and-longseq-partner-to-expand-access-to-advanced-long-read-sequencing-diagnostics-in-spain#comments-listing) [Continue Reading](https://news.varsome.com/en/saphetor-and-longseq-partner-to-expand-access-to-advanced-long-read-sequencing-diagnostics-in-spain) [![](https://news.varsome.com/hubfs/Saphetor%20x%20Platomics.png)](https://news.varsome.com/en/saphetor-and-platomics-announce-agreement-to-support-labs-with-ivdr-compliance) This collaboration will provide selected EU clinical laboratories with a digital solution for meeting IVDR documentation requirements for in-house NGS workflows. Lausanne, Vienna, September 2024 — Saphetor, creator of VarSome and the CE-IVD NGS... [Press Releases](https://news.varsome.com/en/tag/press-releases) [VarSome Clinical](https://news.varsome.com/en/tag/varsome-clinical) [News](https://news.varsome.com/en/tag/news) ##### [Saphetor and Platomics announce agreement to support labs with IVDR compliance](https://news.varsome.com/en/saphetor-and-platomics-announce-agreement-to-support-labs-with-ivdr-compliance) By [Carl Smith](https://news.varsome.com/en/author/carl-smith#blog-listing-section) on September 9, 2024 [![](https://news.varsome.com/hubfs/Icon%20comment.svg) 4](https://news.varsome.com/en/saphetor-and-platomics-announce-agreement-to-support-labs-with-ivdr-compliance#comments-listing) [Continue Reading](https://news.varsome.com/en/saphetor-and-platomics-announce-agreement-to-support-labs-with-ivdr-compliance) [![](https://news.varsome.com/hubfs/release%20banner%20(2).png)](https://news.varsome.com/en/saphetor-sa-receives-ivdr-certification-for-clinical-diagnosis-support-ngs-data-analysis-platform-varsome-clinical-ensuring-enhanced-safety-and-performance-standards) Lausanne, Switzerland 24th July 2024 - Saphetor SA, the creators of the global human genetics community VarSome, today announced European CE mark approval of the VarSome Clinical platform for the automated variant discovery, annotation, and... [Press Releases](https://news.varsome.com/en/tag/press-releases) [VarSome Clinical](https://news.varsome.com/en/tag/varsome-clinical) [News](https://news.varsome.com/en/tag/news) ##### [Saphetor SA receives IVDR Certification for clinical diagnosis support NGS data analysis platform, VarSome Clinical, ensuring enhanced safety and performance standards](https://news.varsome.com/en/saphetor-sa-receives-ivdr-certification-for-clinical-diagnosis-support-ngs-data-analysis-platform-varsome-clinical-ensuring-enhanced-safety-and-performance-standards) By [Carl Smith](https://news.varsome.com/en/author/carl-smith#blog-listing-section) on July 24, 2024 [![](https://news.varsome.com/hubfs/Icon%20comment.svg) 1](https://news.varsome.com/en/saphetor-sa-receives-ivdr-certification-for-clinical-diagnosis-support-ngs-data-analysis-platform-varsome-clinical-ensuring-enhanced-safety-and-performance-standards#comments-listing) [Continue Reading](https://news.varsome.com/en/saphetor-sa-receives-ivdr-certification-for-clinical-diagnosis-support-ngs-data-analysis-platform-varsome-clinical-ensuring-enhanced-safety-and-performance-standards) [![](https://news.varsome.com/hubfs/ashg%20emailblog%20banner%20(2).png)](https://news.varsome.com/en/saphetor-ashg-2023) [Conferences](https://news.varsome.com/en/tag/conferences) [Events](https://news.varsome.com/en/tag/events) [News](https://news.varsome.com/en/tag/news) ##### [Saphetor at ASHG 2023](https://news.varsome.com/en/saphetor-ashg-2023) By [Carl Smith](https://news.varsome.com/en/author/carl-smith#blog-listing-section) on October 30, 2023 [![](https://news.varsome.com/hubfs/Icon%20comment.svg) 0](https://news.varsome.com/en/saphetor-ashg-2023#comments-listing) [Continue Reading](https://news.varsome.com/en/saphetor-ashg-2023) [![](https://news.varsome.com/hubfs/ONT%20Saphetor.jpg)](https://news.varsome.com/en/saphetor-partners-with-ont) This