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NZX/ASX Announcement
15 February 2023

Commercial Update


Cervical cancer screening technology company, TruScreen Group Limited (NZX/ASX: TRU)

(‘TruScreen’ or ‘the Company), is pleased to provide this commercial update.

Zimbabwe

TruScreen successfully secured a tender for the supply of a further 10,800 SUS (Single Use Sensor)

which is expected to be shipped in March 2023.

The TruScreen cervical cancer screening roll out in Zimbabwe continues to make excellent progress

with the programme scanning 10,500 women in the Masvingo province at the end of January 2023.

TruScreen continues to work closely with the National Aids Council and the Ministry of Health in

support of its plan to implement the programme nationally.

Vietnam


TruScreen anticipates that Vietnam will become a market of major focus with significant potential. Our

new Vietnamese distributor has recently placed an order for 8 devices and 1,800 SUS which will be

shipped in March 2023. The devices will be installed in 8 hospitals with screenings expected to

commence in Q2 CY2023.

From the pipeline of potential hospitals, TruScreen expects further approvals to follow. TruScreen is

also expecting to receive local accreditation shortly, thereby removing the requirement for individual

hospitals to seek prior MOH approval, which will shorten the sales cycle.

Russia/Kazakhstan

On the strength of our Russian distributors expansion into Kazakhstan and to accelerate screening

programmes in Russia and neighbouring Central Asian countries, JSC IMSystems have upgraded

their order, for which payment has been received, to 11 devices and 6,120 SUS.

TruScreen’s Russia distributor JSC IMSystems has recently extended its presence to Kazakhstan

which will be the base of expansion by IMSystems to other Central Asian countries. Kazakhstan has

a population of 18 million spread over an area of 2.7 million square kilometres (the 9

th

largest country

in the world). Central Asian doctors and healthcare professionals are mostly trained in Russian

universities and hospitals.

Middle East and Gulf Countries

Saudi Arabia will shortly announce the results of its TruScreen cervical cancer screening clinical trial

programme. TruScreen expects the results to be positive and it will endorse the TruScreen cervical

cancer screening technology, with sales of devices to our distributor to follow. Opportunities to expand

in the Middle East and Gulf countries are also being evaluated with discussions underway for

distribution rights in Jordan.






China

With China re-opening her borders for international travel in January 2023, we expect the market to

swiftly return to normal trading. China remains TruScreen’s major market. TruScreen cervical

cancer screening devices are registered as a Chinese domestic product with its Made in China mark.

The manufacturing of devices marketed in China being made in China shortens the selling cycle in

China and provides a significant barrier of entry for competing foreign technologies seeking to access

the Chinese market.


Following the sales referred to above TruScreen will have 238 TruScreen Screening Devices

operating in the field with a commensurate increasing pull through in SUS usage. A disposal SUS is

used in every single screening test. This is a 26.6% increase of devices in operation at the end of

FY2022.

This announcement has been approved by the Board.


For more information, visit www.truscreen.com or contact:


Dr Beata Edling

Chief Executive Officer

beataedling@truscreen.com


Guy Robertson

Chief Financial Officer

guyrobertson@truscreen.com


Julia Maguire

Investor Relations

julia@thecapitalnetwork.com.au




About TruScreen:


TruScreen Group Limited (NZX/ASX: TRU) is a New Zealand-based medical device company that

has developed an AI-enabled device that can detect precancerous and cancerous cervical changes

in real-time via optical and electrical measurements of cervical tissue. Unlike many cervical screening

technologies that have only triage/adjunct functionality, the TruScreen device is registered as a

primary screening tool.

TruScreen’s cervical screening technology effectively resolves many of the ongoing issues with

conventional cytology, including failed samples, poor patient follow-up, patient discomfort, and the

need for supporting laboratory infrastructure.

The device is CE-marked, meaning it meets EU safety, health and environmental protection standards

required for sale and use throughout Europe. It is also National Medical Products Administration

approved for sale in China. In 2021, TruScreen established a manufacturing facility in China for

devices marketed and sold in China.

TruScreen is currently targeting product sales to a range of low and middle-income countries,

including China, Mexico, Vietnam, Russia, Zimbabwe and Saudi Arabia, where no large-scale cervical

cancer screening programmes and infrastructure are currently in place. By doing so, the Company

hopes to help improve the health and wellbeing of women worldwide.

To learn more, please visit: www.truscreen.com/

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