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ValiRx admitted as founder member of the SSE
ValiRx admitted as founder member of the SSE.
About this update from Valirx Plc
[{"type":"text","content":"\n \nRNS Number : 4129G ValiRx PLC 06 June 2013 \n\n \n \n \nFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE\nValiRx Plc\n(\"ValiRx\" or the \"Company\")\n \nPRIME MINISTER LAUNCHES THE SOCIAL STOCK EXCHANGE\nTO WHICH VALIRX HAS BEEN ADMITTED AS A FOUNDER MEMBER \n \nLaunch of Social Stock Exchange places UK at centre of multi-billion dollar global social impact market\n \n \n \nLondon (June 6th 2013) - ValiRx Plc (AIM: VAL), a life science company with a focus on cancer diagnostics and therapeutics for personalised medicine, is pleased to announce that, following Prime Minister David Cameron's launch today of the Social Stock Exchange (\"SSE\"), a unique platform designed to open the public financial markets to social impact investment, the Company has been admitted today to the SSE as a founder member. \n \nThe SSE is a marketplace which has been designed to connect publicly listed businesses displaying strong social and environmental credentials with investors seeking to generate both a positive impact from their investments as well as a financial return. \n \nValiRx is now part of the first tranche of member companies to be admitted, all of whom are high growth businesses operating in markets such as health, social and affordable housing, clean-tech waste, water, recycling, renewable energy, sustainable transport, education and culture. \n \nAlongside ValiRx, they include Ashley House plc, V22 plc, Straight plc, Scope, Places for People, ITM Power plc, Good Energy plc, Primary Health Properties plc, Halosource plc and Accsys plc. \n \n \nDr Satu Vainikka, Chief Executive of ValiRx, commented:\n\"We at ValiRx are very pleased to be admitted as a founder member to the SSE and to hear the Prime Minister's very public endorsement of the social impact investment market today. Working as we do in the oncology space, we are obviously very conscious of the substantial positive impact our work will have on society, and on human health in particular, should our trials be successful and we are delighted that proper credence and recognition will now be given to our and others' 'social and ethical dividends' going forwards\".\n \n \nPradeep Jethi, Co-founder & CEO of the SSE, said: \"We believe that organisations that place social and environmental aims at the core of...