A-Fem Medical Corporation Appoints Mrs. Merry Disney to Board of Directors.Business Editors, Health/Medical Writers PORTLAND, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 14, 2000 A-Fem Medical Corporation (OTCBB OTCBB See OTC Bulletin Board (OTCBB). :AFEM AFEM Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal AFEM Air Force Emergency Management (US Air Force) ), announced today that Merry L. Disney has been appointed to its board of directors. Mrs. Disney has been President and Chief Executive Officer of Disney West operations since 1985. She has had a long involvement with youth development programs, having worked as an Academic Instructor of Children with Reading Disabilities from 1982 until 1991, receiving several merit awards for her achievements. "We are delighted to welcome a woman with involvement in important social issues to our board. Her sense of community responsibility and wealth of experience will enhance and strengthen the company," said James Reinmuth, Ph.D., Chairman of the Board. Steven T. Frankel, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. and President of A-Fem stated, "With clinical studies validating our patented PadKit(R) Sample Collection System, Mrs. Disney believes it can play an important role in improving women's health Women's Health Definition Women's health is the effect of gender on disease and health that encompasses a broad range of biological and psychosocial issues. care programs around the world, providing a simple self-collected sample for routine screening for cervical cancer Cervical Cancer Definition Cervical cancer is a disease in which the cells of the cervix become abnormal and start to grow uncontrollably, forming tumors. . Mrs. Disney is an effective community leader and we welcome her support in identifying opportunities for mass PadKit screening programs." Mrs. Disney is presently active with Pacific Group Companies, a Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, based company dealing in major real estate developments and acquisitions. From 1986 to 1988, she was President of Bridaldale Development Corporation and served as a Director from 1979 to 1986. A-Fem Medical Corporation is a medical technology company which has developed three proprietary business lines: the inSync(R) miniform interlabial pad (ILP ILP Inductive Logic Programming ILP Instruction-Level Parallelism ILP Individual Learning Plan ILP Independent Labour Party ILP Independent Living Program ILP Institut Latihan Perindustrian (Malaysia) ) for light flow menstrual protection, Rapid-Sense(R) diagnostic products and the PadKit(R) Sample Collection System. A-Fem currently markets the inSync miniform as an alternative to tampons, pads and liners for light flow protection. The Company is developing diagnostic products using its proprietary Rapid-Sense technology. The PadKit, currently in clinical trials, utilizes an ILP as a non-invasive sample collection method for use in screening for certain cancers and diseases. PadKit, Rapid-Sense, and inSync are registered trademarks of A-Fem Medical Corporation. For more information, visit A-Fem's website at www.afem.com. |
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