Bioinformatics Solutions for Drug Discovery & Disease Analysis
End-to-end bioinformatics services — disease landscape analysis, NGS pipeline development, genomic & transcriptomic data analysis, multi-omics integration, and precision medicine analytics — purpose-built for pharma and biotech.
What We Do
What Excelra Does in Bioinformatics
Excelra is a scientific informatics company and leading bioinformatics company with 300+ experts that helps pharmaceutical and biotech organizations turn complex biological data into drug discovery decisions. Founded in 2004, Excelra operates globally serving 50+ pharma and biotech clients across 20+ therapeutic areas. In bioinformatics, Excelra delivers disease landscape analysis, NGS pipeline development, genomic data analysis, multi-omics integration, and precision medicine analytics — combining curated databases, cloud-native pipelines, and domain expertise to accelerate drug discovery from target identification through clinical development. As a bioinformatics company specialising in pharma, Excelra’s work is grounded in the latest scientific literature and aligned with global standards including FAIR data principles and best practices in NGS analysis.
Our Services
End-to-End Bioinformatics Services for Pharma & Biotech
From disease landscape analysis and NGS pipeline development to multi-omics integration and precision medicine analytics.
Disease Landscape Analysis
Scientific and strategic assessment integrating epidemiology, competitive intelligence, biomarker data, and clinical trials. Powered by GoStar & GoBiom.
Disease Landscape Data | Epidemiology
NGS Pipeline Development
Validated NGS data analysis pipelines — bulk RNA-seq, scRNA-seq, WGS, WES via OP 2.0. Built with Nextflow & Snakemake.
Nextflow | Snakemake | scRNA-seq
Multi-Omics Integration
Integrate genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics & epigenomics for precision medicine programs. See our omics whitepaper.
Multi-Omics | Transcriptomics
Biomarker Discovery & Analytics
Identify & validate molecular biomarkers using GoBiom and ML. See our AI biomarker case study and biomarker whitepaper.
Biomarker Analysis | EGoBiom
Precision Medicine & Pharmacogenomics
Pharmacogenomics-powered analytics for patient stratification, companion diagnostics, and HEOR & RWE integration.
Pharmacogenomics | Precision Medicine
DEL Analysis & Genomic Services
DNA-encoded library analysis, SAR analysis via GoStar, and hit-to-lead optimization. Plus computational biology services.
DEL Screening | SAR Analysis
Most groups pick a corner. We don’t.
Bioinformatics Powerhouse
A Bioinformatics Powerhouse isn’t a slogan — it’s what you get when one team can run an OMICs pipeline on Nextflow, curate a disease landscape from the literature, build a patient-stratification classifier, integrate a knowledge graph, and walk a steering committee through what the data means. All in the same engagement.
Full-Stack Scientific Expertise
Computational biologists, core domain experts, data scientists, and R&D IT engineers working together across curation, OMICs, AI/ML, consulting, and platform engineering — delivering end-to-end bioinformatics and scientific informatics solutions under one roof.
Explore Scientific Expertise →AI/ML Built Into the Workflow
Predictive analytics, drug-response classifiers, patient stratification, knowledge graph link prediction, trial benchmarking, and AI-driven cohort analytics — integrated directly into scientific workflows, not added as standalone solutions.
Explore AI/ML Capabilities →Every Modality, Every Scale
From bulk and single-cell RNA-seq to spatial transcriptomics, proteomics, glycoproteomics, metabolomics, WGS/WES, and HLA typing — we build scalable, production-ready OMICS pipelines using Nextflow, Airflow, and Databricks.
Explore OMICS Capabilities →Disease Landscape Analysis Services
Disease Landscape Analysis & Insights
Excelra’s disease landscape analysis service delivers a comprehensive scientific and strategic assessment of a therapeutic area — integrating disease landscape data across epidemiology, competitive intelligence, clinical trials, and molecular pathway insights. Built on GoStar, GoBiom, and structured literature mining across 50+ therapeutic areas.
