ANPC AnPac Bio Medical Science Company Ltd

AnPac Bio-Medical Science Co., Ltd. (“AnPac Bio,” the “Company” or “we”) (ANPC), a biotechnology company with operations in the United States and China focused on early cancer screening and detection, announced that on April 4, 2022, the Company and Hunan Weitou Technology Co., Ltd. (“new investor”) have signed a legally binding equity investment totaling $15 Million which will be invested in five installments over the next 30 months.

Under the terms of the agreement, the new investor will invest $3 Million at the beginning of every 6 months. The first $3 Million, which is in the form of private equity investment, has a purchase price at $0.414 per share. It is expected that the first investment installment will be completed in April 2022.  

Dr. Ai-Dong Chen, Chairman of the board and CEO of the Company, commented: ”This long term equity investment is significant and important to the growth of our company. It also shows investors’ confidence in the prospects of our company and its leading-edge technology. We have a very strong innovation track record, significant intellectual property, including over 260 filed patent applications and 150 issued patents, the world’s largest cancer detection data base and sample size (in new generation cancer detection technology space) according to Frost & Sullivan, and a leading edge, novel cancer detection technology which is already saving lives on the weekly basis.”

About AnPac Bio

AnPac Bio is a biotechnology company focused on early cancer screening and detection, with 150 issued patents as of September 30, 2021. With two certified clinical laboratories in China and one CLIA and CAP accredited clinical laboratory in the United States, AnPac Bio performs a suite of cancer screening and detection tests, including CDA (Cancer Differentiation Analysis), bio-chemical, immunological, and genomics tests. According to a report by Frost & Sullivan, AnPac Bio ranked first globally in multi-cancer screening and detection test sample volume (accumulative to January 2021).  AnPac Bio’s CDA technology platform has been shown in retrospective validation studies to be able to detect the risk of over 20 different cancer types with high sensitivity and specificity. 

For more information, please visit: https://www.Anpacbio.com. 

For investor and media inquiries, please contact: 

Company:

Phil Case, Marketing and Investor RelationsPhone: +1-267-810-6776 (US)Email: phil_case@AnPacbio.com

Investor Relations:

Ascent Investor Relations LLCTina Xiao, PresidentPhone: +1-917-609-0333 (US)Email: tina.xiao@ascent-ir.com   

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