Dive Brief:

• First envisaged in July of 2014, the web platform is designed to encourage public-private collaboration on next-generation DNA sequencing. 
• It will allow scientists to access and view new sequencing data, conduct genome analysis, and compare results to validated references. 
• As the portal is still in development, the code for the platform will be placed on GitHub, an open-source software hosting service.

Dive Insight:

Led by Chief Health Informatics Officer Dr. Taha Kass-Hout, precisionFDA is part of President Obama's Precision Medicine Initiative. Both the administrative initiative and this new online portal hope to spur innovation towards a future where treatments are tailored to each individual based on their DNA.

Public rollout will continue over the coming months, and a public "code-a-thon" is scheduled for September 2016. 

Initial participants are a mix of government, academic, and industry organizations, including the Centers for Disease Control, Emory Genetics Lab, Roche, and 23andMe.