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Medical
Services Receives Approval In Two Additional Countries
July 6, 2005
Medical Services International Inc. (OTC: MSITF) is pleased to
announce that it its VScan HIV test kit has received regulatory
approval in Cambodia and Laos. Previously the Company had announced
regulatory approval in Vietnam. On July 13, representatives for
Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos are meeting with Medical Services to
negotiate pricing and a long term contract for the supply of the
VScan HIV test kit. Initial indications are that the Company will be
asked to supply 20,000 test kits per month. The length of the
contract is yet to be discussed. The Company anticipates that it
will be for two years.
On May 26, 2005 the World Bank signed an agreement with Vietnam for
the World Banks largest grant (US35 million dollars). The project
aim is to help reduce transmission of HIV and to prevent its
spreading into the general population. Klaus Rohland, Director of
the World Bank in Vietnam said, "Each year 5 million people become
infected with HIV -- that's more than 13,000 people per day. A young
person is infected with HIV every 14 seconds, that's around 6000
every day."
A major part of the HIV program in Vietnam will be focused on
halting HIV transmission. The VScan HIV test kit with its accuracy,
speed and requiring no refrigeration will help to make the program
successful
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". |