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First European Marketing Agreement for GlobalCardio™ Announced |
VICTORIA, B.C., March 6, 2003 - CardioComm Solutions Inc. (TSX-V:CCG) (the "Company", "CardioComm"), is pleased to announce that it has entered into an exclusive agreement with Meditel Srl ("Meditel") of Milan , Italy .
The Agreement establishes Meditel as the exclusive customer for CardioComm's GlobalCardio™ in Italy for a minimum period of eighteen months. Meditel will provide, on an exclusive basis, interpretation services involving the recording of ECGs and interpretation of ECGs for health centres in Italy . Meditel will provide enrolling/interpreting physicians and health Centres users with telemedicine-cardiology services through GlobalCardio™.
Meditel promotes innovative telemedicine services through the Italian pharmacy network. Its primary focus of service lies within the field of cardiology, with 12 leads ECG diagnosis, arrhythmia loop event monitoring and ambulatory blood pressure monitoring.
In Italy there are more than 16,000 pharmacies; from a recent market research the 79.8% of the Italian population is interested in using new innovative diagnostic services offered by pharmacies.
The remote ECG management and interpretation is done with the use of the GlobalCardio™ system. The clinical service is managed by a group of specialists under the name of MediWebNet who's President, Dr. Roberto Rocci, was a leading member of the Telemedicine Experts Commission at the Ministry of Health in Italy . Dr. Rocci is a world-renowned cardiologist recognized for his knowledge and implementation of telemedicine.
Additional information on Meditel can be found at www.meditel.mi.it and www.mediwebnet.it .
About CardioComm Solutions Inc: CardioComm's patented and proprietary technology is used in products for the recording, viewing, analyzing and storing of electrocardiograms (ECGs), for diagnosis and management of cardiac patients. CardioComm has achieved its technical goals of improved access and communication through the development of a real-time ECG viewer. CardioComm is the first company to provide a real-time means of viewing ECGs over a network (LAN, WAN or Internet). This tool enables ECGs to be viewed and controlled live, by physicians, over a global virtual healthcare network. This technology is marketed as Global ECG Management System (GEMS™) and GlobalCardio™. CardioComm's software products have been cleared for sale in the United States by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The Company has both ISO 9001 and EN 46001 certifications.
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On behalf of the Board of Directors of CardioComm Solutions Inc.:
“Stephen Martin”
Stephen R. Martin, President & CEO
For investor information, please contact: Stephen Martin |
