Glyconics

About:

Glyconics is a diagnostics company, using infrared spectroscopy to analyse samples for markers of disease across a wide range of conditions.

Website: http://www.glyconics.com/

Top Investors: Innovate UK, Deepbridge Capital, Wealth Club, Boundary Capital Partners LLP, SBRI Healthcare

Description:

Glyconics Ltd is an innovative diagnostics company which has developed a novel approach to the diagnosis and monitoring of chronic and acute diseases including respiratory disease. The new device uses fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FITR) to analyse sputum (saliva) samples for specific biomarkers, characteristic of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).