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Dr. F. David Rollo joins Cell>Point as President — 9|12|06
CENTENNIAL, Colo., September
12, 2006 Cell>Point today announced F. David
Rollo, M.D., Ph.D. has joined the company as
President. Dr. Rollo was formerly Chief Medical
Officer of Philips Medical Systems, a global
leader in diagnostic imaging systems and
healthcare information technology solutions.
Cell>Point has licensed five radiopharmaceutical
technology platforms from The University of
Texas M.D Anderson Cancer Center. The company
plans to apply for FDA approval of its first
universal oncology molecular imaging agent,
99mTc-EC-DG
(Technetium-99m-ethylenedicysteine-deoxyglucose)
in 2007. 99mTc-EC-DG is the first oncology
imaging agent designed to image certain cancers
and cardiovascular diseases on existing SPECT
"Gamma" cameras, found in over 98% of the
hospitals in the U.S. and the majority of the
hospitals throughout the world. As President,
Dr. Rollo will lead the implementation of
Cell>Point's business strategy and operating
plan including the completion of the 99mTc-EC-DG
trial. Philips Medical Systems
hasbeencollaborating with Cell>Point on the
oncology trial. (Editor's Note: Please see:
http://www.medical.philips.com/main/news/content/file_426.html
.)
The company plans to begin clinical trials on
its first oncology intracellular therapeutic,
188Re/Cold Re-EC-DG. Dr. Rollo will direct the
company in the conduct of the therapeutic trial
and the next seven radiodiagnostic-therapeutic
trials slated for 2007. A cardiologist by
training, Dr. Rollo brings Cell>Point more than
38 years of applicable corporate, clinical and
academic experience. Most recently at Philips
Medical Systems, a division of Royal Philips,
Dr. Rollo supported the chief technology officer
s office in developing and implementing a
worldwide medical application strategy for
Philips Medical Systems as a healthcare delivery
company.
Before Philips, Dr. Rollo served as Senior Vice
President for Medical Affairs and Executive
Medical Director for Raytel Medical Corporation
(1996-1999), Chairman and CEO of Metricor (a
former subsidiary of Humana, 1992-1996), Chief
Medical Officer and Senior Vice President
Medical Affairs for Humana Corporation
(1980-1992), and various clinical and academic
appointments at Vanderbilt University Medical
Center (Nashville, TN), University of California
San Francisco (San Francisco), Johns Hopkins
University (Baltimore), and Upstate Medical
Center (Syracuse, NY). Of note, during his
tenure at Humana, Dr. Rollo was the technology
and clinical due-diligence advisor for medically
related capital investments made by a
collaborative investment partnership involving
Humana, Hambrecht & Quest and Warburg Pincus.
Dr. Rollo has co-edited eight textbooks,
published over 270 articles and given more than
300 presentations. In addition, he has received
nearly 60 awards, honors and grants and has held
more than 40 professional appointments and 60
committee memberships. Lastly, while with
Humana, Dr. Rollo created the original Centers
of Excellence program which brought together
renowned physicians and technical staff to
produce regional, national and international
magnet clinical services in more than a dozen
medical specialties. This program created 39
Centers of Excellence (12 of which were
Cardiovascular Centers of Excellence) including
Humana Heart International, Arizona Heart
Institute and the renowned Heart Institute at
Wellington Hospital in London.

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