Exact Sciences (company)

Exact Sciences Corporation
Public (NASDAQ: EXAS)
Industry Molecular diagnostics
Founded 1995 in Marlborough, Massachusetts
Headquarters Madison, Wisconsin, USA
Key people
 Kevin Conroy (Chairman, President &CEO)
Maneesh Arora, (COO)
Graham Lidgard, (Chief Science Officer)
Scott Coward, (General Counsel)
Jeff Elliott,(CFO)
Products a non-invasive, stool DNA-based colorectal cancer screening test
Number of employees
 ~750 (2016)
Website ExactSciences.com

Exact Sciences Corp. is a molecular diagnostics company with an initial focus on the early detection and prevention of colorectal cancer.[1] The company was founded in 1995 in Marlborough, Massachusetts and today is headquartered in Madison, Wisconsin.[2]

Products

In August 2014, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the company’s at-home stool DNA screening test, multitarget stool DNA screening test, for the noninvasive detection of colorectal cancers and pre-cancers.[3][4][5]

Exact Sciences is now developing a pipeline of diagnostic tests for the early detection of lung, pancreatic and esophageal cancers.[6]

Awards

The company was named to the InBusiness Madison “Best Companies to Work For” list in 2014[7] and in 2016 was the winner for large organizations in their “Best Companies to Work For” Awards.[8]

Exact Sciences received a 2015 American Business Awards Gold Stevie for Company of the Year in the Health Products & Services category.[9]

Exact Sciences Corporation won 2016 10th Annual Prix Galien USA Award for best medical technology product.[10]

The company received the Business Intelligence Group’s 2016 Company of the Year BIG Award for Business in the Health Care category.[11]

References

  1. ↑ "MarketWatch citation". MarketWatch. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
  2. ↑ McBride, Ryan (June 18, 2009). "Exact Sciences Moving to Wisconsin". Xconomy. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
  3. ↑ "FDA approves first non-invasive DNA screening test for colorectal cancer". U.S. Food and Drug Administration. FDA. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
  4. ↑ Edney, Anna (August 12, 2014). "Exact Sciences Wins U.S. Approval for Colon Cancer Test". Bloomberg. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
  5. ↑ Schattner, Elaine (March 6, 2015). "For Colon Cancer Screening, Cologuard Test Offers A Solid New Option". Forbes. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
  6. ↑ Engel, Jeff (June 30, 2015). "Exact Sciences Outlines Pipeline of Diagnostics for Deadliest Cancers". Xconomy. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
  7. ↑ Vanden Plas, Joe. "Best Companies to Work For: 2014" (December 2014). InBusiness. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
  8. ↑ InBusiness Madison. "2016 Best Large Company to Work For.". InBusiness Madison, October 2106. Retrieved October 31, 2016.
  9. ↑ "2015 Company/ Organization Awards Categories Stevie® Award Winners". The American Business Awards. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
  10. ↑ Galien Foundation. "2016 Prix Galien Awards". Retrieved October 31, 2016.
  11. ↑ Business Intelligence Group. "BIG Awards for Business 2016". Winners of the 2016 Business Awards. Retrieved October 31, 2016.
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