Enterprises and challenges in diagnostics for precision medicine: an interview with Eddie Blair

Interview with Dr Eddie Blair, PhD, by Claire Raison (Commissioning Editor) Dr Eddie Blair is Managing Director of Integrated Medicines Ltd (Cambridge, UK), a company he formed in 2003 to enable precision medicine by combining diagnostic testing with new and existing medicines. Dr Blair has raised angel and private equity investments in excess of £12 million, has published over 40 primary peer-reviewed papers, including a series on companion diagnostic valuation, and is named inventor on at least 12 patents. Dr Blair is a member of the Editorial Advisory Board of Expert Review of Molecular Diagnostics and speaks to the Commissioning Editor here about entrepreneurship, obstacles and potential of introducing diagnostics innovations into routine clinical practice.