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COGSTATE LTD — Board/Management Information 2013
May 23, 2013
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Board/Management Information
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ASX Announcement
Melbourne, 24 May 2013
Company Secretary Appointment
Cogstate (ASX.CGS) is pleased to announce the appointment of Mark Edwards as Company Secretary.
Mark recently joined Cogstate and is also acting in the role of Finance Manager, while Claire Newstead-Sinclair is on maternity leave.
Mark completed a Bachelor of Accounting at Monash University and is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accounts. Mark previously worked in the Assurance and Advisory Business Services division at Ernst & Young for 14 years. His experience involved working on both locally and internationally listed companies within retail, import/distribution, automotive, manufacturing and consumer products sectors.
For further information contact:
Kyahn Williamson Buchan Consulting +61 3 9866 4722 or 0401 018 828 [email protected]
Brad O’Connor Cogstate Chief Executive Officer +61 3 9664 1300 or 0411 888 347 [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.