EDMONTON, Alberta, May 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Medical Services International Inc (Pink Sheets: MSITF) wishes to announce that the retail volume of the VScan HIV1&2 test kits is increasing on a monthly basis. As the accuracy and ease of use becomes known and the number of retail outlets carrying the VScan HIV test kits increases, the amount of kits sold to the retail public is increasing. The kits retail for $9.99 US to $13.95 US. It is anticipated that the Company will sell in excess of 200,000 VScan HIV test kits in the current calendar year and significantly more next year as the current marketing program begins to take effect.
The company continues to negotiate contracts with new distributors. The testing that the company has completed and continues to do is showing that the VScan HIV test kits is the most accurate on the market particularly using whole blood while in the field. It does not need refrigeration or trained medical staff
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 (780) 430 6363 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.
