Updated Information for Satellite feed: Video B-Roll Via Satellite: IMI Licenses Non-Invasive Predictive Test for Cardiovascular
01 Juin 2004 - 2:00PM
PR Newswire (US)
Updated Information for Satellite feed: Video B-Roll Via Satellite:
IMI Licenses Non-Invasive Predictive Test for Cardiovascular
Disease to McNeil Consumer Healthcare (J&J) for Worldwide
Markets TORONTO, June 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The following
B-Roll is available at the listed time and coordinates: DATE OF
FEED: Tuesday June 1, 2004 TIME: 10:00 - 10:15 AM ET COORDINATES:
AMC 9, Transponder 4 Audio subcarrier 6.2 and 6.8 Downlink
frequency 3780 horizontal STORY SUMMARY: IMI International Medical
Innovations Inc. (TSX:IMI; Amex: IME), a world leader in predictive
medicine, today announced an exclusive worldwide non-Canadian
licensing agreement with McNeil Consumer Healthcare, a Johnson
& Johnson company, for IMI's non-invasive cardiovascular risk
assessment technology. McNeil and its worldwide affiliates will
market and distribute IMI's predictive tests for coronary artery
disease under the brand name PREVU(x) Coronary Heart Disease
Predictor. PREVU(x) Coronary Heart Disease Predictor is the world's
only rapid, non-invasive test for coronary artery disease.
PREVU(x), which does not require fasting or the drawing of blood,
tests the amount of sterol, or cholesterol, in the skin tissue.
Clinical studies have shown that as cholesterol accumulates on
artery walls it also accumulates in other tissues, including the
skin. High levels of skin sterol are correlated with higher
incidence of coronary artery disease. IMI's technology, which is
being adapted into three different test formats for medical,
laboratory and home use, measures the level of sterol in the skin
by generating a color-change reaction to generate a quantifiable
result. Stations, for FURTHER INFORMATION, please contact: Sarah
Borg-Olivier, Director, Communications, T: 416-222-3449 ext. 27.
FOR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, please contact CFA at (416) 504-5071 ext.
350. As with all CNW Broadcast feeds, this release is offered for
your free and unrestricted news use. DATASOURCE: CNW Broadcast
Services CONTACT: STATIONS: Sarah Borg-Olivier, Director,
Communications, T: (416) 222-3449 ext. 27; FOR TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE, please contact CFA at (416) 504-5071 ext. 350.
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