Cogstate Ltd · ASX:CGS
Cogstate — Merger or Acquisition (July 2008)
10 slides from Cogstate's merger presentation, Jul 29, 2008
Slide 1: CogState & United BioSource Corporation Strategic Alliance
For personal use only CogState & United BioSource Corporation Strategic Alliance Driven by customer demand, market leaders align resources to build comprehensive service offering to standardise the administration, measurement and global implementation of cognitive testing in clinical trials www.cogs
Slide 2: Key investment details of the alliance
Key investment details of the alliance • UBC will acquire 7,783,765 ordinary shares at $0.1027, raising For personal use only $0.799 million for CogState • UBC will also partially underwrite the Rights Issue, also announced today, raising a further $0.613 million for CogState • UBC holding in CogSta
Slide 3: Background to the alliance
Background to the alliance • CogState is continually seeking to expand its service offering For personal use only • Additional resources necessary for continued growth of services and revenue • We conducted a detailed review of operations and considered all strategic options • We determined that inv
Slide 4: Who are United BioSource Corporation?
Who are United BioSource Corporation? • UBC is a specialised pharmaceutical services company For personal use only • Headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland (USA) with offices in the United States, Canada, Eastern and Western Europe and South America. • Has more than 1,000 full time staff • Currently wo
Slide 5: Why choose UBC?
Why choose UBC? • There are strong business and operational synergies between CogState and UBC: For personal use only – CogState’s core business is the provision of innovative means to measure cognitive change in clinical trials, and – UBC is a global pharmaceutical services company with expertise i
Slide 6: UBC's services
UBC’s services • UBC’s leading Ratings Services group is focused on standardising For personal use only the administration and scoring of clinically subjective outcome measures used as pivotal endpoints in clinical trials. • UBC’s data collection, data monitoring and training services are designed t
Slide 7: UBC's services
UBC’s services • UBC services include: – Rater training For personal use only – Continuing medical education – Clinical study services – Design and implementation of clinical trials and registries – Epidemiology and risk management consulting services – Develops and deploys electronic data capture (
Slide 8: What will change?
What will change? • CogState and UBC will be able to provide customers with a comprehensive solution for cognitive testing in clinical trials For personal use only • The combined offering will address both the operational and scientific challenges associated with clinical research • Increasingly Cog
Slide 9: How does CogState benefit from the partnership?
How does CogState benefit from the partnership? • The partnership will provide CogState with a service offering not matched by its competitors For personal use only • CogState will be able to offer computerised cognitive testing to clinical trials where the size and scale of the trial would previous
Slide 10: Questions?
For personal use only Questions? www.cogstate.com