Double-Helix

Double-Helix supplies people and specialist advice to organisations working in personalised medicine, biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, telemedicine and healthcare software. Its work spans recruitment, temporary staffing, privacy and security compliance, technology implementation and research reports.

What Double-Helix offers

• Recruiting and executive search — finds full-time scientific, technical and leadership hires in biotechnology and life science.
• Temporary staffing — provides on-site and offshore contractors, handling worker classification and payroll rules.
• Privacy and security — risk analysis, vulnerability scans and compliance reviews against HIPAA, HITECH, ISO 27000, FISMA, GDPR and PCI.
• Laboratory and device software — road-mapping, product selection and implementation for labs, medical device makers and life-science firms.
• Regulatory and trial guidance — support with clinical trial design and CLIA, CAP and FDA requirements from research through to commercial launch.
• Technology research — analysis reports for M&A, competitive intelligence and vendor selection.

Who it works with

Growing personalised medicine, pharmaceutical, biotechnology, healthcare, telemedicine and SaaS businesses, including laboratories and medical device companies.

Key facts

• Compliance frameworks: HIPAA, HITECH, ISO 27000, FISMA, GDPR and PCI
• Technical areas: storage, hybrid cloud, high-performance compute, electronic health records and bioinformatics pipelines
• Quality work: software quality engineering to cut defect rates