We recently advised our client Medicover in concluding a strategic agreement with NIPD Genetics under which the two companies will cooperate to provide NIPD Genetics' VERACITY and VERAGENE non-invasive prenatal examinations to the Medicover network and other new markets and to design and develop new genetic tests in the prenatal, postnatal, neonatal, oncological and other fields, jointly offering a comprehensive portfolio of advanced diagnostics.

Medicover is a leading international healthcare and diagnostic services company with operations in Poland, Germany, Romania, Ukraine and other markets in Western Europe, Central and Eastern Europe and other emerging markets. It offers a broad range of high quality healthcare services and a significant hub-and-spoke diagnostic laboratory network, all underpinned by a sophisticated proprietary IT infrastructure. In 2017, Medicover had revenue of around € 580 million and 15,900 employees.

NIPD Genetics is an innovative biotechnology company based in Cyprus and is active in the design, development and manufacture of non-invasive genetic tests. NIPD Genetics was established in 2011 and offers in-vitro diagnostic solutions and non-invasive prenatal screening.

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