WINNIPEG, MB–(Marketwired – December 05, 2016) – 3D Signatures Inc. (TSX VENTURE: DXD) (the “Company” or “3DS”) is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Nigel Terrett to 3DS’ Business Advisory Board (“BAB”). Mr. Terrett will provide the Company with strategic insight and guidance related to commercial lab partnerships and information technology management for its diagnostic platform. Mr. Terrett brings extensive commercial lab experience to 3DS which includes executive roles with several major commercial labs and electronic health record companies such as Excelleris Technologies, Lifelabs Inc. and MDS Diagnostics Inc.
Nigel Terrett
Nigel Terrett has held executive leadership roles at Excelleris Technologies, LifeLabs, MDS Inc. and MDS Diagnostics. His significant accomplishments in the life sciences sector include his tenure as Chairman of the Board of Excelleris Technologies, a medical information technology company, where he led the creation of the largest integrated patient and physician diagnostic database in Canada. As Chief Strategic Officer of LifeLabs Inc., Mr. Terrett created innovative collaborative programs with health institutions, provincial governments and health providers to improve health care while reducing costs. As Senior Vice President and General Manager of Life Labs British Columbia, Mr. Terrett was responsible for 900 operational staff, 90 branch locations and two state-of-the-art medical laboratories providing over 15 million medical results per year. In this role, he dramatically improved operational performance through Lean-Sigma methodologies. As Chief Information Officer of MDS Diagnostics Inc., he led the restructuring of information technology services that resulted in multi-million dollar savings for the company. As Vice-President of Information Technology at MDS Diagnostics, Mr. Terrett led a North American team that increased operating income by over 50%. More recently, Mr. Terrett has provided strategic advisory services to the biotech industry.
Mr. Terrett is experienced in every step of the diagnostics testing process, from sample collection to reporting, to providing efficient, reliable and high-quality services to enhance patient care. A respected industry leader, Mr. Terrett’s operational background and network will help facilitate the successful launch of 3DS’ new class of minimally invasive biomarker tests at a national level.
Comments from Chairman
“We are honored to welcome Nigel Terrett to the Business Advisory Board,” commented John Swift, Chairman of 3D Signatures Inc. “His guidance in the development and commercialization of our entirely new class of minimally invasive biomarkers will be invaluable, given his extensive history of success in the medical diagnostics industry. Mr. Terrett will help us navigate the complex commercial laboratory marketplace, such that we ensure physicians and patients have access to 3D Signatures’ product pipeline, that we believe to be at the forefront of specialized clinical tests in the cancer and Alzheimer’s space.”
About 3DS
3DS (TSX VENTURE: DXD) is a personalized medicine company with a proprietary software platform based on the three-dimensional analysis chromosomal signatures. The technology is well developed and supported by 16 clinical studies on over 1,500 patients on 13 different cancers and Alzheimer’s disease. Depending on the desired application, the technology can measure the stage of disease, rate of progression of disease, drug efficacy, and drug toxicity. The technology is designed to predict the course of disease and to personalize treatment for the individual patient. For more information, visit the Company’s new website at http://www.3dsignatures.com.
Forward-Looking Information
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Hugh Rogers
VP Corporate Finance
(204) 582-0922
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