P
Purpose
Help more people, test more often to make informed decisions about health, wellness and the environment.
Our Story
Novarum
Over more than a decade, Novarum DX has achieved a series of significant milestones that reflect our commitment to innovation, quality, and regulatory excellence in the medical device industry. From our earliest patents and founding, through international certifications, commercial launches, and strategic growth, our journey highlights the expertise and dedication that underpin our solutions.
Explore some of the key moments that have shaped our story:
Original patents filed
2011
2011
Original patents filed
2012
Novarum DX founded
Certification to ISO 13485:2003
2013
2013
Certification to ISO 13485:2003
2014
First commercial use of mobile app to read test
First customer CE marking to IVDD
2015
2015
First customer CE marking to IVDD
2016
Acquired by and integrated into BBI Solutions
Second patent family filed
2017
2017
Second patent family filed
2018
Certification to ISO 13485:2016 & Patent granted
First customer product entered US market under FDA regulations
2019
2019
First customer product entered US market under FDA regulations
2023
Management buyout
First customer CE marking to IVDR
2024
2024
First customer CE marking to IVDR
2024
SDK Launch
RARE rollout begins
2025
2025
RARE rollout begins
What Drives Us
Mission & Approach
M
Mission
To enable everyone to manage health and the environment using the power of the camera on their phone.
V
Vision
Anyone, anywhere, anytime should be able to run a test and understand the result.
Novarum Approach
Why Traditional Machine Vision Over AI?
Everyone is throwing AI at everything these days - why do Novarum use a traditional machine vision approach?
Simple - whichever market you are in validation is key and you'll need to be sure that your app produces results you can explain, optimise and defend, probably based on relatively small validation datasets. AI is incredibly powerful but hard to validate and needs huge volumes of training data that simply isn't available for most lateral flow customers.
Decade of Expertise
We have over a decade of experience in rapidly developing robust, cross-platform reader solutions (Android, iPhone, and even Web Browser) which can get through IVD / medical device regulatory processes.
Device-First Processing
Since the beginning we've believed that image processing should be performed on the device to ensure accessibility wherever you are in the world.
Access to good diagnostics is key in resource poor settings and relatively expensive test kits should not risk failing because a connection to a server drops out - so we believe test reading should work without an internet connection.
Environmental Responsibility
Increasingly our customers are focussing on the environment and ethics of testing, with innovations like compostable housings or animal free diagnostic reagents so we are acutely aware that large AI models require huge water and energy resources to maintain them, and we want to avoid that.
The People Behind The Innovation
Our Team
Our team is truly interdisciplinary. We talk your language and understand assays whilst having over a decade of experience in building mobile medical applications.
Software Team
We engineer your solutions using our experience in machine vision, web and mobile technology.
From C# to Java, Python to Swift, Kotlin to React and C++ to WebAssembly we use the most appropriate technology for your needs.
Science Team
Our foundations are in the diagnostics industry and from the CEO down we've real world experience of lateral flow development, deployment and the challenges that come with it.
Quality Team
Overseen by Regulatory Experts, everyone at Novarum has a focus on building robust, testable and regulatory compliant software.
Our Home
Where We Are
📍
Edinburgh, Scotland
Our business is based around Edinburgh, Scotland - an area where software talent is thriving, and life science knowledge is readily available. This strategic location enables us to tap into a rich ecosystem of innovation, combining world-class technical expertise with deep domain knowledge in diagnostics and healthcare.
Get In Touch
Contact Us
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Novarum DX Ltd,
Haywood House,
Dumfries Place,
Cardiff,
CF10 3GA, UK
NOVARUM DX LTD
Company Registration No
0811121
VAT No
GB 14515751
Registerred Office
Haywood House,
Dumfries Place,
Cardiff,
CF10 3GA, UK