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Public Health Agency in
Major US Metropolis Expands STARLIMS License to Cover Clinical Testing, H1N1 Response
HOLLYWOOD, Fla., August 27, 2009
– STARLIMS Technologies Ltd. (Nasdaq:LIMS), a leading provider of laboratory
information management systems, or LIMS, today announced an expansion to its original
contract with the public health agency of a major U.S. city. The new agreement provides an
enterprise license for all of the agency’s divisions, extending STARLIMS to the
city’s health providers to streamline specimen registration, tracking and reporting.
The expanded licensing agreement increases the total contract value to approximately $1.3
million, including licenses for the Company’s software, first year maintenance and
professional services.
The original agreement of May 2009
provided STARLIMS licensing for two of the agency’s four public health divisions,
while the extended agreement covers all four divisions, including accelerated deployment
in the divisions of Microbiology and of Virology and Immunology. The agency’s
laboratories are responsible for testing more than 400,000 specimens annually. One of the
drivers for this expansion was STARLIMS’s proven success helping public health
agencies to meet the unique challenges of H1N1 influenza.
“We are extremely gratified to
see that the public health informatics expertise we have developed over years of
collaboration with federal, state and local agencies will be fully utilized in this major
metropolitan area,” said Jeff Ferguson, COO of STARLIMS. “Over the past months,
we have collaborated in an intensely focused fashion with various public health agencies
to help our partners respond rapidly and effectively to the H1N1 influenza virus. The
tools we have developed will now be available across the public health divisions of this
large metropolis, thanks to the expansion of our licensing agreement.”
STARLIMS and H1N1 Testing
STARLIMS has proven success
collaborating with public health partners in H1N1 response, partnering closely with
agencies such as the Louisiana Office of Public Health, the Wyoming Department of Health,
the Tennessee Department of Health and the San Diego County Public Health Department. In a
related initiative, STARLIMS is helping develop a standard influenza testing module, as a
major component of the Laboratory Response Network for Bioterrorism (LRNB) of the United
States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). This collaboration involves not
only the CDC and STARLIMS, but also state public health agencies in Indiana, California
and Illinois.
STARLIMS Solutions for
Public Health Informatics
STARLIMS public health solutions
provide the infrastructure for timely sharing of laboratory information among state and
federal public health agencies – which is crucial for effective response to emerging
public health threats, including outbreaks of infectious diseases. STARLIMS fully supports
the guidelines set forth by the CDC and the United States Association of Public Health
Laboratories (APHL).
STARLIMS’s enterprise-level
information system brings together all public health laboratory activities into a single
platform, offering comprehensive reporting, surveillance and networking capabilities.
Advanced web-based capabilities are enhanced by specialized tools and wizards, resulting
in flexible solutions that enable public health labs to manage large amounts of data while
also meeting stringent accreditation requirements.
About STARLIMS
STARLIMS Technologies Ltd.
(Nasdaq:LIMS) is a leading provider of laboratory information management systems (LIMS),
with over 20 years of LIMS experience. The Company’s flagship product, STARLIMS®,
improves the reliability of laboratory sampling processes, supports compliance with
domestic and international regulations and industry standards, and provides comprehensive
reporting, monitoring and analysis capabilities. STARLIMS software is used for quality
assurance and control, testing and monitoring, and research and development in government,
manufacturing and life sciences organizations. With operations in the United States,
Canada, the United Kingdom, Israel and Hong Kong, the company serves over 500
organizations in 40 countries. For more information, please see http://www.starlims.com.
Safe Harbor for
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains
forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform
Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties
which could cause the actual results, performance or achievements of the company to be
materially different from those which may be expressed or implied by such statements,
including, among others, changes in general economic and business conditions, changes in
demand for products and services, the timing and amount or cancellation of orders, loss of
market share and other risks detailed from time to time in STARLIMS’s filings from
time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Such filings contain and
identify these and other important factors that could cause actual results to differ
materially from those contained in our projections or forward-looking statements.
Shareholders and other readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these
forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date on which they are made. We
undertake no obligation to update publicly or revise any forward-looking statement.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused
this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
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STARLIMS Technologies Ltd.
(Registrant)
By: /s/ Chaim Friedman
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Chaim Friedman
Chief Financial Officer
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Date: August 27, 2009
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