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20/20 GeneSystems

20/20 GeneSystems is an American medical diagnostics company based in Rockville, Maryland. The company offers blood tests to detect cancer through OneTest, COVID-19 PCR, rapid antigen, and antibody testing through CoronaCheck, and anthrax testing through 20/20 BioResponse.

History

20/20 GeneSystems was founded in May 2000 by Jonathan Cohen.[1][2] In November 2000, the company entered a licensing agreement with the United States Public Health Service which granted the company exclusive rights to use several patents owned by the federal government.[3]

On February 7, 2001, the company applied for trademark registration of the phrases "We Will See the Cure" and "20/20" for use with "multi-replica blotting kits comprised primarily of laboratory reagents and proprietary membranes sold as a unit for scientific or research use in the analysis of proteins."[4][5]

In July 2002, the company received $150,000 in funding from MdBio.[3:1]

In 2010, the company entered an agreement with Abbott Molecular to use "certain processes and know-how for which Abbott has a patent pending."[3:2]

In the second half of 2018, the company began focusing on the commercialization of OneTest, "a multi-cancer test and algorithm to screen for multiple cancer types from a single blood sample."[3:3]

Organization

20/20 GeneSystems is partnered with the National Coalition of Frontline Workers through its OneTest subsidiary.[6]

Personnel

Name Position Notes
Jonathan Cohen Founder, Chief Executive Officer, President and Director[3:4] Ventana Medical Systems
David Kratochvil Chief Financial Officer Oberon Securities, VolitionRx, Euro Pacific Capital, Vista Capital Advisors, Omega Advisors, Merrill Lynch
John Compton Chairman of the Board BioReference Laboratories, GeneDx, National Institutes of Health
Richard Cohen Board member Richard M. Cohen Consultants, CorMedix, Helix BioMedix, Rodman & Renshaw
Ted Driscoll Board member DigitalDx Ventures, Claremont Creek Ventures, International Imaging Systems, Identix, Diasonics, Focus Surgery, Be Here Technologies
Jayson Lee Board member Ping An Ventures, BE Capital, China Development Investment Bank
John Rollins Board member Keiretsu Forum, MedStar Southern Maryland Hospital Center, George Washington University School of Business, GW New Venture Competition (NVC), StreamCenter, Aztech Software, National Park Trust, MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, MedStar Washington Hospital Center, United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (USASBE)
Michael Ross Board member Euclid Systems, E-P Therapeutics, StemCyte, George Washington University Hospital

Subsidiaries

Investors

Investors in 20/20 GeneSystems include:[7]

  • Dean Bartosh
  • Joshua Montross
  • Keiretsu Capital
  • Keiretsu Forum Northwest
  • Maryland Venture Fund
  • Ping An Ventures
  • SeedInvest
  • StartEngine
  • Venkat Srinivasan

  1. Cohen, J. (2020, September 28). Form 1-SA: 20/20 GeneSystems, Inc. Securities and Exchange Commission. http://archive.today/2023.08.04-064050/https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1139685/000121390020028688/ea127465-1sa_2020genesys.htm ↩︎

  2. Jonathan Cohen. LinkedIn. Retrieved August 4, 2023, from http://archive.today/2023.08.04-160427/https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathan-cohen-22574a12/ ↩︎

  3. Offering Circular. (2020, January 8). Securities and Exchange Commission. https://web.archive.org/web/20230804163702/https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1139685/000121390020000607/f253g1010820_2020genesys.htm#a_009 ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎

  4. Trademark Status & Document Retrieval: WE WILL SEE THE CURE. United States Patent and Trademark Office. Retrieved August 4, 2023, from http://archive.today/2023.08.04-161410/https://tsdr.uspto.gov/%23caseNumber=78047064&caseSearchType=US_APPLICATION&caseType=DEFAULT&searchType=statusSearch ↩︎

  5. Trademark Status & Document Retrieval - 20/20. United States Patent and Trademark Office. Retrieved August 4, 2023, from http://archive.today/2023.08.04-161747/https://tsdr.uspto.gov/%23caseNumber=78047075&caseSearchType=US_APPLICATION&caseType=DEFAULT&searchType=statusSearch ↩︎

  6. Membership. National Coalition of Frontline Workers. Retrieved August 4, 2023, from https://web.archive.org/web/20230804004024/https://frontlineworkers.org/membership/ ↩︎

  7. 20/20 Gene Systems - Funding, Financials, Valuation & Investors. Crunchbase. Retrieved August 4, 2023, from https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/20-20-gene-systems-inc/company_financials ↩︎