Medical Services International Completes Testing of VScan Hepatitis C Test Kit in the United States

EDMONTON, Alberta, Dec. 13  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Medical Services International Inc (Pinksheets: MSITF) is pleased to announce that it has completed testing of its VScan Hepatitis C test kit in the United States. The test results shows that the VScan Hepatitis C test kit met or exceeded required regulatory standards in the United States. In early 2007, the Company will begin the process to apply for regulatory approval in the United States.

It is reported in published literature that there are over 200 million people that have Hepatitis C and do not know it. Market studies show that there will be a large demand for a rapid test kit for Hepatitis C that can be used in the privacy of your own home. It is expected that once regulatory approval is obtained in the United States the market will exceed 5.0 million kits per year.

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, West Nile, Syphilis, Malaria and Prostate Cancer. The kits cannot be sold in Canada.

Medical Services International Inc. trades in the United States on the NQB Pinksheets 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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