Compass Bioinformatics Improves NGS Analysis Speed and Reduces Costs with Illumina

Compass Bioinformatics provides next-generation sequencing (NGS) services for biotechnology, science research, and other life science organizations. The company sought to improve the speed and accuracy of its NGS data analysis. After evaluating various solutions with the assistance of its consulting partner, eCloudvalley, Compass Bioinformatics selected Illumina Dynamic Read Analysis for GENomics Complete Suite (DRAGEN CS). Compass Bioinformatics chose to procure DRAGEN CS via AWS Marketplace to gain more flexibility in building web applications and a more simplified integration with existing AWS services. As a result, Illumina enables Compass Bioinformatics to reduce the time to generate variant calling results by over 90 percent—from 16 hours to one hour. Additionally, on-demand pricing helped the company lower its costs compared to its previous platform.