Business View Magazine | June 2020

20 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE JUNE 2020 eliminating risk of cross-contamination. Kaligia Biosciences is collecting positive and negative samples from patients in Tampa, Miami, and New Orleans, then uses their proprietary machine learning algorithms to process the data and predict accurate results. “We are enthused about this particular project because we recognized early on that testing for the virus and antibodies will be an important part of healthcare and public health,” said Stephen Liggett, M.D., Vice Dean for Research at the USF Morsani College of Medicine, who is leading a series of COVID-19 clinical trials with Rachel Karlnoski, Ph.D., Director of Clinical Research at USF. “There are many ways to attack this problem, but most current methods concentrate on one or two very traditional approaches that can be prone to false positives and false negatives. You need technology that offers the promise of being able to rapidly detect with a high level of accuracy.” Kaligia Biosciences anticipates having the RBA-2 device ready for review by hospitals and the Food and Drug Administration in a few weeks. “Since we already have the blood analyzer in development, we believe we can produce this next generation for COVID-19 saliva screening very quickly,” Fazlin said. “The need for rapid COVID-19 screening is clear,” said Dr. Kevin Sneed, Dean of the USF Taneja College of Pharmacy. “We must bring to bear the best possible technology and most innovative approaches to this challenge.” About Kaligia Biosciences Florida-based Kaligia Biosciences has extensive experience producing devices to test blood components. Co-Founder and CEO Fazal Fazlin has built bioscience companies involved in testing, medical devices, and artificial intelligence. Kaligia Biosciences was started in 2015 by entrepreneurs, engineers, and visionaries to contribute in the next big healthcare evolution. The company is tapping into the power of emerging technologies and creative problem solving to innovate a new breed of biosensors. These devices, which produce quantifiable results with unprecedented speed and accuracy, align with Kaligia Bioscience’s mission to redefine medical diagnosis and transform healthcare delivery from reactive to proactive. www.kaligiabiosciences.com