UK firm gets infectious diseases test contract:
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
Acolyte Biomedica has awarded UK firm Cambridge Consultants a contract to develop an ultra-rapid, automated system for diagnosing infectious diseases. The system, a laboratory-based device that uses standard reagents, will diagnose bacterial infections and their drug susceptibility within hours, claims Acolyte, a firm set up by the UK Defence Science and Technology Laboratory and ANGLE Technology (see Clinica No 913, p 11).