Title: BioSciCon,%20Inc.
1 BioSciCon, Inc. Business Opportunity 2006 Web
site www.bioscicon.com
2BioSciCon, Inc.
- BioSciCon has developed and manufactures
patented biomarker-based MarkPap technology
products intended for early detection of cervical
cancer. This technology is more accurate, less
costly and less invasive than current Pap test
technologies.
3Cervical Cancer is preventable
- Cervical cancer is second to the breast cancer
cause of women deaths from malignant diseases
world-wide. Currently, there are 500,000 new
cases of cervical cancer each year, and about
250,000 die from this preventable disease in 21st
Century. However, cervical cancer is preventable
IF detected on time. Best prevention is regular
cervical cancer screening. Cytological screening
(Pap test) remains the best cervical cancer
prevention.
4WORLD
- Problem
- At risk 1.7 B
- Protected with Pap 110 M or 6.5
- Developing countries 20 M Pap tests or 1.2
- Other technologies
- Screen treat
- VIA
- HPV
- Vaccination
5The Problem
- Existing Pap Test Technology
- Costly Increasing insurance costs in US and
prohibitively expensive in developing countries - Infrastructure required, with qualified
professionals (cytotechnologists/pathologists) - Insufficient Reliability (gt15 false negatives)
- Slow Takes weeks to obtain normal results
- Requires visiting a doctor and it is invasive,
which leads to fewer women being tested
6The Solution
- MarkPap Test is the solution
- Less costly Priced gt25 less than Pap test
- MarkPap Self and MarkPap Digital make the
infrastructure affordable for developing
countries - More reliable lt5 false negatives
- Less Invasive MarkPap Self, leading to increased
use by all women - Timely Results within hours (MarkPap Digital)
- Better controlled QC/QA with control slides and
less liability for the laboratory
7 MarkPap Technology
- CAP-PAP Test (US patent, 2000)
- CAP-PAP Kit
- (US patent pending)
- International
- (PCT, 2004)
- Trademark MarkPap
- Know-how
Chemical sensitive biomarker flags abnormal
cells for early detection.
8MarkPap Images
Abnormal specimen, ASC-H. Three small abnormal
(red) cells among several normal
cells. Screening magnification (left).
Diagnostic magnifications (right). Abnormal
cells cannot be missed.
9MarkPap Products (first line of products)
- MarkPap Research Kit Assembly of reagents,
instructions and controls. - Kit Accessories Cytopreservative solution,
Control slides. - MarkPap Test service, assay.
- Available for research only in the US (before
FDA approval). International sale under local
regulations.
10MarkPap Research Kit
11MarkPap Accessories
12Products in Development
- MarkPap Self
- MarkPap Digital
- MarkPap Self Digital
- MarkPap Cell Bank
13MarkPap Self
14MarkPap Self
- MarkPap Self is an option for women to take the
sample in the privacy of their home and to send
it in the laboratory. MarkPap Self is aimed for
women who live in remote parts and do not have
access to doctors offices, for those who (because
of different cultural and religious tradition)
cannot go to gynecologist, or women who are
simply not comfortable with pelvic exam and
prefer to take the sample at home. MarkPap Self
will dramatically increase the number of women
who will get preventive testing.
15MarkPap Digital
16MarkPap Digital
- MarkPap Digital provides a possibility to
process the sample in a small laboratory/doctor
office, capture the red biomarker positive
(abnormal) cells with a digital camera and
transmit images via Internet into laboratories
with qualified reviewers for evaluation. The
result may be available within hours. The cost of
the image acquisition system consisting of a
microscope, digital camera and software is below
5,000.
17MarkPap Self Digital
- In practice, MarkPap Self and MarkPap Digital
allow women to take the sample at home and to
mail it to the nearby laboratory. In this
laboratory a low-trained technician or nurse can
stain the slide using easy-to-use MarkPap Kit.
The same person examines the slide under the
microscope and searches for red cells. The
images of those cells are captured with a digital
camera and transmitted for evaluation. The result
may be sent back electronically within hours.
This is how MarkPap technology can provide
cytological mass cervical screening worldwide and
save womens lives.
18Overall Competitive Advantages
- Novel biomarker of abnormality
- Simple and immediately applicable
- Better accuracy for lower cost
- Better productivity for less liability
- Prospect for self-sampling and
telecytopathology for mass cervical cancer
screening worldwide - Huge societal benefit saving womens lives with
enormous market and incredible potential for
profit
19BioSciCon, Inc.
- BioSciCon is a small business, women owned,
start-up S-corporation, which has completed the
RD phase for the first line products, and has
entered a new development phase for the next line
of products. The company is now searching for
commercial funding to bring products to market. -
- More about BioSciCon at www.bioscicon.com
20Management team
- Nenad Markovic, MD. PhD, President
- Olivera Markovic, M.D. PhD, Founding Director
- Executive Secretary
- Clinical and Laboratory Sites Managers
- 20 Ob/Gyn, 4 pathologists and GPs in U.S.
(MD, DC, CA, NY, FL) and abroad - Mr. Peter Ricca, Ricca Chemical Company,
Manufacturer -
- MarkPap LLC, the business arm of BioSciCon
(see next) -
- Organizational structure presented at
www.bioscicon.com -
21MarkPap LLC
- BioSciCon has recently incorporated a new
business entity, the MarkPap LLC. The LLC has
initiated an executive search from the pool of
business professionals who already expressed
strong interest to become LLC Managing Partners.
22 BioSciCon, Inc. 14905 Forest Landing Circle
Rockville, MD 20850 Tel 301-610-9130 Fax
301-610-7662 Web site www.bioscicon.com E-mail
info_at_bioscicon.com