RE: Microtox BT12 Sep 2022 15:30
Pivotal partnerships to deliver real world impact
In November, PulmoBioMed entered into a partnership agreement with DeepVerge plc, a company specialising in the use of artificial intelligence to detect, analyse and identify more than 2700 pathogens in clinical research, medical device, environmental and life science equipment. The partnership combines the breathalyser PBM-HALE™ with DeepVerge’s ‘MicrotoxBT’ – a micro-engineered nano-fluidic chip to detect viruses, bacteria, toxins and parasites in drinking and wastewater and identifies specific targets which includes SARS-CoV-2, within breath condensate samples in less than 90 seconds.
This collaboration is the beginning of a joint development program that will use multiplex bio-marker binding agents to analyse breath for 40 other diseases which include cancer, neurodegenerative, respiratory and metabolic conditions.
Dr Pete Hotten, CEO of PulmoBioMed, said: “PulmoBioMed is already recognised as best-in-class by analytical technology companies who are engaged in joint product development projects with the Company. Our focus is the development and commercialisation of breath sampling technology for integration with multiple partners analytical platforms in parallel with core healthcare applications.
“Future applications in the biosecurity and veterinary sectors will see PulmoBioMed seek to work with key partnerships in order to accelerate product development.”
Gerard Brandon CEO of DeepVerge plc, said: “When the scientific team at our York laboratories evaluated the breathalyser PBM-HALE™ device, we decided that there was greater opportunity to get a finished Covid-19 detection breathalyser system to the market faster by integrating the PulmoBioMed equipment into our Microtox Breath Test system. We are delighted to work with Dr Sterghios Moschos and his team and invest considerable resources in our joint development project and future collaboration on a range of real-time breath sample disease detection systems.”