Enantis, a spin-off company from Masaryk University in Brno (Czech Republic), was established to commercialize the university’s biotech research results. One of the first projects was EnviroPen, a biosensor for detecting water contamination. The technology was licensed from Masaryk University and the product developed together with Photonic Systems Instruments, a specialist in optics, electronics and software developing innovative, high-end scientific instruments. However, the end user was not involved in the development and it happened that the design was not very convenient, and EnviroPen had to be redesigned. The company later focused on another project in which they tried to avoid the mistakes they had made in commercializing their first product.
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