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Atlas Genetics Ready To Play Its Part In The POC Workflow Revolution

 
• By Ashley Yeo

Do it once, do it right and do it quick: when it comes to diagnostic testing, that suits patients and payer systems that are pursuing budget-sensitive, quality-driven health care solutions. It could also be the shorthand mission statement of POC diagnostics developer Atlas Genetics, which is developing a new IVD platform technology for infectious disease tests.

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UK company Atlas Genetics Ltd. was founded in 2005 as a spin-out from Osmetech PLC and the University of Bath to exploit the point of care (POC) market for infectious diseases. When John Clarkson, PhD, joined US-based and UK-listed Osmetech as incoming CEO of the unit that became Atlas Genetics Ltd. he recognized that the company was under-utilizing some of its IP assets and saw both the opportunity – and the challenges – of developing its infectious disease diagnostic chemistry.

Clarkson had to strike the right balance of investment: it had to remain modest until the company had developed a...

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