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National Kidney Foundation Honors CareDx with Corporate Citizenship Award for its Commitment to the Transplant Community
CareDx Receives Award for Introducing RemoTraC During Pandemic and Sponsoring the Honor the Gift Coalition for Successful Passage of the Immuno Bill
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[{"type":"text","content":"\nCareDx Receives Award for Introducing RemoTraC During Pandemic and Sponsoring the Honor the Gift Coalition for Successful Passage of the Immuno Bill\n\n\n BRISBANE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nCareDx, Inc. (Nasdaq: CDNA), a leading precision medicine company focused on the discovery, development, and commercialization of clinically differentiated, high-value healthcare solutions for transplant patients and caregivers – today announced that the National Kidney Foundation honored CareDx with a corporate citizenship award during its 41st Annual Kidney Ball held on March 31, 2023, in Washington, D.C.\n\n\n“The National Kidney Foundation is proud to present CareDx with our corporate citizenship award,” said Kevin Longino, chief executive officer of the National Kidney Foundation and a kidney transplant recipient. “They were a key ally on our legislative efforts to expand Medicare coverage of immunosuppressive drugs, and their commitment to patients is remarkable. CareDx continues to strive for the best outcomes by keeping transplant patients at the center of all they do. We are honored to recognize their contributions to the transplant community.\"\n\n\nReg Seeto, CEO and President of CareDx, accepted the award in recognition of RemoTraC®, a mobile phlebotomy testing service introduced during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. RemoTraC is offered to all patients who want their transplant monitoring lab tests to be drawn from the comfort of their homes by trained mobile phlebotomists.\n\n\nSaid Reg Seeto, “Patient safety is one of our top priorities and immunosuppressed transplant patients are among the most vulnerable and were at highest risk during the pandemic. It was critical that we quickly mobilize our efforts to offer mobile phlebotomy testing services for AlloSure® and AlloMap® testing in the safety of a patient’s home. Resources at hospitals at the time were also preoccupied with serving COVID-19 patients, so we were also helping to reduce the clinician burden at the time which was overwhelming.”\n\n\nPeter Maag, former CEO and CareDx board member, joined Mr. Seeto in receiving the award for his leadership in mobilizing the transplant community to advocate for the successful passage of the Comprehensive Immunosuppressive Drug Coverage for Kidney Transplant Patients Act of 2019 (Immuno Bill). The Immuno Bill became effectiv...