NAMUR, Belgium, Sept. 5, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- VolitionRx Limited (OTCQB: VNRX), a life sciences company focused on developing blood-based diagnostic tests for a broad range of cancer types, today announced that its Chief Executive Officer, Cameron Reynolds, is scheduled to present at the Aegis Capital 2014 Healthcare & Technology Conference, being held September 10-13, 2014 at The Encore at Wynn Hotel in Las Vegas, NV.
Mr. Reynolds will present on Thursday, September 11, 2014 at 9:00 a.m. PT. During his presentation, he will discuss top-line results from analysis of an initial representative 938-subject sample from VolitionRx's 4,800-subject retrospective colorectal cancer blood diagnostic pilot study at Hvidovre Hospital, Denmark. Mr. Reynolds will also outline VolitionRx's business milestones and growth strategy.
VolitionRx's NuQ® tests utilize the Company's proprietary Nucleosomics® platform, which identifies and measures circulating nucleosome structures for the presence of epigenetic cancer signals within the blood. As part of the Denmark trial, VolitionRx is analyzing samples from approximately 4,800 subjects with colorectal cancer, polyps or adenomas, benign bowel diseases or other malignancies, all of whom have undergone a colonoscopy. Under the trial design, VolitionRx has full access to all Danish national registries and databases. The trial is designed to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of the NuQ® test for colorectal cancer.
Details of the presentation are as follows:
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Thursday, September 11, 2014
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9:00 a.m. PT
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The Encore at Wynn Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada
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Investors attending the Conference who would like to schedule a 1-on-1 meeting with VolitionRx management during the conference may do so by contacting their Aegis Capital Corp. representative, or Lee Roth of The Ruth Group at lroth@theruthgroup.com.
For those unable to attend, a live webcast of Mr. Reynolds' presentation will be available on the Company's website at www.volitionrx.com. Following his presentation, this webcast will be archived for 90 days.
About VolitionRx
VolitionRx is a life sciences company focused on developing blood-based diagnostic tests for different types of cancer. The tests are based on the science of Nucleosomics which is the practice of identifying and measuring nucleosomes in the bloodstream – an indication that cancer is present.
VolitionRx's goal is to make the tests as common and simple to use, for both patients and doctors, as existing diabetic and cholesterol blood tests. VolitionRx's research and development activities are currently centred in Belgium as the company focuses on bringing its diagnostic products to market first in Europe, then in the US and ultimately, worldwide.
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Media Contacts
Charlotte Reynolds, VolitionRx
Telephone: +44 (0) 795 217 7498
Email: Charlotte.Reynolds@volitionrx.com
Kirsten Thomas, The Ruth Group
kthomas@theruthgroup.com
Telephone: +1 (646) 536-7014
Investor Contacts
Scott Powell, Investor Relations
S.Powell@volitionrx.com
Telephone: +1 (917) 721-9480
Lee Roth, The Ruth Group
lroth@theruthgroup.com
Telephone: +1 (646) 536-7012
SOURCE VolitionRx Limited