NashBio, a wholly owned subsidiary of Vanderbilt University Medical Center, was created to harness the medical center's extensive genomic and bioinformatics resources for drug and diagnostics discovery and development. Leveraging Vanderbilt University Innovation™, NashBio serves as a commercial interface between outside companies and the formidable research capabilities housed within Vanderbilt University Medical Center, including BioVU®, one of the world's most comprehensive genetic databases linked to de-identified medical records with years of longitudinal clinical data. This unique asset is one of the largest and highest quality of its kind, providing an unprecedented opportunity to guide R&D activity in biotech, pharma, diagnostics, medical devices and other life sciences applications.