About us

Abionic, an emerging medical diagnostics company focused on rapid early detection technologies, received 510(k) clearance for its PSP test from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to accelerate the Time-to-Detection of Sepsis in critical care and emergency settings.  Already certified under the EU IVDR as of July 2022, this FDA clearance marks a pivotal moment for Abionic’s expansion into the U.S. market. 

  

Vision

 

Abionic’s “First-in-Class” Rapid Testing solutions will become the Gold Standard for near-patient Early Sepsis Detection across Hospital workflows.

Iwan Märki, CTO and co-founder of Abionic

 

 

Certificates

 

At Abionic, regulatory compliance is at the heart of everything we do. Our certifications, including FDA 510(k) clearance, ISO 13485, CE Mark, and IVDR compliance, demonstrate our dedication to meeting the highest standards of quality, safety, and performance.

 

  • ISO Certificate
  • CE Certificate
  • IVDR QMS

 Team

 

 

 

Meet the people behind the innovation. Our team combines deep scientific knowledge, technical expertise, and a shared passion for advancing diagnostics. From research and development to clinical collaboration, each member contributes to creating solutions that improve patient care and support healthcare professionals worldwide.

 

  

 

 Management

Patrick Pestalozzi Iwan MärkiGuillaume Haquette

Patrick Pestalozzi

Chief Executive Officer

Iwan Märki

Chief Technical Officer & Co-Founder

Guillaume Haquette

Chief Biology Officer

 
 

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ICU Management

Biomarkers and Point-of-Care Innovation in the Emergency Department

2025 14 Oct

  Biomarkers are essential tools in the emergency department for improving early detection, risk stratification, and patient management. This article reviews challenges in biomarker integration, the diagnostic and prognostic value of pancreatic stone protein (PSP), and the role of point-of-care solutions such as the abioSCOPE® in advancing personalised... Read more

ICU Management

Pancreatic Stone Protein: A Novel Biomarker for Sepsis Management in Critical Care

2025 24 Jul

Sepsis remains a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in intensive care units (ICUs), exacerbated by delays in diagnosis and inadequate risk stratification. Despite advances in critical care, conventional biomarkers like procalcitonin (PCT) and C-reactive protein (CRP) often fail to provide timely or specific detection. Pancreatic Stone Protein... Read more

ICU Management

Pancreatic Stone Protein in the Early Detection of Sepsis-Induced ARDS: A Biomarker Panel Approach

2025 20 May

Pancreatic Stone Protein (PSP) is a valuable early biomarker for sepsis. Given its kinetics and accessibility, PSP may aid in identifying patients at risk of progressing to ARDS, particularly within the hyperinflammatory phenotype.   Introduction Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is defined by hypoxaemic respiratory failure,... Read more

ICU Management

FDA Clears Abionic’s IVD CAPSULE PSP for the Early Detection of Sepsis

2024 02 Oct

  Abionic, an emerging medical diagnostics company focused on rapid early detection technologies, announced today that its  IVD CAPSULE PSP  test has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to accelerate the  Time-to-Detection  of Sepsis. Already certified under the EU IVDR as of July 2022, this FDA clearance marks... Read more

ICU Management

Abionic: Vision, Key Products and Strategic Direction

2024 01 Oct

  Abionic SA has appointed Patrick Pestalozzi as CEO. With three decades of global experience in management consulting and entrepreneurship, Patrick has been instrumental in creating and developing deep-tech ventures. His diverse healthcare background positions him to lead Abionic's next growth phase. ICU Management & Practice interviewed Patrick... Read more

ICU Management

Abionic Appoints Patrick Pestalozzi as New CEO to Propel Company into Next Growth Phase

2024 22 Feb

  Abionic SA, a Swiss leader in nanofluidic point-of-care diagnostic solutions, is thrilled to announce the appointment of Patrick Pestalozzi as its new Chief Executive Officer, effective April 1st, 2024.   A former Management Consultant, Silicon Valley executive, and Entrepreneur, Patrick brings to Abionic 3 decades of global experience, more... Read more

ICU Management

Fapon, LASCCO, Abionic Formed Strategic Collaboration for PSP Sepsis Diagnosis in China

2023 26 Oct

Fapon, a leading life sciences company, entered into a strategic cooperation agreement with two Swiss biotech companies LASCCO SA and Abionic SA, that granted Fapon an exclusive license to utilize the pancreatic stone protein (PSP) biomarker for sepsis diagnosis in China. This strategic partnership will enable Fapon to engage in the research, development,... Read more

ICU Management

Biomarkers as Prognostic Predictors and Guide in Critically Ill Patients

2023 20 Apr

An overview of promising biomarkers in critical care, characteristics a biomarker should have and how to ensure their usefulness in clinical practice.   Introduction   Precision medicine is a medical approach that tailors treatments based on individual patient characteristics and their unique response to therapies for a particular disease.... Read more

