{"id":11994,"date":"2023-09-04T13:55:36","date_gmt":"2023-09-04T11:55:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/plnt.nl\/nieuws\/rapidemics-rapid-sti-tests-lead-the-way-to-a-healthcare-revolution\/"},"modified":"2023-09-04T14:20:09","modified_gmt":"2023-09-04T12:20:09","slug":"rapidemics-rapid-sti-tests-lead-the-way-to-a-healthcare-revolution","status":"publish","type":"nieuwsberichten","link":"https:\/\/plnt.nl\/en\/news\/rapidemics-rapid-sti-tests-lead-the-way-to-a-healthcare-revolution\/","title":{"rendered":"Rapidemic\u2019s rapid STI tests lead the way to a healthcare revolution"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"11994\" class=\"elementor elementor-11994 elementor-11976\" data-elementor-post-type=\"nieuwsberichten\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-be81b26 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"be81b26\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a44b8a0\" data-id=\"a44b8a0\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9bdea30 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9bdea30\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">PLNT StartUp Stories<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4f15ce1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4f15ce1\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2333141\" data-id=\"2333141\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-79981e6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"79981e6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Rapidemic went from being a student project at Leiden University to raising more than \u20ac1 million in investments. In the future, they want to play a pivotal role in the healthcare revolution.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How does a student project get this far? Good question. Violette Defourt, CEO of <a href=\"https:\/\/rapidemic.com\/\">Rapidemic<\/a>, tells us all about it.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c11b089 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c11b089\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9f2e779\" data-id=\"9f2e779\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-38c5d5b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"38c5d5b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"457\" src=\"https:\/\/plnt.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Header-klein-1024x585.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-11978\" alt=\"Team van Rapidemic\" srcset=\"https:\/\/plnt.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Header-klein-1024x585.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/plnt.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Header-klein-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/plnt.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Header-klein-768x439.jpg 768w, https:\/\/plnt.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Header-klein.jpg 1203w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-dabdad1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"dabdad1\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f13e5cf\" data-id=\"f13e5cf\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-426ebc9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"426ebc9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>What is Rapidemic?<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Remember COVID-19 rapid tests? Well, Rapidemic is developing something very similar, but for sexually transmitted infections (STIs).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The company develops a molecular point-of-care test for a fast and accurate diagnosis of sexually transmitted infections. Their current tests are specifically for chlamydia and gonorrhoea, but they plan to expand to other pathogens in the future.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Why? Well, \u201cRapidemic was born out of the idea that we should bring laboratory diagnostics closer to the patient,\u201d Violette explains.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In practice, this means that diagnostics should be faster and more accessible. With their tests, not only could people get their results immediately at the clinic when tested, but eventually, they could just take STI tests in the privacy of their own homes.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9571c82 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9571c82\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-58f77d2\" data-id=\"58f77d2\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bb22af6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"bb22af6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/watch?v=1Qqeu2A7jCQ&amp;t=11s&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5c0b7e4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5c0b7e4\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f9d8f93\" data-id=\"f9d8f93\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-05070f4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"05070f4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>How did Rapidemic get started?<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Before Rapidemic was what it is today, it was a student project. The COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 proved that \u201cthere are accurate lab tests, but things often just don\u2019t move quickly enough. Therefore, the virus spread rapidly.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Though scientifically, the initial project had a different idea, the vision was the same: developing a point-of-care, laboratory-independent, rapid test that can be deployed in non-laboratory settings.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe started off as a team in a student project for an international Biotech competition organised by MIT. It\u2019s called iGEM,\u201d Violette explains. \u201cBut you don\u2019t really participate to win; you participate for the experience \u2014 and because you get to go to Boston,\u201d she laughs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Well, believe it or not: that year, the team from Leiden won!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From there, Rapidemic gained some momentum, and eventually, the student project evolved into the startup it is today.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Following their success, a few people from the project wanted to continue working to see how far they could take their vision. \u201cThings started aligning quite nicely, so we played around, had some ups and downs, and learned a lot,\u201d Violette says.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI think it\u2019s fair to say that the first year was more of a practice round\u201d, she admits. \u201cBut today, we have a much stronger focus, and a fantastic network in the field \u2014 and that means the world to us.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-99ffaad elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"99ffaad\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8cf51b3\" data-id=\"8cf51b3\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4f608cb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4f608cb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>What role does PLNT play in Rapidemic\u2019s StartUp story?<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rapidemic\u2019s research team has its labs in the Leiden Bioscience Park \u2014 so, technically, there is no need for them to keep an office at PLNT \u2014 but they choose to anyway. \u201cPLNT is just a fantastic way to get inspired.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWhen you\u2019re in the lab, it\u2019s more clinical, but at PLNT, you just feel that entrepreneurial spirit \u2014 and that\u2019s really important for our growth.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The PLNT network has had an immense impact on Rapidemic\u2019s growth: \u201cEverything we have going today is 100% thanks to our network, and PLNT has been really instrumental in providing us with that.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cEspecially St\u00e9efan Ellenbroek, program director of <a href=\"https:\/\/unlock.bio\/\">unlock_<\/a>, has helped us out a lot. I talk to inspiring people on a very regular basis, and I love to learn from their experience,\u201d Violette says.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-efaa770 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"efaa770\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8a2d451\" data-id=\"8a2d451\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d0cba96 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d0cba96\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>How does Rapidemic help people?<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This one seems obvious \u2014 we all know that STIs are an issue around the globe. However, the actual numbers still come as quite a shock.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Violette lays them out to us: \u201cAbout one million STIs are acquired each day.\u201d Sounds like a lot? Well, Violette explains that \u201cthose are only the ones that are reported by the WHO. And when you talk to the WHO, you find out just how little of them are reported.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So, in truth, there are many, many more STIs going around each day \u2014 and they are a concerning medical issue, here and around the world.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By developing a test that can provide results quickly, infected people can take preventative measures to avoid spreading the infection, and thereby contribute to reducing the overall prevalence of STIs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This proactive approach to STI testing can play a vital role in promoting public health and fostering responsible sexual behaviour.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9241b04 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9241b04\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4760648\" data-id=\"4760648\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-25c9f9e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"25c9f9e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>What\u2019s in store for Rapidemic\u2019s future?<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The next big step for Rapidemic is to get its test on the market in different areas of the world. After that, they also want to address other unmet medical needs in the diagnostic industry.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe want to start with STIs, but that\u2019s not where we\u2019re going to stop. There is a need for more decentralised techniques in all fields of diagnostics.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But \u201cSTIs are the first place where this revolution is going to start \u2014 because it really is a revolution,\u201d Violette says. \u201cI think this technique is going to go across the whole healthcare spectrum.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cAnd we want to be a pivotal player in this.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7e90e8e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7e90e8e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-870062a\" data-id=\"870062a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b341991 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"b341991\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8802720 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8802720\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a0304f5\" data-id=\"a0304f5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-167f82d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"167f82d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Just like Rapidemic loves PLNT, PLNT loves Rapidemic! 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