Medical Services International Signs Million Dollar Contract
to Supply VScan HIV Test Kits to China

March 1, 2005
Medical Services International Inc. is pleased to announce that it has signed a $25,500,000 US contract to supply the VScan HIV test kit in the People's Republic of China. Through its Shanghai facility, starting July 1, 2005, the Company will supply 3.6 million VScan test kits per year for a 3 year period. The contract will have a value of approximately $8,500,000 US per year with a total value of $25,500,000 US at the end of the 3 years. This contract is for the VScan HIV test kit only and does not take into account the revenue that will be generated in China by the other test kits ( TB, Hep B&C, Dengue Fever, and Malaria).


About VScan

The VScan rapid test kit is a single use, easy to use, test for the screening of HIV 1&2, Hepatitis B&C, Tuberculosis (TB), Dengue Fever and West Nile, Malaria, Syphilis, and Prostate Cancer. The kits cannot be sold in Canada.


For further information contact:
Robert Talbot at 780-430-6363 or
Bill Whitehead, Jr., 416-822-5883

Medical Services International Inc. trades in the United States on the NQB Pinksheets under the symbol "MSITF".

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