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Medical Services
Expands Production
Capacity
to Meet Increased Demand
April 14, 2005
Medical Services International Inc. (OTC: MSITF)
announced today that it has taken the
necessary steps to increase its production capacity worldwide to
50,000 VScan test kits per day. This increased production capacity
will enable Medical Services to: fulfill contractual requirements
related to the Company's existing contracts with the People's
Republic of China and the Government of Nigeria (combined estimated
value of US$50.5 million); satisfy other contracts currently being
negotiated the PRC (estimated value of $4.0 million); as well as be
prepared for additional contracts as they become available.
Medical Services owns and operates production facilities in
Shanghai, Nigeria, India, New Jersey and on the island of Anguilla,
B.W.I. in the Caribbean. All of these facilities were designed and
setup utilizing modular construction. As sales of the Company's test
kits increase, production can be increased in each individual
facility by affixing additional modules. The Company has produced
and provided each facility with technical manuals that explain how
to expand modularly without interrupting existing production.
All test kit production facilities, which operate to United States "GMP"
standards and work to an ISO rating of ISO9001, are controlled by
Medical Services, and each is operated either by the Company or one
of its subsidiaries. The only exception is M&A Concepts Ltd of
Nigeria, which operates through a joint venture agreement. Medical
Services owns 60% of its subsidiary Minerva Biotech Corporation (http://www.minerva-biotech.com),
which operates the facility in Shang Hai, China. In all cases the
actual VScan test kit is manufactured exclusively by and for, and
can only be purchased from, Medical Services International Inc.
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". |