The DualDur project is an answer to the ever growing and currently still unmet need of providing a simple, one-off screening test for Lyme Borreliosis. Medical Doctors are using several investigation and diagnostic methods, sometimes up to a value of € 1,000, and together with patients, are seeking for new, validated tools that they can understand and believe.
Scientific publications are thriving in the subject, government hearings are going on in the US to better understand the issues from the past decades, new legislation is being prepared in the EU, new codes have been approved by the WHO for various states and forms of Lyme disease. The yearly number of new cases in the US is now estimated 42% higher than a few years ago.
Solutions based on DualDur will contribute to faster, easier and more cost efficient diagnosis of Lyme Borreliosis, even in the early stage of the disease when severe symptoms and consequences can still be avoided.
Lyme disease is caused by spirochetes Borrelia Burgdorferi s.l. which are present in the blood, and can be found at all times during an infection, after a tick “injects” them into the blood-stream through capillaries. Our DualDur reagent & method concentrates the scarce spirochetes present in the blood. At the same time, DualDur differentiates the spirochetes from other cellular structures, enabling a morphological investigation by dark-field microscopy.
The market of Lyme diagnostics is now growing double-digit in key European countries. According to our updated business plan, with respect to the most recent studies carried out by our team and independent analysts, it seems achievable that with a next level investment we can hit a significantly higher market share within this faster growing market, and compared to the earlier estimates, double the impact of the project in Europe.
