18 CONTRIBUTE TO THE HEALTH OF ALL ADDRESS MAJOR PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUES Cerba HealthCare is developing new tests and participates in many research projects, with the aim of improving patient care. FIGHT CANCER Despite the major advances of recent years in healthcare and research, cancer affects around 335,000 new people each year in France and causes 150,000 deaths1. Cerba HealthCare participates in fighting cancer thanks to its expertise in anatomical pathology, and to its development of new tests and innovative and strategic research programmes. The Laboratoire Cerba Oncology business is developing rapidly in order to meet the challenges of prevention in oncology and the improvement of treatments. Precision medicine is used to personalise treatment, which is adapted to the patient's disease and targeted to maximise its efficacy. Progress that is notably achieved thanks to liquid biopsy which alongside solid biopsy helps to improve the diagnosis of cancers. In early 2023, Laboratoire Cerba launched Cerba Oncology, a platform to facilitate access to a wide range of innovative and customisable oncology analyses and accelerate diagnosis through a connected prescription solution2 and medical support from the choice of test to the interpretation of the results. In 2021, Cerba Research formed a strategic partnership with ACT Genomics to create a centre of excellence in immuno-oncology in Taipei, called CerbACT Asia. Bringing together the cutting-edge technologies in this field, this centre enables improved patient results in all clinical trial phases. 1. Figures from the Cancer page of the French Ministry of Health and Prevention (2023) website: https ://sante.gouv.fr/ soins-et-maladies/maladies/article/cancer 2. More information on the Cerba Oncology platform website: https ://oncology.mycerba.com/fr All united against cancer • Distribution of 2,000 bracelets to support the Caregiver association. • Support of 2 associations led by collaborators: Association pour la Recherche sur les Tumeurs Cérébrales (ARTC) and NOI DONNE Soprattutto. • Organisation of an internal walking challenge to support the Hope association and the Movember foundation.
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