DECISION | A minituarized disposable molecular diagnostics platform for combatting coronavirus infections

Summary
The DECISION consortium is developing a new class of diagnostic platform that will transform the fight against pandemics.

The low-cost, miniaturised, disposable molecular diagnostic platform will allow for patient testing virtually anywhere, within a few minutes, with laboratory quality performance. The diagnostic platform will enable rapid detection of Covid-19 infections on-site in a multitude of settings including drive-through testing centres, physician offices, airports, hospitals and quarantine centres.

First demonstrators of the disposable molecular diagnostic platform and coronavirus test will be available five months after the start of the project and could be provided to emergency first responders and public health authorities.

The platform is powered by a next-generation nucleic acid amplification technology called Pulse Controlled Amplification (PCA®), which enables sample-to-answer workflows in 15 minutes or less.

The DECISION consortium is comprised of teams from Italy, Spain and Germany, and is highly motivated to develop a ground-breaking diagnostic solution to help the serious crisis faced across the world due to the Covid-19 epidemic.
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Web resources: https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/101005111
Start date: 01-07-2020
End date: 30-06-2024
Total budget - Public funding: 3 747 600,00 Euro - 3 435 100,00 Euro
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The DECISION consortium is developing a new class of diagnostic platform that will transform the fight against pandemics.

The low-cost, miniaturised, disposable molecular diagnostic platform will allow for patient testing virtually anywhere, within a few minutes, with laboratory quality performance. The diagnostic platform will enable rapid detection of Covid-19 infections on-site in a multitude of settings including drive-through testing centres, physician offices, airports, hospitals and quarantine centres.

First demonstrators of the disposable molecular diagnostic platform and coronavirus test will be available five months after the start of the project and could be provided to emergency first responders and public health authorities.

The platform is powered by a next-generation nucleic acid amplification technology called Pulse Controlled Amplification (PCA®), which enables sample-to-answer workflows in 15 minutes or less.

The DECISION consortium is comprised of teams from Italy, Spain and Germany, and is highly motivated to develop a ground-breaking diagnostic solution to help the serious crisis faced across the world due to the Covid-19 epidemic.

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SIGNED

Call topic

IMI2-2020-21-01

Update Date

26-10-2022
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Horizon 2020
H2020-EU.3. SOCIETAL CHALLENGES
H2020-EU.3.1. SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Health, demographic change and well-being
H2020-EU.3.1.7. Innovative Medicines Initiative 2 (IMI2)
H2020-EU.3.1.7.0. Cross-cutting call topics
H2020-JTI-IMI2-2020-21-single-stage
IMI2-2020-21-01