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HISTORY

Like many important things in life, the start of ANECOVA is a meeting between two persons. On December 19th 2003, Dr Pascal Mock, a gynaecologist specialized in in vitro fertilization, met with Martin Velasco, entrepreneur and business angel.

Pascal had an original and innovative idea; Martin had the vision to see the value in it and the will to turn it into reality. ANECOVA SA was born in Geneva in March 2004.

Key dates:

• March 2004

Creation of ANECOVA SA in Geneva, Switzerland

• April 2004

Establishment of the Scientific Advisory Board with leading scientists in the area of assisted reproduction

• May 2004

Establishment of an international talent partnership to develop the capsule

	· Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne
	· CRG, UZ Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
	· IVI, Valencia, Spain
	· INRA, Jouy en Josas, France
	· FAL, Neustadt, Germany

• From April 2004

Device and approach development
Animal trials
Start clinical trials

• December 2006

First indications that fertilization, embryo development and pregnancies are possible using ANECOVA’s intra-uterine device.


• March 2007	CE Mark Certification, Anecova-d1 device ISO 9001: 2000 Certification ISO 13485: 2003 Certification


• From April 2007	Further development of the device to facilitate the procedure Initiation of a multicentric Clinical Trial


• November 2007	Anecova nominated 2008 Technology Pioneer by World Economic Forum


• November 2008	New appointments to the Board of Directors: Patrick Aebischer (President, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Switzerland), Barry W. Wilson (Former President of Medtronic International) and Jeffrey B. Jump (MD and SVP Sales and Marketing, Biosensors International)