EY Announces Visby Medical Founder and CEO Adam de la Zerda as Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2022 Bay Area Award Finalist

SAN JOSE, Calif., May 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Ernst & Young LLP (EY US) announced Monday that Adam de la Zerda, PhD, founder and CEO of Visby Medical, Inc., was named an Entrepreneur Of The Year^® 2022 Bay Area Award finalist. Entrepreneur Of The Year is one of the preeminent competitive business awards for entrepreneurs and leaders of high-growth companies who think big to succeed. De la Zerda was selected by a panel of independent judges based on entrepreneurial spirit, purpose, growth and impact, among other core contributions and attributes.

"I am honored and humbled to be named a finalist for Entrepreneur Of The Year alongside such accomplished and ambitious business leaders," said de la Zerda. "Visby Medical is singularly focused on developing rapid point of care diagnostics to improve health outcomes for people around the world. My hope in founding Visby was to create meaningful change and improve quality of care, and I am pleased Ernst & Young has recognized that mission."

Visby Medical is a diagnostics company that develops polymerase chain reaction (PCR) diagnostic tools for use at the point of care. The Company offers handheld, instrument-free PCR diagnostic tests for COVID-19 in all populations, and the Sexual Health Click Test for the detection of Chlamydia, Gonorrhea, and Trichomonas in women. Both tests provide results in about 30 minutes with ~97% accuracy or greater.

Regional award winners will be announced on Tuesday, June 14, 2022. The regional winners will then be considered by the National independent judging panel, and National awards will be presented in November at the Strategic Growth Forum^®, one of the nation's most prestigious gatherings of high-growth, market-leading companies. The Entrepreneur Of The Year National Overall Award winner will then move on to compete for the EY World Entrepreneur Of The Year™ Award in June 2023.

For over 35 years, EY US has celebrated the unstoppable entrepreneurs who are building a more equitable, sustainable and prosperous world for all. The Entrepreneur Of The Year program has recognized more than 10,000 US executives since its inception in 1986. Entrepreneur Of The Year Award winners have exclusive, ongoing access to the experience, insight and wisdom of fellow alumni and other members of the entrepreneurial community in over 60 countries — all supported by vast EY resources.

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About Visby Medical™
Visby Medical is transforming the order of diagnosis and treatment for infectious diseases so clinicians can test, talk with, and treat the patient in a single visit. The Company's proprietary technology development program culminated in the world's first instrument-free, single-use PCR platform that fits in the palm of your hand and rapidly tests for serious infections. Originally developed for sexually transmitted infections, the Company's FDA-cleared, CLIA-waived Sexual Health Click Test for women returns accurate results within 28 minutes. The Visby Medical technology is also helping to fight the global pandemic via the Visby Medical COVID-19 Test, and its robust pipeline includes tests for other infectious diseases. Visby Medical is accelerating the delivery of fast and accurate, palm-sized PCR diagnostics to the point of care, and eventually for use at home. For more information, visit www.visbymedical.com. Follow Visby Medical on LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter.

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