ICU Management

Pancreatic Stone Protein Biomarker for Sepsis, Antimicrobial Resistance and Nosocomial Infections

2022 14 Oct

The problem of antimicrobial resistance and the use of a clinical decision score and point-of-care testing biomarkers, such as CRP and PSP, to help solve this problem.  Introduction  Infectious diseases are a public health issue around the world, with bacterial, viral, parasitic, or fungal-related diseases responsible for 26% of mortality... Read more

ICU Management

Abionic Receives IVDR Certification for Its Predictive Ultra-Rapid Sepsis Test

2022 09 Aug

BSI certification agency has granted Abionic’s abioSCOPE® device and PSP test the IVDR certification for in-vitro diagnostics. This certification complies with Europe’s new In-vitro Diagnostic Regulation (IVDR), and will be required for products sold within the EU from May 2022 onward. A transitional regulation allows established, non-IVDR-certified... Read more

ICU Management

Practical Implementation of the Pancreatic Stone Protein Sepsis Test

2022 25 May

An overview of a discussion on sepsis and the Pancreatic Stone Protein (PSP) biomarker by Dr João Pereira, Hospital De Vila Franca De Xira, Portugal and how it can be used for early diagnosis of sepsis and facilitate decision-making regarding the administration of antibiotics. The discussion was chaired by Prof Pedro Póvoa, coordinator of... Read more

ICU Management

Abionic Webinar - Advancing the Diagnosis of Sepsis in the Intensive Care Units

2021 04 Oct

Real world evidence on the practical implementation of the Pancreatic Stone Protein (PSP) Sepsis Test   On the 22nd of September, attendees tuned in to a lively discussion on sepsis chaired by Professor Pedro Póvoa, who is currently coordinator of the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) in one of the largest hospitals in Lisbon and who is no stranger to the... Read more

ICU Management

Pancreatic Stone Protein found to be an Early Marker for Risk Stratification in Acute Pancreatitis

2021 28 Jul

Context Growing numbers of obesity, alcohol abuse and gallstones are leading to an increase in the incidence of acute pancreatitis. This sudden inflammatory disease of the pancreas usually requires hospitalization due to high mortality and morbidity rates. In some cases, acute pancreatitis can progress to severe pancreatitis, which is characterized... Read more

ICU Management

New Data Confirms the Clinical Benefit of PSP for the Diagnosis of Severe Infections

2021 28 May

Critical Care, the top-ranked open access journal in the field of critical care medicine, published the results of a study led by Lausanne University Hospital’s Dr Philippe Eggimann and Bern University Hospital’s Dr Yok-Ai Que this month [1]. The authors analyzed pooled data from five cohorts showing that the Pancreatic stone protein (PSP) biomarker... Read more

ICU Management

The PSP Biomarker Rises Earlier than CRP and PCT in Sepsis, a New Study Shows

2021 20 Apr

Sepsis is a global healthcare problem, with 50 million cases each year and 11 million related deaths  1 . It’s the life-threatening complication of an infection, in which the host’s immune response to a pathogen damages its own organs. The clinical diagnosis of sepsis relies mostly on signs and symptoms that are neither sensitive nor specific enough... Read more

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Great Symposium on the PSP Sepsis Biomarker - Hosted By Abionic and Palex at the GALISEPSIS 2021

2021 08 Apr

On April 6th, Abionic and Palex joined forces to participate in the first day of GaliSepsis, the National Sepsis Course hosted and organized virtually by the Ourense University Hospital Complex (CHUO) in Spain. With the aim of updating the most important concepts and reviewing the latest developments in the management of patients with sepsis, three... Read more

ICU Management

Fapon, LASCCO, Abionic Formed Strategic Collaboration for PSP Sepsis Diagnosis in Chin

Fapon, a leading life sciences company, entered into a strategic cooperation agreement with two Swiss biotech companies LASCCO SA and Abionic SA, that granted Fapon an exclusive license to utilize the pancreatic stone protein (PSP) biomarker for sepsis diagnosis in China. This strategic partnership will enable Fapon to engage in the research, development,... Read more

ICU Management

Enhancing Triage With Pancreatic Stone Protein: A Complementary Biomarker Approach for Sepsis

Pancreatic stone protein (PSP), an early sepsis biomarker measurable at the bedside, offers a complementary tool to enhance sepsis detection in emergency department patients who present with minimal clinical signs. When combined with existing clinical scoring systems, PSP improves early identification of high-risk patients, addressing a critical gap... Read more

