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MUNDELEIN, Ill., Oct. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Sysmex America, Inc., a leading medical diagnostic instrument manufacturer and information systems developer, has received a Best in Class Award for the Hematology/Coagulation Reagents/Supplies category from HPIS, a Neoforma, Inc. (NASDAQ:NEOF) company and a leading provider of critical market intelligence for the highly competitive healthcare industry. The awards were presented at the recent Health Industry Distributors Association (HIDA) 2005 MedSurg Conference & Expo in Philadelphia. The annual HPIS Best in Class Awards recognize medical/surgical manufacturers which have achieved a top market position for their respective product categories and the greatest percentage growth from a previous year's sales volume. Winners of the HPIS Best in Class Awards were determined using the HPIS data on dollar volume for national product sales through the medical/surgical and clinical laboratory distribution chains. "We believe that Sysmex America's achievement in the HPIS Best in Class annual awards is indicative of our company's commitment to our customers to build an operational infrastructure for the direct sales, marketing, service and support for our hematology product line in the U.S.," said John Kershaw, President and Chief Operating Officer, Sysmex America, Inc. Sysmex America offers a comprehensive portfolio of hematology products ranging from the pocH-100i(TM) and the KX-21N(TM) for small laboratories to the fully-automated XE-Alpha N(TM) and HST-N(TM) Integrated Hematology Systems with automated slide preparation capabilities. Other Sysmex hematology products include the Sysmex XE-2100(TM), XE-2100L(TM) and XE-2100D(TM) Automated Hematology Analyzers and the Sysmex XT-2000i(TM) and XT-1800i(TM) Automated Hematology Analyzers, all of which use the same fluorescent flow technology platform, user interface, and reagents and controls, leading to improved laboratory standardization. The CellaVision(TM) DM96 Digital Cell Morphology System and Mechatronics(R) InteRRliner Automated ESR Analyzer are additional hematology products offered by Sysmex. Sysmex hematology analyzers have been ranked best in system performance, system reliability, and service response time by MD Buyline (MDB - Market Outlook, March 29, 2005). Sysmex hematology analyzers also have been ranked the best in the industry for performance and reliability for five consecutive years according to the annual IMV ServiceTrak(TM) customer satisfaction survey. Survey respondents included department supervisors, lab managers, technologists and senior technologists chosen at random from hospitals of varying size from across the country. About HPIS Established in 1994, Healthcare Products Information Services, Inc. (HPIS), a Neoforma company, provides critical market intelligence for the highly competitive healthcare industry. Capturing more than 90 million medical/surgical sales transactions per quarter directly from the nation's leading distributors, HPIS employs state-of-the-art security measures to protect the confidentiality of each distributor's identity in reporting information to clients. HPIS measures performance and market share to distributors and manufacturers for a variety of healthcare markets including hospital, physician office, long-term care, treatment centers, clinical laboratory, and home healthcare. About Sysmex Sysmex America, Inc., the U.S. headquarters of Sysmex Corporation (Kobe, Japan), is a world leader in clinical laboratory systematization and solutions, including clinical diagnostics, automation and information systems that elevate clinical laboratory medicine to first-line patient care. Sysmex America, Inc. focuses on extending the boundaries of in vitro diagnostic science while providing the management information tools that make a real difference in clinical and operational results for people worldwide. Additional information about Sysmex America, Inc. can be found at http://www.sysmex.com/usa. DATASOURCE: Sysmex America, Inc. CONTACT: Tammy Kutz, Sysmex America, Inc., +1-847-996-4531 Web site: http://www.sysmex.com/usa

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