About Us

About our Company

PharmaDiagnostics was founded in 2007 and is based in Brussels. We develop and supply assay kits based upon our unique technology platform, SoPRano™, to life science researchers engaged in biomolecular interaction analysis and label-free screening and detection of protein-protein interactions.

SoPRano™ is based upon the principle of localised surface plasmon resonance (LSPR), a variant of the well known SPR principle. Unlike all other SPR technology platforms which require a dedicated specialist instrument, SoPRano™ enables label-free screening using only a standard absorbance plate-reader. SoPRano™ uses gold nanomaterials in solution form, which when conjugated to a specific protein, exhibit changes in optical density upon interaction with a protein ligand. For the first time label-free screening can be used in high throughput and without the burden of investing in and supporting an expensive dedicated instrument.

Our Investors

PharmaDiagnostics has raised more than EUR 4 million (USD 5.6M) in two rounds of venture funding and EUR 100,000 in grants from IWT (Instituut voor de aanmoediging van innovatie door Wetenschap & Technologie in Vlaanderen), a Flemish innovation agency. The lead investor is Capital-E, an Antwerp, Belgium-based venture fund. Other investors include Vinnof, the Flemish innovation fund; the PhD Partnership (a consortium of business angels), and Allegro Investment Fund, a Leuven, Belgium-based venture fund.