AXDX vs GLYC Comparison

Accelerate Diagnostics Inc is an in vitro diagnostics company dedicated to providing solutions that improve patient outcomes and lower healthcare costs through the rapid diagnosis of serious infections. Its Clinical Microbiology products include Accelerate Pheno system, Accelerate PhenoTest BC Kit, and Accelerate Arc module & BC kit. The company earns the majority of its revenue from the domestic market. The group operates as one operating segment, deriving instrument, consumable, and service revenues from customers engaged in healthcare diagnostics within the United States. Product revenue is derived from the sale or rental of instruments and sales of related consumable products. Service revenue is derived from the sale of extended service agreements.

GlycoMimetics Inc is a clinical-stage biotechnology company. It is focused on the discovery and development of novel glycomimetic drugs to address unmet medical needs resulting from diseases in which carbohydrate biology plays a key role. Glycomimetics are molecules that mimic the structure of carbohydrates involved in important biological processes. Using expertise in carbohydrate chemistry and knowledge of carbohydrate biology, the company is developing a pipeline of proprietary glycomimetics that may inhibit disease-related functions of carbohydrates, such as the roles it play in inflammation, cancer, and infection.