BAGNEUX, France--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Regulatory News:
Genomic Vision (Paris:GV) (FR0011799907 – GV), a biotech company specialized in the development of diagnostic tests for the early detection of cancers and genetic diseases, will host a first R&D Day on May 10th, 2017, in the Imagine Institute (Necker Hospital, Paris).
This event dedicated to the investors, the analysts and the press will allow them to deepen their knowledge on the main GENOMIC VISION’s R&D programs through presentations led with its historical industrial partner QUEST DIAGNOSTICS and several academic teams.
The program of the R&D Day includes the following presentations:
- 9h30: Inaugural speech
Aaron Bensimon – CEO of GENOMIC VISION
- 9h45: Pediatric Spinal Muscular Atrophy – SMA program presentation
Pr Arnold Munnich, Head of Genetic Service at the Necker Hospital - Enfants-Malades
- 10h15: “Quest Diagnostics genetic testing frontiers and DNA combing program”
Jay Wohlgemuth, Senior VP, CMO of Quest Diagnostics
Edward Ginns, M.D, Ph.D, Medical director – Neurology - Quest Diagnostics - 10h45: Myopathy: Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy – “(R)Evolution of Diagnostic approaches in FSHD1 towards multi-allelic determination by molecular combing”
Pr Nicolas Levy, Head of Medical Genetics department at the Children’s Hospital La Timone (Marseille, France) - 11h15: Cervical Cancer Diagnostic and Prognostic– Presentation of the HPV program conducted in Czech Republic
Dr. Vladimír Dvorák, Brno Centre for Outpatient Gynecology and Primary Care), principal investigator of the HPV pilot study
Dr Petr Janda, CEO of PCS (Prague Clinical Services) - 11h45: Round-table hosted by Fabrice Papillon:
“Which strategies for the screening of the genetic diseases in the future? What pathologies in sights? “
Aaron Bensimon, CEO of Genomic Vision, declared: “We are very honored to invite our investors, financial analysts and the press to this event to present in detail all of our clinical diagnostic programs notably with the presence of Quest Diagnostics, our historic industrial partner. I hope that this R&D Day will serve to highlight in detail Genomic Vision’s technological and commercial strategy. Finally, these scientific and medical presentations will underline the acceleration of our innovations and our partnerships. This acceleration is an important measure of short, medium and long-term value creation”.
In addition, GENOMIC VISION will organize a second R&D Day in next autumn during which the management team will present the advantages of our technology in the field of Life Sciences Research, particularly in safety control in the gene editing and DNA replication.
ABOUT GENOMIC VISION
GENOMIC VISION is a biotech company specialized in the development of diagnostic solutions for the early detection of cancers and serious genetic diseases and tools for life sciences research. Through the DNA Molecular Combing, a strong proprietary technology allowing to identify genetic abnormalities, GENOMIC VISION stimulates the R&D productivity of the pharmaceutical companies, the leaders of the diagnostic industry and the research labs.
The Company develops a robust portfolio of diagnostic tests (breast, ovarian and colorectal cancers, myopathies) and analysis tools (DNA replication, biomarkers discovery, gene editing quality control). Based near Paris, in Bagneux, the Company has approximately 60 employees. GENOMIC VISION is a public listed company listed in compartment C of Euronext’s regulated market in Paris (Euronext: GV - ISIN: FR0011799907).
For further information, please visit www.genomicvision.com
Member of CAC® Mid & Small and CAC® All-Tradable indexes
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