new partnership will provide integrated end-to-end solutions from sample to report for whole genome nanopore sequencing in future clinical applications. [Press Releases](https://news.varsome.com/en/tag/press-releases) [Partnerships](https://news.varsome.com/en/tag/partnerships) [News](https://news.varsome.com/en/tag/news) ##### [Oxford Nanopore Technologies and Saphetor announce a new partnership to deliver tertiary analysis for comprehensive interpretation of nanopore sequencing](https://news.varsome.com/en/saphetor-partners-with-ont) By [Carl Smith](https://news.varsome.com/en/author/carl-smith#blog-listing-section) on October 25, 2023 [![](https://news.varsome.com/hubfs/Icon%20comment.svg) 0](https://news.varsome.com/en/saphetor-partners-with-ont#comments-listing) [Continue Reading](https://news.varsome.com/en/saphetor-partners-with-ont) [![](https://news.varsome.com/hubfs/icon.3423.png)](https://news.varsome.com/en/saphetor-partners-with-icon-to-develop-innovative-data-centric-approach-to-precision-medicine-clinical-trial-strategies-to-help-support-unique-patients) Lausanne, Switzerland, October 17,2023 – Saphetor SA today announces that it is partnering with world-leading healthcare intelligence and clinical research organization ICON to develop an innovative approach to support the planning and execution of... [Press Releases](https://news.varsome.com/en/tag/press-releases) [Partnerships](https://news.varsome.com/en/tag/partnerships) [News](https://news.varsome.com/en/tag/news) ##### [Saphetor partners with ICON to develop innovative data-centric approach to precision medicine clinical trial strategies to help support unique patients](https://news.varsome.com/en/saphetor-partners-with-icon-to-develop-innovative-data-centric-approach-to-precision-medicine-clinical-trial-strategies-to-help-support-unique-patients) By [Carl Smith](https://news.varsome.com/en/author/carl-smith#blog-listing-section) on October 17, 2023 [![](https://news.varsome.com/hubfs/Icon%20comment.svg) 0](https://news.varsome.com/en/saphetor-partners-with-icon-to-develop-innovative-data-centric-approach-to-precision-medicine-clinical-trial-strategies-to-help-support-unique-patients#comments-listing) [Continue Reading](https://news.varsome.com/en/saphetor-partners-with-icon-to-develop-innovative-data-centric-approach-to-precision-medicine-clinical-trial-strategies-to-help-support-unique-patients) [![](https://news.varsome.com/hubfs/banners%20(2).jpg)](https://news.varsome.com/en/manual-curation-vus-reclassification) When we ask people what they value most about VarSome, the most common response is “the classifiers”. In building our germline and somatic variant classifiers, we automated a very time-consuming and labor-intensive process. We apply the relevant... [VarSome.com](https://news.varsome.com/en/tag/varsome-com) [VarSome Clinical](https://news.varsome.com/en/tag/varsome-clinical) [VarSome.com Premium](https://news.varsome.com/en/tag/varsome-com-premium) [VarSome Team](https://news.varsome.com/en/tag/varsome-team) ##### [Reclassifying VUS](https://news.varsome.com/en/manual-curation-vus-reclassification) By [Carl Smith](https://news.varsome.com/en/author/carl-smith#blog-listing-section) on July 20, 2023 [![](https://news.varsome.com/hubfs/Icon%20comment.svg) 0](https://news.varsome.com/en/manual-curation-vus-reclassification#comments-listing) [Continue Reading](https://news.varsome.com/en/manual-curation-vus-reclassification) [![](https://news.varsome.com/hubfs/Varsome%20webinar%20digital%20banner%20-%20Final2%20(1).png)](https://news.varsome.com/en/webinar-clinical-exomes-to-reporting) Saphetor are taking part in the Genomics Unlocked Webinar Series, as part of a partnership with MGI Europe. The webinar, Clinical Exomes: Sequencing to Reporting, demonstrates