Biodesix CEO Scott Hutton Named to The Healthcare Technology Report’s List of Top 25 Biotech CEOs in 2022

Biodesix, Inc. (NASDAQ: BDSX) a leading data-driven diagnostic solutions company with a focus in lung disease, today announced that its Chief Executive Officer was named in The Healthcare Technology Report’s list of Top 25 Biotech CEOs of 2022. The annual list recognizes the most accomplished executives in the biotech industry.

An extensive process was run to evaluate the hundreds of CEOs who were nominated this year. These CEOs lead exemplary organizations in the fields of gene therapy to vaccine development, cancer treatment, proteomics, diagnostics, mRNA-based therapeutics, and other related areas. Read the full report here.

Hutton’s profile provides insight as to how his personal leadership philosophy emphasizes ‘helping people, giving back, and positively impacting and improving people’s health and lives’. Under his direction and leadership, Biodesix has grown into a leading patient-centric lung disease diagnostics company with a mission to unite biopharma, physicians, and patients to transform the standard of care and improve outcomes with personalized diagnostics.

“I am honored to be named as a leading CEO in The Healthcare Technology Report and included on a list with so many resilient, entrepreneurial industry leaders who are making a meaningful impact on patients,” said Hutton. “The recognition also highlights the commitment and work that the entire team at Biodesix accomplishes every day to impact patients with critical diseases.”

About Biodesix

Biodesix is a leading data-driven diagnostic solutions company with a focus in lung disease. The Company develops diagnostic tests addressing important clinical questions by combining multi-omics through the power of artificial intelligence. Biodesix is the first company to offer eight non-invasive tests for patients with lung diseases. The blood based Nodify Lung® nodule risk assessment testing strategy, consisting of the Nodify XL2® and the Nodify CDT® tests, evaluates the risk of malignancy in incidental pulmonary nodules, enabling physicians to better triage patients to the most appropriate course of action. The blood based IQLung™ strategy for lung cancer patients integrates the GeneStrat® targeted test, the GeneStrat NGS™ test and the VeriStrat® test to support treatment decisions across all stages of lung cancer with results in an unprecedented 36-72 hours, expediting time to treatment. Biodesix also leverages the proprietary and advanced Diagnostic Cortex® AI (Artificial Intelligence) platform, to collaborate with many of the world’s leading biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies to solve complex diagnostic challenges in lung disease. Biodesix launched the SARS-CoV-2 ddPCR™ test, the Platelia SARS-CoV-2 Total Ab, and the cPass™ SARS-CoV-2 Neutralization Antibody test (cPass™ Neutralization Test Kit, GenScript, Inc,) in response to the global pandemic and virus that impacts the lung and causes COVID-19. For more information about Biodesix, visit biodesix.com.

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