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ICU Management

PSP on the AbioSCOPE® True Enabler of Early Sepsis Detection

2024 21 Apr

  Sepsis is a Medical Emergency Requiring Immediate Diagnosis & Treatment   Pancreatic Stone Protein (PSP) on the abioSCOPE® is the Earliest Marker of Sepsis   Sepsis is a major healthcare burden claiming more than 11 million lives per year, one death every 2.8 seconds 1 .   It is caused by a dysregulated host response to infection which... Read more

Sepsis

Pancreatic Stone Protein (PSP) Sepsis Test on the Abioscope® Point-Of-Care Platform

2022 06 Jun

1. Sepsis: the Need for Speed Sepsis is a life-threatening form of organ dysfunction caused by a dysregulated host response to infection 1 . This extremely heterogeneous and dynamic syndrome is the result of complex interactions between invading microorganisms and the host’s immune system. Disruption of the host’s ability to maintain immune homeostasis... Read more

Sepsis

Abionic's Unique Sepsis Detection Solution

2022 21 Apr

Based in Switzerland, Abionic is an in vitro diagnostic company, uniquely positioned at the intersection of medical technology, biotechnology and nanotechnology. The company has developed an unparalleled nanofluidic technology-based platform, the abioSCOPE® to offer patients fast blood test results right at the Point-of-Care (PoC). The abioSCOPE® is... Read more

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ICU Management

Biomarkers and Point-of-Care Innovation in the Emergency Department

2025 14 Oct

  Biomarkers are essential tools in the emergency department for improving early detection, risk stratification, and patient management. This article reviews challenges in biomarker integration, the diagnostic and prognostic value of pancreatic stone protein (PSP), and the role of point-of-care solutions such as the abioSCOPE® in advancing personalised... Read more

ICU Management

Pancreatic Stone Protein: A Novel Biomarker for Sepsis Management in Critical Care

2025 24 Jul

Sepsis remains a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in intensive care units (ICUs), exacerbated by delays in diagnosis and inadequate risk stratification. Despite advances in critical care, conventional biomarkers like procalcitonin (PCT) and C-reactive protein (CRP) often fail to provide timely or specific detection. Pancreatic Stone Protein... Read more

ICU Management

Pancreatic Stone Protein in the Early Detection of Sepsis-Induced ARDS: A Biomarker Panel Approach

2025 20 May

Pancreatic Stone Protein (PSP) is a valuable early biomarker for sepsis. Given its kinetics and accessibility, PSP may aid in identifying patients at risk of progressing to ARDS, particularly within the hyperinflammatory phenotype.   Introduction Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is defined by hypoxaemic respiratory failure,... Read more

ICU Management

Abionic: Vision, Key Products and Strategic Direction

2024 01 Oct

  Abionic SA has appointed Patrick Pestalozzi as CEO. With three decades of global experience in management consulting and entrepreneurship, Patrick has been instrumental in creating and developing deep-tech ventures. His diverse healthcare background positions him to lead Abionic's next growth phase. ICU Management & Practice interviewed Patrick... Read more

ICU Management

Biomarkers as Prognostic Predictors and Guide in Critically Ill Patients

2023 20 Apr

An overview of promising biomarkers in critical care, characteristics a biomarker should have and how to ensure their usefulness in clinical practice.   Introduction   Precision medicine is a medical approach that tailors treatments based on individual patient characteristics and their unique response to therapies for a particular disease.... Read more

ICU Management

Pancreatic Stone Protein Biomarker for Sepsis, Antimicrobial Resistance and Nosocomial Infections

2022 14 Oct

The problem of antimicrobial resistance and the use of a clinical decision score and point-of-care testing biomarkers, such as CRP and PSP, to help solve this problem.  Introduction  Infectious diseases are a public health issue around the world, with bacterial, viral, parasitic, or fungal-related diseases responsible for 26% of mortality... Read more

ICU Management

Practical Implementation of the Pancreatic Stone Protein Sepsis Test

2022 25 May

An overview of a discussion on sepsis and the Pancreatic Stone Protein (PSP) biomarker by Dr João Pereira, Hospital De Vila Franca De Xira, Portugal and how it can be used for early diagnosis of sepsis and facilitate decision-making regarding the administration of antibiotics. The discussion was chaired by Prof Pedro Póvoa, coordinator of... Read more

ICU Management

Enhancing Triage With Pancreatic Stone Protein: A Complementary Biomarker Approach for Sepsis

Pancreatic stone protein (PSP), an early sepsis biomarker measurable at the bedside, offers a complementary tool to enhance sepsis detection in emergency department patients who present with minimal clinical signs. When combined with existing clinical scoring systems, PSP improves early identification of high-risk patients, addressing a critical gap... Read more

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