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Sorry about the link ,info is out there.No time to sort at the moment.

Try a different link.

https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/quest-faces-next-ravgen-dna-testing-patent-trial-after-272-min-labcorp-verdict-2022-09-26/

Well worth listening to the interview from last November of Yourgene's Dr Joanne Mason about the Ranger Tech and nipt test .In the interview she mentions litigation that is taking place in the USA regarding some of the nitp tests on the market.

This litigation is being brought by a company called Ravgen who have the patent for the type of tests in dispute . Later on last year Ravgen won a court case against LabCorp and were awarded 375 million dollars. This has since been increased by a further 100 million dollars. During this year Ravgen have also reached settlements with several other large companies.

Does this mean that there could possibly be more openings for the Yourgene nitp test which as far as I am aware is unique?

https://www.brrmedia.co.uk/broadcasts/636a5d5473b22f035bb813c3/yourgene-health-interview-dr-joanne-mason/

https://www.progress.org.uk/us-court-awards-further100-million-over-prenatal-tests-patents/

Some info in these two links with regards to what the dpd test is about.

https://www.openaccessgovernment.org/dpyd-genotyping/114349/

https://velindre.nhs.wales/velindrecc/patient-information/general-information1/dpd-testing/

New report covering the global non invasive prenatal testing market that came out today.

https:///www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/global-non-invasive-prenatal-testing-nipt-market-report-2023-2033-mergers-and-acquisitions-shaping-the-nipt-market---llumina-natera-and-roche-lead-the-way-301897781.html

It will be interesting to see how Konica Minolta grow the genomic side of their business.

Sorry about the link

https://youtu.be/pvtPNVhdlHg

Here's a short clip of Matthew Nesbitt (entrepreneur and founder of Coastal Genomics) presenting the ranger tech at the Global Synthetic Biology Conference in May. Novel ,disruptive tech.

https://youtu.be/pvtPNVdlHg

Hi KT, it's worth having a look at the Vantage Market Research report into the prenatal genetic testing market.

Newbee you didn't say which board the news would be on .

Yourgene are certainly getting some air miles, currently they are at the same show as Novacyt in California, having already been to Melbourne and Tokyo in the last fortnight .Will it convert to future sales?

Who's representing Novacyt at the American Association of Clinical Chemistry expo in California? On their exhibitor profile under business needs it states they are looking for direct sales/distributor/agent/representative.Are they trying to do some forward planning?

https://meeting.aacc.org/exhibitors

The following link shows the patent protection Coastal Genomics had in place around the time Yourgene bought them out.

https://patents.justia.com/assignee/coastal-genomics-inc

Hi Pierrick, I've just done a search which shows that the name Novacyt has been cleared by the examiner for trademarking in the USA. The next step involves the name being published in the trademark gazette on the 18/07/23 for public viewing over a period of 30 days .If there are no objections during this time it will then go on to final registration. This can take 3 to 4 months from when the trademark name was first published in the gazette .Looking at the records the application was first received on May 14th 2021. Twenty six months to get this far ,they certainly don't rush in the land of Uncle Sam.

Bivda recently published a white paper relating to the procurement of COVID tests in the UK. If you scroll down to page 113 there's a section on disputes featuring ODX and Abingdon. Novacyt get mentioned,but not much can be said as it's a live dispute. If you use this link you can download the white paper.

https://www.bivda.org.uk/News-Events/BIVDA-Press-Releases

I see Yourgene appointed a corporate transformation specialist Andrew Leeser back in January. Looking at his track record a good percentage of companies he has worked with soon end up turning out the lights for a final time. Hopefully he is currently adding a more positive page to his career history.

Thanks Larry , well at least we now know who the partner is .

Hi Kaeren, you asked if any Novacyt staff had joined Yourgene. Becky Underwood joined a year ago as product manager followed two months later by Natasha Maximchuk as a sales manager.

Some info in this link Coastal Genomics, the north American company that Yougene bought in 2020.

https://creativedestructionlab.com/blog/coastal-genomics/

This second link to The Scientist (New York) features their top 10 lab innovations of 2022.

https://www.the-scientist.com/features/2022-top-10-innovations-70792

Apologies to any Yourgene holders, I'm trying to catch up at present.

Some information in this recent presentation regarding Lithium3 where Prem have a 50% holding.

https://lithium3.com/investors/presentations/

Woody have you moved up from sleeping in the cab of that old lorry?

How many avatars have you had during the last two years? Must be approaching double figures by now.