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Medical Services Ships HIV Test Kits to the Caribbean
EDMONTON, Alberta, Feb 4, 2004 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- Medical Services International Inc. (Pinksheets: MSITF) is pleased to announce that it has begun shipping VScan HIV test kits to the Caribbean. On October 28, 2003, Medical Services announced that it had completed all the necessary testing required for the country of Belize. The results from the testing for Belize were obtained through independent testing in a FDA approved laboratory in the United States. The test results showed that the VScan HIV rapid test kits were 100% accurate in all categories against the Western Blot test. The Western Blot test is considered the gold standard for HIV testing and is one of the standards to be met or exceeded when applying for regulatory approval in the United States.
Today the Company is pleased to announce that it has received the initial order from Belize. The HIV test kits will be shipped immediately. The Company is also working with local officials to help implement testing for individuals who might not otherwise be able to afford it.
The Company looks forward to the opportunity to supply Belize with the VScan HIV rapid test kits and in leveraging the market entry in Belize into other surrounding countries in the Caribbean. The Caribbean has a permanent resident population of 14 million people as well as a reported 12 million visitors annually which has resulted in a growing demand for a fast accurate initial screening device for HIV. The Company feels that the VScan HIV rapid test kit is ideally suited to be an important tool for the prevention of the spread of HIV in the Caribbean, which unfortunately has a relatively high incidence of HIV/AIDS. The fact that the VScan HIV test kit can be used to test whole blood as well as plasma or serum, does not require refrigeration and has been tested extensively in "live" testing in the United States, makes it the best kit to be used in the Caribbean environment.
About VScan
The VScan rapid test kit is a single use, disposable, accurate (greater than 99%), cost effective, easy to use test kit for the screening of HIV 1&2 and subgroup O, Hepatitis B&C, and Tuberculosis(TB).
Medical Services International Inc. trades on the Pinksheets under the symbol "MSITF". For further information, please contact Robert Talbot at 780 430 6363 or Bill Whitehead Jr. at 416 822 5883 or www.medicalservicesintl.com .
NOTE: Certain statements in this press release are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Act of 1995. Such statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause results to differ materially. Such risks, uncertainties and other factors include but are not limited to new economic conditions, risk in product development, market acceptance of new products and continuing product demand, level of competition and other factors described in company reports and other filings with regulatory bodies.
SOURCE Medical Services International Inc.