Medical Services International Agrees to Retail the VScan Hepatitis B&C Test Kits in SE Asia

EDMONTON, Alberta, Oct. 16  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Medical Services International Inc (Pink Sheets: MSITF) wishes to announce that it has agreed to supply VScan Hepatitis B&C test kits for retail sales. The kits will be available on an individual basis through retail pharmaceutical outlets in SE Asia. It is anticipated that the Company will sell up to 50,000 Hepatitis test kits in the first year. The number of people who have Hepatitis C and don't know they have it is estimated by WHO to be in excess of 200 million and increasing each year. Having access to a Hepatitis test kit where an individual can test himself in the private will be a substantial help to controlling the spread of Hepatitis. A retail kit for the testing of Hepatitis is just one of the ways that the Company continues to grow through innovation. As the VScan test kits continue to show accuracy and ease of use, it is expected that the demand for VScan test kits will increase making a significant impact on the financial results of the company.

Medical Services International Inc trades in the United States on the NQB Pink Sheets under the symbol "MSITF". For further information, please contact Robert Talbot at [phone] or http://www.medicalservicesintl.com/ or http://www.minerva-biotech.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. 

DATASOURCE: Medical Services International Inc



CONTACT:  Robert Talbot of Medical Services International Inc,

[phone]



Web site:  http://www.medicalservicesintl.com/

http://www.minerva-biotech.com/ 

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