The resumption of economic activity is approaching and, with it, relief for some or apprehension for others. To succeed in the deconfinement announced for Monday, May 11, in addition to the masks being held, the possibility of benefiting from screening tests is the main challenge for the coming weeks. However, if the laboratories, especially in the departments, are mobilizing, a discreet and young Norman actor has emerged from the shadows in recent days. So it is with Loop Dee Science, a start-up of Caen in biotechnology created in 2017.
The young company has just developed a detection system in molecular biology of Covid-19 allowing a result to be obtained in half an hour and directly at the bedside of the patient tested. “ The heart of our research is to outsource laboratory analysis to the field directly. However, we were working with veterinarians to automate analyzes of the coronavirus, especially on dogs. Since January, we have reoriented our work “, Explain Stephan gallard, marketing director of the start-up.
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The incredible combination of circumstances allows the young Norman SME today to present its analysis kit LoopXplore Covid-19 and its LoopX analyzer.
Very quickly, around Loop Dee Science, the mobilization operated. “ The Caennais ecosystem allowed us to find competent and local partners, the Caen Normandy University Hospital for its scientific assistance with Professor Astrid Vabret, head of service of the virology laboratory, and Eldim, a company specializing in measurement equipment, installed in Hérouville-Saint-Clair, near Caen which works with Apple in particular “, continues the leader. With the first, a collaboration agreement was signed in order to scientifically validate the kit. With the second, the industrial partnership has enabled the development of the optical system and will support the industrialization of the devices.
If the theoretical validation of the kit is acquired, the clinical study in progress on 1,000 patients remains. Its results are highly anticipated (the first at the end of this month) before launching the future marketing. The future mobile detection test has two major advantages: its speed (the result is rendered in 30 minutes) and its flexibility of use. “ Our solution will allow, among other things, a resumption of economic activity especially for industrialists because the personnel will be able to be tested directly on site before hiring. We have already been contacted by several large French players and are currently pursuing avenues of collaboration “, continues the manager. Impatience is at its height among the seven founders of Loop Dee Science.
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