the full clinical exome workflow from sample to report generation... [Partnerships](https://news.varsome.com/en/tag/partnerships) [Events](https://news.varsome.com/en/tag/events) [News](https://news.varsome.com/en/tag/news) ##### [Webinar: Clinical Exomes to Reporting](https://news.varsome.com/en/webinar-clinical-exomes-to-reporting) By [Carl Smith](https://news.varsome.com/en/author/carl-smith#blog-listing-section) on May 30, 2023 [![](https://news.varsome.com/hubfs/Icon%20comment.svg) 1](https://news.varsome.com/en/webinar-clinical-exomes-to-reporting#comments-listing) [Continue Reading](https://news.varsome.com/en/webinar-clinical-exomes-to-reporting) [![](https://news.varsome.com/hubfs/mass%20email%20banner%20-1.png)](https://news.varsome.com/en/saphetor-eshg-2023) Saphetor is exhibiting at this year's European Society of Human Genetics conference in Glasgow, Scotland. [Conferences](https://news.varsome.com/en/tag/conferences) [Events](https://news.varsome.com/en/tag/events) [News](https://news.varsome.com/en/tag/news) ##### [Saphetor at ESHG 2023](https://news.varsome.com/en/saphetor-eshg-2023) By [Carl Smith](https://news.varsome.com/en/author/carl-smith#blog-listing-section) on May 15, 2023 [![](https://news.varsome.com/hubfs/Icon%20comment.svg) 0](https://news.varsome.com/en/saphetor-eshg-2023#comments-listing) [Continue Reading](https://news.varsome.com/en/saphetor-eshg-2023) [![](https://news.varsome.com/hubfs/Maarten%20Kempen.jpg)](https://news.varsome.com/en/saphetor-announces-appointment-of-maarten-kempen-as-chief-commercial-officer) Saphetor Sa, A Swiss precision medicine company and creator of the VarSome suite of bioinformatics solutions, today announced the appointment of Maarten Kempen as Chief Commercial Officer, effective February 1st, 2023. Kempen will be responsible... ##### [Saphetor Announces Appointment of Maarten Kempen as Chief Commercial Officer](https://news.varsome.com/en/saphetor-announces-appointment-of-maarten-kempen-as-chief-commercial-officer) By [Carl Smith](https://news.varsome.com/en/author/carl-smith#blog-listing-section) on February 2, 2023 [![](https://news.varsome.com/hubfs/Icon%20comment.svg) 0](https://news.varsome.com/en/saphetor-announces-appointment-of-maarten-kempen-as-chief-commercial-officer#comments-listing) [Continue Reading](https://news.varsome.com/en/saphetor-announces-appointment-of-maarten-kempen-as-chief-commercial-officer) [![](https://news.varsome.com/hubfs/GV_1200x628_BioInformatics.jpg)](https://news.varsome.com/en/inside-precision-medicine-ivdr-interview) Our Head of Regulatory Affairs and Quality Assurance, Amélie Martinez, was featured in Inside Precision Medicine in an interview covering the upcoming impact and practical considerations labs are facing regarding IVDR. [News](https://news.varsome.com/en/tag/news) ##### [Inside Precision Medicine IVDR Interview](https://news.varsome.com/en/inside-precision-medicine-ivdr-interview) By [Carl Smith](https://news.varsome.com/en/author/carl-smith#blog-listing-section) on January 4, 2023 [![](https://news.varsome.com/hubfs/Icon%20comment.svg) 0](https://news.varsome.com/en/inside-precision-medicine-ivdr-interview#comments-listing) [Continue Reading](https://news.varsome.com/en/inside-precision-medicine-ivdr-interview) [![](https://news.varsome.com/hubfs/G42%20Saphetor.jpg)](https://news.varsome.com/en/g42-healthcare-strengthens-clinical-genomics-offeringwith-saphetors-varsome-bioinformatics-platform-strengthens-uaes-position-as-a-global-leader-in-healthcare-innovation) Abu Dhabi, October 24, 2022: In a step aimed at boosting its clinical genomics capabilities in the region and beyond, G42 Healthcare, Abu Dhabi-based leading AI health-tech company, has announced a partnership with Saphetor SA, a Swiss precision... 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