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Veracyte Announces Retirement of CFO and Preliminary First Quarter 2021 Financial Results
Keith Kennedy will retire following Q1 earnings release and 10-Q; Jane Alley appointed as acting CFO; Veracyte to conduct CFO search SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO,
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[{"type":"text","content":"\nKeith Kennedy will retire following Q1 earnings release and 10-Q;\nJane Alley appointed as acting CFO; Veracyte to conduct CFO search\n\n SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nVeracyte, Inc. (Nasdaq: VCYT) announced that Keith Kennedy, chief financial officer and chief operating officer, will retire from the company, effective May 15, 2021, following the company’s release of its full quarterly financial results and the filing of its Form 10-Q for the first quarter 2021. Jane Alley, vice president and corporate controller, will become acting CFO until a replacement is named. Veracyte is conducting a search for a new CFO.\n\n“Keith has played a key role in Veracyte’s growth and success over the last four years and the board and I deeply appreciate his many contributions. These include building a strong financial infrastructure and team that we believe will help position us for continued success. Keith will be missed and we wish him the very best in his next chapter,” said Bonnie Anderson, Veracyte’s chairman and chief executive officer.\n\nVeracyte also announced preliminary results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2021.\n\nThe company expects to report total revenue of between $36 million and $37 million, including between $3.5 million and $3.8 million for urologic cancers, for the first quarter ended March 31, 2021, an increase of 17.3% at the midpoint of the total range, compared to the first quarter of 2020. The company expects product and reported testing volume of between 14,000 and 14,500 tests, including between 1,400 and 1,500 tests in urologic cancers, for the first quarter of 2021, an increase of 9.3% at the midpoint of the total range, compared to prior year. The foregoing amounts are preliminary, have not been audited or reviewed and are subject to change in connection with the completion of Veracyte’s financial statements for the first quarter ended March 31, 2021.\n\n“We are off to a strong start for the year. Revenue and genomic testing and product volume continued to gain momentum in the first quarter and were further boosted by our acquisition in mid-March of Decipher Biosciences, with its market-leading prostate cancer test. We also remain on track to launch key pipeline products in the second half of the year, including our Percepta Nasal Swab test and Genomic Atlas in lung cancer and our Envis...