ViroGates A/S Stock Deutsche Boerse AG

ViroGates A/S is a Denmark-based medical technology company. Its develops a product line suPARnostic, which measures the amount of amount of soluble urokinase Plasminogen Activator Receptor protein (suPAR) in human blood. The plasma level of suPAR reflects immune activation and is increased in such infectious diseases as HIV-1-infection, malaria, tuberculosis, Streptococcus pneumonia bacteraemia, sepsis, pneumococcal pneumonia and bacterial and viral CNS infection. Also, high suPAR levels are associated with increased inflammation, disease progression and risk of mortality. Thus, measuring suPAR levels serves as a marker to determine chances for survival upon hospital admission, as well as for monitoring for prevention of disease progression and earlier intervention time point. suPARnostic has two versions: Quantitative Point of Care Quick Triage test, which serves for patient triage in acute care, and Quantitative ELISA Assay that aims at clinical routine use.