Health Robotics Expands its Worldwide Distribution Network into Korea with Dongbang Healthdyne

BOZEN, Sud-Tirol, Italy, May 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --

Health Robotics today announced a new indirect sales and service channel for its world leading i.v.STATION ONCO, i.v.STATION, and i.v.SOFT products with Korean-based market leader Dongbang Healthdyne. Health Robotics continues to lead the global healthcare industry and persisting on its worldwide quest to pervasively provide safe and cost-effective Intravenous Admixture Compounding Automation to hospitals all over the world.

Byung Ahn, Dongbang Healthdyne' President, stated: "Following the dramatic increase in life expectancy of the Korean population, we have recently experienced a three-fold increase of cancer patients in our country. Compounding Oncology IV preparations is rapidly becoming a large unsolved issue for Korean hospitals. Our market research shows very prosperous business projections for Health Robotics, especially for its 2^nd Generation i.v.STATION ONCO, as Korean pharmacists look forward to replace with Robots this "low-level" work [legally part of their duties], and in my opinion, they are not going to accept the old technology alternatives."^[1]

Gaspar DeViedma, Health Robotics' Executive Vice President, stated: "i.v.STATION ONCO represents Health Robotics' 2^nd Generation Cancer Therapy Compounding robot for syringes and I.V. Bags, introduced into the global healthcare market well before any of our competitors^[1] can even prove their fictional 20+ year old^[2] claims at any hospital in the world. Amongst the technology innovations pioneered by i.v.STATION ONCO are its: ability to handle pre-attached lines to IV Bags; small footprint [at 15% to 25% of the size/weight of other IV Robots]; faster throughput [up to 40 doses per hour instead of 20 doses per hour]; automated tamper-evident syringe capping; and finally, RFID support. Together with i.v.STATION and i.v.SOFT, we expect i.v.STATION ONCO to dominate the Korean market."

About Dongbang Healthdyne:

Dongbang Healthdyne Co., Ltd. was born from 20+ year-old Dongbang Healthcare Co., Ltd. in 2000, which is a prestigious and rapidly growing mid-sized enterprise, specializing in the healthcare business. Dongbang Healthdyne is an exclusive Korean distributor of such well-known companies as Philips Medical Systems, Hamilton Medical AB, ConMed, Hill-Rom, CareFusion, etc.

About Health Robotics:

Founded in 2006, Health Robotics is the undisputed global leading supplier of life-critical intravenous medication robots, winning 100% of all worldwide I.V. Robot's publicly announced purchases in 2010 and 2011, and providing over 250 hospital installations in 5 continents with robotics-based technology and clinical software automation solutions. Health Robotics' world-leading solutions CytoCare® and i.v.STATION® ONCO [hazardous IVs], i.v.STATION® [non-hazardous IVs], i.v.SOFT® [workflow engine for sterile compounding], OMM® [Oncology Medication Management], MEDarchiver® [life-critical clinical information system], and TPNstation™ [totally-automated parenteral nutrition] have and will greatly contribute to ease hospitals' growing pressures to improve patient safety, increase throughput and contain costs. Through the effective and efficient production of sterile, accurate, tamper-evident and ready-to-administer IVs, Health Robotics' products help hospitals eliminate life-threatening drug and diluent exchange errors, decrease other medical mistakes and sterility risks, work more efficiently, reduce waste and controlled substances' diversion, and diminish the gap between rising patient volume/acuity and scarce medical, nursing, and pharmacy staff. For more information, please visit: http://www.health-robotics.com

[1] Competitor's Announcements: MDS (now Fresenius Kabi) [2002], RIVA/Intelligent Hospital Systems [2005], For Health Technologies (now Baxa/Baxter) [2008], Panasonic [2009], Loccioni's APOTECAchemo [2010] (under license from Health Robotics).

[2] Am J Hosp Pharm 46(11): 2286-93 1989

For additional information, please contact:

Claudia Flaim, Marketing Coordinator
flaim@health-robotics.com
Phone (Canada): +1-289-470-1456
Phone (Europe): +39-0471-200-372

SOURCE Health Robotics