key people ravinder dhallan ceo website www.ravgen.com ravgen inc. is a privately owned biotech company founded by chairman and c.e.o. dr. ravinder dhallan . ravgen inc. is known for its research in the prenatal diagnostic field and its development of non invasive prenatal diagnosis testing which was published in the lancet lancet . 2007 ; 369 474 81 1 the journal of the american medical association jama . 2004 ; 291 1114 1119 . 2 and the new england journal of medicine nejm . 2012 ; 366 1743 1745 . 3 these publications received worldwide press in the times the washington post february 2007 4 cnn fortune small business september 2007 5 and the new york times june 2012 6 ravgen was founded in 2000 in columbia maryland by dr. ravinder dhallan . dr. dhallan received doctorates in medicine and biomedical engineering at the johns hopkins university as well as a mba from the wharton school of business at the university of pennsylvania . the ceo and founder of the company held residency positions in oncology at massachusetts general hospital and in emergency medicine at york hospital in york pa before becoming an attending physician in the department of emergency medicine at holy cross hospital in silver spring md. dr. dhallan left his position at holy cross in 2000 in order to start his own company ravgen with the pursuit of developing a safer prenatal diagnostic exam . at the time the only options available to patients were invasive with a chance of miscarriage or lacked in accuracy . since its start in 2000 ravgen has developed and patented a variety of safe accurate prenatal diagnostic tests that simply require a blood draw from the mother . the company s core technology is based on its ability to increase the percentage of fetal dna that is found in the maternal bloodstream something that scientists have attempted to do for decades with little success . with this breakthrough in medicine ravgen is able to offer safe noninvasive pre birth testing alternatives for expectant mothers and give them the knowledge they need to prepare for their pregnancies . contents 1 timeline 2 competition 3 media coverage 4 references 5 external links timeline edit fall 2000 ravgen founded . march 2004 ravgen publishes first clinical study in the journal of the american medical association 7 february 2007 ravgen publishes second clinical study in the lancet 8 fall 2007 ravgen diagnostics founded may 2012 ravgen publishes third clinical study in the new england journal of medicine 9 competition edit companies and universities that are working towards developing non invasive prenatal testing include natera sequenom artemis health 10 lenetix 11 ikonisys fluidigm 12 and stanford university . 13 media coverage edit ravgen has published its genetic research in internationally recognized peer reviewed articles including jama the journal of the american medical association in 2004 the lancet in 2007 and the new england journal of medicine in 2012 . in addition ravgen has received local 14 and global 15 media coverage on its non invasive prenatal dna testing . articles about the company and its research have been published in cnn fortune small business 16 the times the washington post technology review mit 17 bbc news reuters health day 18 wusa and the new york times june 2012 . 6 references edit a non invasive test for prenatal diagnosis based on fetal dna present in maternal blood a preliminary study . the lancet . retrieved august 17 2013 . jama network jama methods to increase the percentage of free fetal dna recovered from the maternal circulation . jama.ama assn.org . archived from the original on january 13 2010 . retrieved august 17 2013 . mms error archived december 28 2013 at the wayback machine . experimental prenatal test helps spot birth defects . washingtonpost.com . february 2 2007 . retrieved august 17 2013 . fortune small business a shot in the arm keeps fetuses safe september 17 2007 . fortune small business . archived from the original on december 27 2013 . a b the new york times before birth dad s i.d. june 20 2012 . the new york times . methods to increase the percentage of free fetal dna recovered from the maternal circulation . the journal of the american medical association . archived from the original on may 11 2012 . a noninvasive test for prenatal diagnosis based on fetal dna present in maternal blood a preliminary study . the lancet . dead link a noninasive test to determine paternity in pregnancy . the new england journal of medicine . archived from the original on december 28 2013 . verinata . artemishealthinc.com . july 31 2013 . archived from the original on march 7 2011 . retrieved august 17 2013 . lenetix launches screening study of new down syndrome test . medicalnewstoday.com . archived from the original on march 17 2010 . retrieved august 17 2013 . businessweek business news stock market & financial advice archived september 12 2011 at the wayback machine . non invasive prenatal test for down s syndrome developed . bionews . archived from the original on december 27 2013 . retrieved august 17 2013 . 1 dead link health hope for safe prenatal gene test . bbc news . february 2 2007 . archived from the original on april 19 2012 . retrieved august 17 2013 . a shot in the arm keeps fetuses safe sep. 12 2007 . money.cnn.com . september 12 2007 . archived from the original on december 6 2013 . retrieved august 17 2013 . humphries courtney february 2 2007 . a simpler test for detecting down s syndrome mit technology review . technologyreview.com . retrieved august 17 2013 . who s the dad first trimester blood test may tell . consumer.healthday.com . retrieved august 17 2013 . external links edit this article s use of external links may not follow wikipedia s policies or guidelines . please improve this article by removing excessive or inappropriate external links and converting useful links where appropriate into footnote references . august 2013 learn how and when to remove 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