Tempus

What is Tempus?

Tempus is a precision medicine technology company that combines molecular sequencing, clinical data and AI. Its products serve oncology care teams and life sciences organizations.

Key capabilities of Tempus

• Genomic testing: Molecular profiling to inform treatment decisions.
• Clinical and molecular data: Large data library used for research.
• AI-driven insights: Machine learning applied to clinical and genomic data.
• Life sciences services: Data and tools for drug development.
• Clinician tools: Reports and workflows for oncology care.

How Tempus works

A patient sample is sequenced and the results are combined with clinical data to produce reports for the care team. The company also licenses de-identified data and analytics to life sciences customers for research. Treating physicians make the clinical decisions.

Who uses Tempus?

Tempus is used by oncologists, health systems and pharmaceutical and biotech companies. The vendor site was rate limited at the time of writing, so named customers are not listed.

Tempus pricing

Tempus does not publish prices. Testing is billed through payers and institutions, and data and software services are contracted with life sciences customers.

Tempus alternatives

Alternatives include Foundation Medicine, which offers comprehensive genomic profiling, Caris Life Sciences, which provides molecular profiling, and Guardant Health, which focuses on liquid biopsy.