♦ http://healthsciences.curtin.edu.au/faculty-news/pvc-m-may-2016/sop-app/
♦ Support from the
CSIRO,
Alzheimer's Australia AND the
Dementia Society of America.
♦ Upcoming implementation studies with industry partners, including
Bupa. (Bupa has revenue of £9.8 billion
GBP)
♦ EPT has signed a binding MoU with Strenuus, a UK-based insurance counter-fraud group, with the intention of developing a scalable anti-fraud medical-legal assessment platform through the integration of ePATs capabilities within Strenuus behavioural assessment platform.
♦ If the development of the platform proves successful, this could potentially open up ePAT to the
insurance counter-fraud market in the UK and
globally.
♦ According to a report of the Association of British Insurers dated December 2013, whiplash claims cost the UK insurance industry L2 billion (A$3.9 billion) a year.
♦ First mover advantage
http://www.smh.com.au/federal-polit...ng-under-turnbull-scheme-20161203-gt39s7.html
♦
The government, which is chipping in $70 million, hopes the fund will turn innovative start-ups into businesses that create jobs and boost exports.
Projects include ePAT, real-time facial recognition technology that assesses pain in people who cannot communicate verbally.
♦ A report commissioned by Alzheimer's Australia, released yesterday, indicates that this year, dementia is estimated to cost Australia $14.67 billion
♦ https://www.fightdementia.org.au/The-economic-cost-of-dementia-in-Australia-2016-to-2056.pdf
♦
This is projected to be $36.85 billion a year by 2056. Costing Australia a massive $1.033 trillion over the next 40 years.
♦ Market cap
~$16 million, with cash in the bank of
~$3.5 million, and
low cash burn. Development of the app is cost-effective, and highly scalable.
♦ The board are all medical professionals or established doctors - significant experience including
Cochlear,
Resmed and
Roche.
♦ Full results of the implementation study will be presented at the 2017 Australian Pain Society 37th Annual Scientific Meeting in April, where
ePAT will also be presenting as a company for the first time in front of an international audience.
♦ https://www.dcconferences.com.au/aps2017/
Disclosure: Holding