LunaPBC and Luna News
NOV 3, 2022
Luna Launches Community Driven Innovation
The new participant-centered methodology optimizes and humanizes technology to accelerate research with real-world data shared from lived experiences.
SEPT 8, 2022
Dawn Barry, President and Co-founder of Luna, Recognized as a Top Leader by PharmaVoice
Honored for her leadership, innovation, and vision in the power and place of patients in research, Barry named for leading industry award.
JUNE 14, 2022
Rady Children’s Institute for Genomic Medicine Launches Program to Advance Newborn Screening for Treatable Genetic Diseases
Rady Children’s Institute for Genomic Medicine announced a novel program to advance and evaluate scalability of a diagnostic and precision medicine guidance tool called BeginNGS™ to screen newborns for approximately 400 genetic diseases that have known treatment options using rapid whole-genome sequencing.
JUNE 14, 2022
San Diego Blood Bank and LunaPBC Provide Blood Donors an Opportunity to Contribute to Health Research
San Diego Blood Bank and LunaPBC are partnering to invite blood donors to further support health research through blood donation.
MAR 9, 2022
LunaDNA Elevates Platform To Further Adhere To GDPR’s Data Privacy Framework To Deliver Data Rights To Individuals Who Participate In Health Research
Following a Data Protection Impact Assessment, Privaon and Luna announce the platform confers all data rights to individuals in compliance with GDPR
FEB 3, 2022
AGSAA, Biogen, LunaPBC, and Genetic Alliance Launch Community-Led Discovery Program for Aicardi-Goutières Syndrome
Program incorporates families to inform research and drug development
DEC 14, 2021
Takeda, National MPS Society, Luna, and Genetic Alliance Launch Community-Led Discovery Program for Hunter Syndrome
Families make the difference in accelerating research
MAY 18, 2021
LunaPBC Announces Joe Beery as New Chief Executive Officer
New Funding and Leadership Supports Operational and Commercial Scaling
MAY 26, 2020
KCNT1 Epilepsy Foundation, LunaPBC, and Genetic Alliance to Launch Patient-Led Discovery Program
Program incorporates patient-driven study to inform research and drug development for KCNT1-related epilepsy
SEP 17, 2019
LunaPBC Partners with Medfusion to Launch Electronic Health Record Integration, Supporting Community-Driven Research
Individuals can now leverage Medfusion’s national health data network to consolidate their health records and help drive discovery through private, secure data sharing
JUL 01, 2019
LunaPBC Named 2019 World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer
Awarded for its community-owned health data sharing platform uniting researchers and individuals to discover better health solutions
MAY 08, 2019
LunaPBC Raises $4.6 Million to Accelerate Company Growth and Drive Health Breakthroughs
New investors further fuel community-owned genomic and health data platform
JAN 22, 2019
Genetic Alliance and LunaPBC Partner to Support Personal Health and Accelerate Medical Breakthroughs
People-powered platforms to integrate under a unified mission to empower individuals and organizations to create health communities and drive medical discovery
DEC 05, 2018
LunaDNA Offering Qualified as the World’s First Health and DNA Data Platform to Offer Ownership Shares to Individuals for Sharing Data
LunaDNA makes history with community-owned platform, setting new precedent that securely recognizes individual health data as currency
MAY 08, 2018
Luna DNA Raises $4 Million Including Key Investors Illumina Ventures and Arch Venture Partners
Funding supports company’s mission to launch a medical discovery platform and engage a global community of data contributors
MAR 19, 2018
Luna DNA Expands Leadership and Advisory Board, Adding New Pedigree From Illumina
Three industry leaders join company ranks to drive genomic discovery
JAN 15, 2018
Luna DNA Announces Dawn Barry, former Illumina VP, as President
Barry joins existing leadership team, which includes several Illumina veterans, to drive discovery of genomic data, enabled by the blockchain
DEC 18, 2017
First Genomic Platform Powered by the Blockchain Raises $2 Million in Funding; Backed by Illumina Veterans
Community-owned database empowers individuals with cryptocurrency for contributing genomic data
