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Lucid Diagnostics Awarded U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Contract for EsoGuard®
Lucid Diagnostics Inc. (Nasdaq: LUCD) ("Lucid" or the "Company"), a commercial-stage, cancer prevention medical diagnostics company and subsidiary of PAVmed Inc. (Nasdaq: PAVM), today announced that it has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for its EsoGuard® Esophageal DNA Test, expanding access to esophageal precancer testing across the nation's largest integrated healthcare system, which serves more than nine million enrolled veterans annually.
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