Volition Proudly Sponsors the 44th ISICEM Congress

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VolitionRx (NYSE AMERICAN: VNRX) announced its silver sponsorship of the 44th Annual ISICEM Congress in Brussels, Belgium, from March 18-21, 2025. The company will support multiple presentations highlighting their Nu.Q® H3.1 epigenetic screening technology in intensive care and emergency medicine settings.

The congress will feature six presentations focusing on various aspects of NETosis, NETs, and nucleosomes-H3.1 in sepsis screening and monitoring. Dr. Andrew Retter, Volition's Chief Medical Officer, emphasized the significance of these studies in validating their technology's role in sepsis care, noting a potential $1B+ market opportunity in this sector.

Additionally, Dr. Retter will speak at the Praetorian Doctoral Network Satellite Symposium on March 19th, discussing the Nu.Q® test for measuring circulating H3.1 nucleosomes as markers for neutrophil extracellular traps in blood.

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• Potential $1B+ market opportunity in sepsis care sector
• Multiple validation studies being presented at major medical congress
• Strategic positioning in critical care medicine market

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Volition to host multiple presentations at the International Symposium on Intensive Care & Emergency Medicine in Brussels, Belgium, from March 18 - 21 

HENDERSON, Nev., March 17, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- VolitionRx Limited (NYSE AMERICAN: VNRX) ("Volition"), a multi-national epigenetics company, announced its participation at the 44^th Annual ISICEM  ("International Symposium on Intensive Care & Emergency Medicine") Congress in Brussels Belgium being held from March 18-21. As a silver sponsor, Volition will support multiple presentations highlighting the Company's Nu.Q® H3.1 epigenetic screening technology in intensive care and emergency medicine settings.

Dr. Andrew Retter, Chief Medical Officer at Volition, commented:

"Volition is thrilled to be a supporting presence at the 44th Annual ISICEM Congress. This year is exceptionally exciting for Volition as multiple groundbreaking studies that validate the crucial role of NETosis, NETs, and specifically nucleosomes-H3.1 in the screening, monitoring, and early intervention of sepsis in ICU settings are being presented.

"These developments open the door to a tremendous $1B+ market opportunity in sepsis care alone, positioning Volition at the forefront of this revolutionary advancement in critical care medicine.

Most importantly there is increasing evidence that monitoring H3.1 nucleosome is a new tool which may  improve patient outcomes."

Presentations featuring Nu.Q® H3.1 at the congress:

Presentation 1
Date and Time: Tuesday, March 18, 2025, at 2:30 pm
Topic: "Circulating NETs levels"
Speaker: Professor Djillali Annane
Location: Panoramic Room 

Presentation 2
Date and Time: Wednesday, March 19, 2025, at 9:45 am
Topic: "Functional endotyping in sepsis"
Speaker: Professor Evangelos Giamarellos-Bourboulis
Location: 100 Hall

Presentation 3
Date and Time: Wednesday, March 19, 2025, at 1:45 pm
Topic: "Neutrophils in host response and organ dysfunction"
Speaker: Professor Michael Bauer
Location: Arc room

Presentation 4
Date and Time: Wednesday, March 19, 2025, at 3:35 pm
Topic: "The Time for Precision has Come"
Speaker: Professor Evangelos Giamarellos-Bourboulis
Location: Arc room

Presentation 5
Date and Time: Thursday, March 20, 2025, at 10:00 am
Topic: "H3.1 for early recognition of sepsis"
Speaker: Professor Djillali Annane
Location: 100 Hall

Presentation 6
Date and Time: Thursday, March 20, 2025, at 11:00 am
Topic: "NETosis an important predictor of organ dysfunction
Speaker: Dr. Lieuwe Bos
Location: 100 Hall

Additionally, Dr. Andrew Retter, Critical Care Lead and Chief Medical Officer of Volition is an invited speaker for the Praetorian Doctoral Network Satellite Symposium at ISICEM, March 19^th, 2025, the session will take place at 11:35 am.

The session topic, "Nu.Q® test to measure levels of circulating H3.1 nucleosomes as a surrogate marker for neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) in blood."

The project PRAETORIAN Network (EuroPean Training NetwoRks to TArget DAMPs and NETs: novel apprOaches in pRecision SepsIs pAtieNt care) is set up to train 10 doctoral candidates who will collaboratively work to develop novel approaches in precision sepsis patient care providing new diagnostics and therapeutics to answer to an urgent unmet clinical need.

About ISICEM

The ISICEM annual congress is one of the largest Intensive Care conferences in its field, attracting more than 5,000 participants from countries worldwide. The aim of ISICEM is to improve the care of the critically ill patient through better clinical management, by facilitating ongoing education and training of all healthcare staff involved in patient care and supporting and encouraging constructive research in the field. The hope is that every person who attends one of their events will learn something new and useful that they can take back to their units and share with colleagues to improve the practice of intensive care and ultimately patient outcomes.

About Volition

Volition is a multi-national epigenetics company focused on advancing the science of epigenetics. Volition is dedicated to saving lives and improving outcomes for people and animals with life-altering diseases through earlier detection, as well as disease and treatment monitoring.

Through its subsidiaries, Volition is developing and commercializing simple, easy to use, cost-effective blood tests to help diagnose and monitor a range of diseases, including some cancers and diseases associated with NETosis, such as sepsis. Early diagnosis and monitoring have the potential not only to prolong the life of patients but also improve their quality of life.

Volition's research and development activities are centered in Belgium, with an innovation laboratory and office in the U.S. and London.  

The contents found at Volition's website address are not incorporated by reference into this document and should not be considered part of this document.  Such website address is included in this document as an inactive textual reference only.

Media Enquiries:

Louise Batchelor, Volition, mediarelations@volition.com +44 (0)7557 774620

Investor Relations

Jeremy Feffer, LifeSci Advisors, jfeffer@lifesciadvisors.com +1-212-915-2568

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FAQ

What is the market opportunity for VNRX's sepsis care technology?

According to the press release, Volition's sepsis care technology represents a potential market opportunity exceeding $1 billion.

When and where is VNRX presenting at the 44th ISICEM Congress 2025?

Volition is supporting six presentations at the ISICEM Congress in Brussels from March 18-21, 2025, with presentations scheduled across multiple venues including the Panoramic Room, 100 Hall, and Arc room.

What is the focus of VNRX's Nu.Q® H3.1 technology presentations at ISICEM?

The presentations focus on NETosis, NETs, and nucleosomes-H3.1 in sepsis screening, monitoring, and early intervention in ICU settings.

What role will VNRX's CMO play in the ISICEM Congress 2025?

Dr. Andrew Retter, Volition's CMO, will speak at the Praetorian Doctoral Network Satellite Symposium on March 19th, 2025, discussing the Nu.Q® test for measuring H3.1 nucleosomes as NET markers in blood.