Precipio (PRPO) 19 Nov 182018 Q3 Earnings call transcript

Good day everyone, and welcome to Precipio's Third Quarter 2018 Corporate Update Call for Shareholders. Please note, that this event is being recorded. And I would now like to turn the call over to Miri Radomski. Please go ahead.

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