Premier Selects Agfa for PACS; Agfa granted a multi-source contract award for PACS solutions including Agfa IMPAX hardware, software, professional services and service maintenance

Business Wire, May 10, 2004

Business Editors/Health/Medical Writers/High-Tech Writers

RIDGEFIELD PARK, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 10, 2004

Agfa today announced that the group purchasing division of Premier Inc. granted a contract award to Agfa's Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS) solution. This three year multi-source contract - which encompasses Agfa's entire line of IMPAX(R) hardware, software, professional services and service maintenance, will be available to Premier's almost 1,500 member hospitals and affiliated imaging center alternate sites. Premier members' estimated annual PACS purchases are $100M.

"We're honored our PACS Solution was granted a Premier contract award," says Michael Green, Vice President Global Marketing, Agfa HealthCare. "As with all of our customers, we will provide Premier's hospital and healthcare settings with seamless integration and connectivity across the enterprise."

The IMPAX offering includes intelligent image and information management solutions to display images and information from across the enterprise on a single desktop. Agfa offers solutions for Radiology and Cardiology; as well as a multitude of distribution, reporting, and storage solutions that help to connect and manage the clinical workflow plus share data and resources.

Since receiving a Premier group purchasing award in 1995, Agfa has provided member hospitals and affiliated alternate sites with market-leading solutions and services to enhance the delivery of patient care. In addition to today's announcement, Agfa was recently awarded contracts with Premier, Inc. for film, imagers and Computed Radiology solutions.

About Premier, Inc.

Premier, Inc., is a strategic alliance owned by 200 of the nation's leading not-for-profit hospital and healthcare systems. These systems operate or are affiliated with 1,500 hospital facilities in 50 states and hundreds of other non-acute care sites. Premier supports healthcare providers in the key areas of strategic sourcing, supply chain improvement, comparative operations and clinical data/quality benchmarking and consulting, as well as insurance. Premier is headquartered in San Diego, CA, with offices in Chicago, IL; and Charlotte, NC. For more information, please visit www.premierinc.com.

About Agfa

The Agfa-Gevaert Group is one of the world's leading imaging companies. Agfa develops, manufactures and markets analogue and digital systems, intended mainly for the graphics industry, healthcare, micrographics, motion picture and photography markets. Agfa's headquarters are in Mortsel, Belgium. The company is active in 40 countries and has 120 agents throughout the world. Together they achieved a turnover of 4,215 million euros in 2003. Product and company information can be found on Agfa's home page on the World Wide Web at: www.agfa.com

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