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COGSTATE LTD — Regulatory Filings 2013
Jul 16, 2013
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ASX Announcement
BRR Webcast - Australian research sheds new light on “highest risk” group for Alzheimer’s disease
MELBOURNE, 17 July 2013: Professor Paul Maruff, Chief Science Officer at Melbournebased cognition testing company Cogstate, explains the findings of four reports presented at the Alzheimer's Association International Conference (AAIC) in a video interview with Boardroom Radio (BRR).
Access this webcast: http://www.brrmedia.com/event/113011/
Speakers: Cogstate CEO Brad O’Connor, Cogstate Chief Science Officer Paul Maruff
Live Date: 17 July 2013, 09:00am AEST
For further information contact:
Investor Relations
Kyahn Williamson Buchan Consulting +61 3 8866 1214 or 0401 018 828 [email protected]
Brad O’Connor Cogstate Chief Executive Officer +61 3 9664 1300 or 0411 888 347 [email protected]
Media Relations
Ben Oliver Buchan Consulting +61 3 8866 1233 or 0402 242 982 [email protected]
About Cogstate
Cogstate Ltd (ASX: CGS) is a multi-faceted cognitive assessment and training company, focused on the development and commercialisation of rapid, computerised tests of cognition (brain function). It has three distinct business units:
Clinical Trials: In the clinical drug trial market, Cogstate technology and associated services are used by pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies to quantify the effect of drugs or other interventions on human subjects participating in clinical trials. Since sales into the clinical trials market began in 2004, Cogstate has secured agreements with top
pharmaceutical companies including Pfizer, AstraZeneca, Bristol-Myers Squibb, GlaxoSmithKline, Johnson & Johnson, Novartis, Lundbeck, Dainippon Sumitomo, Targacept, Otsuka, and Servier.
Axon Sports: The mission of Axon Sports is to “protect and train the athletic brain”. Axon’s focus is to research, develop and deliver cutting edge tools to assess, monitor and improve the athletic brain.
Axon has been developing sport specific training products, initially focussed on American football and baseball, and the resulting technologies have now been launched within a small number of elite US college programs. In addition, the first of Axon’s consumer iPad apps was launched in 2012.
In the area of sports related concussion, Cogstate’s technology has been used by a number of highly regarded institutions and sporting organisations around the world for almost 10 years. That technology is now marketed to consumers as Axon Sports. Current users of Cogstate/Axon Sports in Australia include the AFL and NRL, whilst in the USA elite programs such as the NBA, WNBA, NHL as well as college programs such as University of Notre Dame, University of Michigan and University of Connecticut all use the Axon Sports system.
Healthcare: In the primary care or general practice setting, the Cogstate’s COGNIGRAM ™ assesses cognition in patients and the reports generated on the basis of this assessment can allow physicians to identify subtle changes that could be indicative of the early stage of a neurodegenerative disease, such as Alzheimer’s disease. Cogstate intends to develop COGNIGRAM ™ to monitor changes in cognitive function following concussion or after treatment with drugs or other types of interventions. In June 2012, Cogstate entered into an agreement with Merck Canada Inc. providing it with the exclusive right to market and promote COGNIGRAM ™ in Canada.