WorldCare Clinical, Allied With WorldCare Consortium: Cleveland Clinic, Duke University Health System & Partners HealthCare To Showcase Expert Clinical Trial Image Management Services

Business Wire, Oct 22, 2004

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- WorldCare Clinical, Inc., a leading global provider of expert medical imaging services and solutions for clinical trials, today announced that it will participate in the Center for Business Intelligence 2nd Annual Medical Imaging for Clinical Trials Conference, October 28-29, 2004 Crowne Plaza Philadelphia Hotel & Conference Center.

This conference provides a specialized forum for pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical device and clinical research professionals to interact with sectors involved in the utilization of medical imaging and surrogate endpoints to accelerate clinical trials and regulatory decision-making for a wide range of therapeutics and devices.

WorldCare Clinical, founded in 1992, ranks among the industry's most experienced imaging core labs. Moreover, it is the only core lab that possesses both a strategic and technological relationship with the WorldCare Consortium(SM) - an alliance of three of the top-six academic medical centers in the U.S.: The Cleveland Clinic, Duke University Health System and Partners Healthcare, which includes Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women's Hospital.

WorldCare Clinical provides clinical trial sponsors with superior customer service, quality control, timely results and data integrity and precision, leading to the discovery of treatments for conditions that include cancer, heart disease, neurological disorders, bone and musculoskeletal diseases.

"The demand for quality medical imaging solutions for clinical trials is increasing at a rapid pace - especially for oncology and arthritis therapies," said Rick Taranto, Chief Operating Officer, WorldCare Clinical, Inc. "Participating in this conference provides a valuable opportunity for WorldCare and MGH's Center for Biomarkers to promote its advanced solutions to a highly-focused audience of industry decision-makers."

About WorldCare Clinical

Headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, WorldCare Clinical is a wholly-owned subsidiary of WorldCare Limited, a pioneer and leader in the development and distribution of global e-health services and solutions.

Dedicated to strict adherence and compliance with government/industry regulations and standards, WorldCare Clinical is a central imaging core lab that specializes in the expert interpretation, measurement, and analysis of medical images as a proven strategy for accelerating clinical trials. From protocol design through data delivery, WorldCare Clinical provides timely, reliable, secure and consistent evaluations to leading pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical device and clinical research organizations worldwide. www.worldcareclinical.com.