Category: News
Prompt portable PCR platform featured in 360Dx
Prompt CEO, Alex Trick, met with 360Dx to discuss Prompt’s recent funding from CARB-X and development of our rapid PCR platform. Read the article here.
CARB-X funds Prompt Diagnostics to develop a test for drug-resistant gonorrhea
Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Biopharmaceutical Accelerator (CARB-X) is awarding Prompt Diagnostics $1 million to further the development of a portable PCR platform to detect multiple pathogenic bacteria targets and their antibiotic susceptibility which will help to guide treatment at the point-of-care.
If successful, Prompt’s approach could enable more effective treatment management and promote antimicrobial stewardship to prevent the development and spread of multi-drug resistant gonorrhea globally, particularly in low-resource settings with remote or limited access to secondary healthcare facilities.
Read more about our work with CARB-X here.
Prompt joins LifeBridge Health BioIncubator
Prompt Diagnostics LLC is moving to the LifeBridge Health BioIncubator located at Sinai Hospital in Baltimore, MD. In this new space, Prompt will join a community of healthcare and medtech innovators and entrepreneurs all sharing missions of improving human health with the intersection of emerging businesses, innovative technologies, and leading physicians.