Infogene is a portuguese start-up company that develops and markets innovative non-invasive ways of detecting cancer as early as possible, generating value from providing information concerning heath status, preventing cancer death and reducing costs in healthcare. The company has developed a non invasive home-brew test for the detection of the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV), the most common cause of cervical cancer, and a test for detection of colorectal and uterus cancer. The alternative to the common Pap test for HP-Virus detection was be launched on September 2007. Infogene has been awarded important entrepreneurship and innovation prizes in the last years: - Bio-entrepreneur of the year 2006 - by ApBio - "Innovation prize in Health, Personal Care and Attendance - BES prize 2007€ - "BES Innovation Award 2007 - Premio BES inovacao do ano 2007" - "Finalist of Young entrepreneur of the year 2008 - by ANJE 2008" - This year, the R&D (Research & Development) Unit of Infogene has been awarded a QREN grant funding for the development of new projects.