Bio-AMD, Inc.; Innovate UK Offer of Funding Assistance
LONDON, United Kingdom, via ETELIGIS INC., 11/19/2014 – - Bio-AMD, Inc. and Bio AMD Limited, our majority owned medical devices subsidiary (together Bio-AMD, We or the Company) (OTCQB: BIAD) is pleased to announce that it has received an offer of a funding award assistance from Innovate UK, the UKs innovation agency, for a Proof of Market report covering the Companys Magnetic Immunoassay Detection System (MIDS).
A third party research company, Inventya Ltd., based in the UK, will support Bio-AMD in conducting an extensive market report into the potential for MIDS. This will include a survey of key buyers and interviews with target development partners, as well as pricing and likely commercialization strategies. The report will initially focus on the global market for Point of Care testing of cardiac markers, currently estimated to be worth $1bn and forecast to grow to $1.5bn by 2018, and how MIDS can be positioned to take advantage of this growing market.
Bio-AMDs innovative MIDS platform is expected to be capable of detecting biomarkers at the nanoparticle level with the precision of gold standard laboratory results in a Point of Care setting, using a hand held device. The MIDS platform encompasses sample collection, pre-treatment, analyte specific reaction, signal production and reaction and display of the final result. The technology design incorporates a microfluidic strip, displacement flow immunoassay, magnetic nanoparticle manipulation and a double detection technique comprised of bespoke Hall Effect sensors and an optical sensor to significantly increase the sensitivity and accuracy of the result.
The funding award is as a result of Bio-AMDs success in a Smart competition. Managed by Innovate UK, the Smart scheme offers funding to small and medium-sized enterprises to engage in R&D projects in the strategically important areas of science, engineering and technology, from which successful new products, processes and services could emerge.
Bio-AMD is delighted that Innovate UK has recognized the potential for MIDS as an innovative technology with high commercial potential, especially in light of tough competition in the Smart 2014 funding round. The Company plans to make further funding assistance applications in line with Innovate UK competitions as they are launched, the next being scheduled in January 2015.
Access to further funding assistance, if successful, will provide a step change in the development of this key technology platform for the Company, alongside our existing microfluidic based system and lateral flow sensor technology.
About Bio-AMD, Inc.:
Bio-AMD has two majority owned UK subsidiaries: Bio-AMD Limited, a technology developer for medical diagnostic devices; and WOCU Ltd, the owner of the WOCU, a global currency data reference source for application in financial markets. (www.wocu.com).
To find out more about Bio-AMD (OTCQB: BIAD), visit our website at www.bioamd.com.
About Innovate UK:
Innovate UK is the new name for the Technology Strategy Board the UKs innovation agency. Taking a new idea to market is a challenge. Innovate UK funds, supports and connects innovative businesses through a unique mix of people and programmes to accelerate sustainable economic growth. For further information visit www.innovateuk.org.
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SOURCE: Bio-AMD, Inc.