✓ Epidemiology & patient population sizing
✓ Biomarker identification & stratification
✓ Competitive therapeutic landscape mapping
✓ Clinical trial & pipeline analysis
✓ MOA & molecular target insights via GoStar
✓ Structured data for AI/ML integration
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How We Work
How Excelra Delivers Bioinformatics Solutions
A structured, scientifically rigorous engagement model designed for pharma and biotech timelines, connected to Excelra’s scientific informatics platform.
Bioinformatics Solutions in Action
How pharma and biotech organizations apply Excelra’s bioinformatics services across biopharma, diagnostics, and animal health.
”We recently completed a project with Excelra on identifying and prioritizing target opportunities for SLE. The project was delivered successfully and on time. The Excelra team understood and applied our target filtering priorities and responded quickly and precisely to our questions throughout the project. They worked collaboratively and transparently and delivered meaningful data and insights to support our objectives and accelerate our research. We’ve been impressed by Excelra’s professional and qualified team and we’re looking forward to working with them again in the future.
Dr Francois G. Gervais
Executive Director, Discovery Biology
How We Work
Frequently Asked Questions: Bioinformatics Solutions
Common questions about Excelra’s bioinformatics services. More answers in our glossary, blogs, and whitepapers.
What bioinformatics solutions does Excelra offer for drug discovery?
Excelra offers end-to-end bioinformatics solutions including disease landscape analysis, NGS pipeline development, genomic & transcriptomic data analysis, multi-omics integration, DNA-encoded library analysis, biomarker discovery, spatial transcriptomics, and precision medicine analytics — all delivered by 300+ scientific informatics experts with 15+ years of pharma experience.
What is disease landscape analysis and how does it support drug development?
Disease landscape analysis is a comprehensive scientific and strategic assessment of a therapeutic area integrating epidemiology, competitive intelligence, biomarker data, clinical trial analysis, and molecular insights. Excelra’s disease landscape analysis service is ranked #1 on Google and built on GoStar, GoBiom, and structured literature mining across 50+ therapeutic areas.
What NGS pipeline workflows does Excelra support?
Excelra supports bulk RNA-seq, single-cell transcriptomics, WGS, WES, ChIP-seq, ATAC-seq, immunomics, and spatial transcriptomics pipelines — built with Nextflow and Snakemake on AWS, GCP, and Azure. See our NGS pipeline case study.
What is transcriptomics and how does Excelra use it?
Transcriptomics is the study of the complete set of RNA transcripts produced by a genome. In drug discovery it reveals differentially expressed genes, disease mechanisms, and drug response signatures. Excelra delivers bulk, single-cell, and spatial transcriptomics via the Online Pipeline Platform (OP 2.0).
What is multi-omics and how does it support precision medicine?
Multi-omics integrates genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics, and epigenomics to build a comprehensive molecular disease model. In precision medicine, it enables patient stratification, identifies companion diagnostic biomarkers, and predicts individual drug response.
What is pharmacogenomics and does Excelra offer these services?
Pharmacogenomics studies how genetic variations influence an individual’s response to drugs. Excelra integrates pharmacogenomic analysis into precision medicine services, linking genetic variants to drug response for companion diagnostic programs.
What is the difference between bioinformatics and computational biology?
Bioinformatics focuses on algorithms and pipelines for processing large-scale biological data. Computational biology applies mathematical modeling to simulate biological systems. Excelra provides both — bioinformatics for data processing and pipeline development, and computational biology for PBPK modeling, QSP/QST, and systems pharmacology.
Does Excelra provide bioinformatics services for biotech startups?
Yes. Excelra works with biotech startups through flexible engagement models — cloud infrastructure, pipeline development, and genomics analysis — without the overhead of an in-house team. See: 4 Bioinformatics Expertise Sources for Biotech Startups.
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