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TIPS Group provides technology & intellectual property strategies to companies ranging from start-ups to major international corporations. The firm consults on business formation, financing, and operation, technology development and protection, and provides legal services with emphasis in the areas of corporate, patent law, licensing and dispute resolution. TIPS Group maintains offices in Palo Alto, California and Washington, D.C.

      

THIS WEEK'S EVENT

Our goal was to obtain a license on all future patents resulting from existing and future intellectual property in the field o

August 12, 2008

 

Bio2Device Group

Evening Meeting

 

NO DAYTIME MEETING

REGISTRATION REQUIRED

 

XDx – A View into a Molecular Diagnostics Company

 

Pierre Cassigneul
President and Chief Executive Officer

XDx Inc.

Meeting is at NEW VENUE & with new SCHEDULE

TIPS Group
1000 Elwell Court, Suite 150
Palo Alto, California 94303-4318
650.293.3350

 

XDx, Inc. is a molecular diagnostics company focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of noninvasive gene expression-based tests for the monitoring of transplant rejection and autoimmune diseases.  The company has developed a proprietary new method for noninvasively monitoring immune system activity by measuring gene expression in a patient’s peripheral blood.  This work is the basis for AlloMap® molecular expression testing, which provides transplant physicians with a new tool to aid in the identification of the probability of acute cellular rejection for postcardiac transplant patient management.  Join us to learn about the company, its product, and future plans.

 

Pierre Cassigneul is the president and chief executive officer for XDx.  Mr. Cassigneul has more than 20 years of senior management experience in the healthcare and medical device industries, both in Europe and the United States, including the global launch of several successful high-tech products.  He joined XDx from the consulting firm, Stone Bridge Management LLC, where he was an operating partner.  Formerly, as the vice president of diabetes management at Becton Dickinson & Co, he oversaw completion of the product, clinical trials and regulatory submissions.  Mr. Cassigneul has held top management positions at Bayer in the diabetes self-testing business unit, where he developed and launched a new patient-monitoring system; Ortho Diagnostic Systems (J&J) in the AIDS and hepatitis business unit, where he launched a complete line of blood screening products; and Abbott Laboratories in the diagnostic division, where he launched the first HIV test for screening the European blood supply.  Mr. Cassigneul holds a management degree from the Ecole Superieure de Commerce de Reims, France.

 


Event Schedule:

6:00 to 6:45 pm --Join us for a light dinner and networking


6:45 pm to 8:15 --Meeting will begin, Mr Cassigneul’s presentation, followed by open networking

9:00 pm -- Out the door.

Sponsor and Hosted by: TIPS Group

Directions:  New venue at TIPS’ Conference Center  1000 Elwell Court, Palo Alto.  Exit 101 and head North on San Antonio Road.  Turn left onto East Bayshore Road.  The TIPS office is on the corner of East Bayshore and Elwell.  A large parking area is at the rear of the building (either turn right at the FEDEX box off of Bayshore, or turn right onto Elwell and then right into the first driveway).  See map and photo of the site at http://biodevicegroup.org/addl_directions.html .
         
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