GHX Announces Medical-Surgical Manufacturers 'Best In Class' Award Winners For 2006

WESTMINSTER, Colo., Sept. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- GHX has named the winners of the third annual Best in Class Awards, recognizing medical-surgical manufacturers that have achieved the highest year-over-year market share increase for distributed products through the end of 2005. GHX presented the 2006 Best in Class Awards to the winners on September 20 at the Health Industry Distributors Association (HIDA) 2006 MedSurg Conference and Expo in Chicago.

Winners were determined utilizing GHX Market Intelligence (formerly HPIS) reports that analyze sales transaction data provided by HIDA as part of its exclusive relationship with GHX. The 2006 Best in Class Awards honor 28 medical-surgical manufacturers in 35 product categories.

Category Company Adhesives, Bandages, Dressings, Sponges Medline Industries, Inc. Cardiology-Cardiovascular GE Healthcare Catheter, Diagnostics, & Therapeutics Bard Access Systems Electromedical Welch Allyn Electrosurgical United States Surgical Corp. Enteral Feeding and Medical Nutritionals Nestle Clinical Nutrition Gloves Sempermed USA Inc Hazardous Waste Control Heritage Bag Company Heat/Cold Therapy Arizant Hematology/Coagulation Reagents/Supplies BioMerieux, Inc. Immunology Reagents/ Supplies Quidel Corporation Incontinence Products Medline Industries, Inc. Kits, Packs and Trays - Standard Arrow International, Inc. Kits, Packs and Trays - Custom Avid-NIT, Inc. Masks Cardinal Health Hospital Supply/Science Products Metal/Plastics/Paper Products Georgia-Pacific Microbiology Reagents and Supplies Remel, Inc. Needles and Syringes BD Medical Systems Ostomy Hollister, Inc. Parenteral B. Braun Medical Inc. Patient Care Products - Medical Span-America Medical Systems, Inc. Point of Care Testing Reagents/Suppliers Roche Diagnostics Corp. Pressure Monitoring GE Healthcare Respiratory Vital Signs, Inc. Skin Care Medi-Flex Hospital Products Inc. Solutions/Nutritional B. Braun Medical Inc. Specimen Collection Kits and Supplies Greiner Bio-One, Inc. Sterilization Johnson & Johnson, Advanced Sterilization Products Division Surgical Instruments and Devices Miltex, Inc. Urinalysis Reagents/Supplies Sysmex Corporation Urological Medline Industries, Inc. Wound Care Molnlycke Health Care Wound Staples and Endosurgery United States Surgical Corp. Wound Sutures United States Surgical Corp. Woven and Non-woven Goods Medical Action Industries, Inc.

"The 2006 Best in Class companies are market share leaders in their categories not only because of their sales volume, but also because they have an ongoing commitment to customer satisfaction," says Patrick McCarthy, Executive Vice President, GHX Business Intelligence Solutions. "Many of these companies leverage superior market intelligence to better forecast growth opportunities and meet their customer needs for quality products to enhance patient care."

Manufacturers utilize GHX Market Intelligence reports to make more informed business decisions. With source data provided by HIDA and more than 20 large healthcare distributors, GHX Market Intelligence reports summarize product-level sales transactions by market segment with geographic specificity down to a three-digit zip code. With access to such a large percentage of the industry's most reliable, timely, and complete data, GHX Market Intelligence reports can extrapolate the data to project 100 percent of sales through the domestic medical-surgical and clinical-lab distribution supply chain. This market visibility allows GHX customers to target areas of growth and more effectively focus marketing, sales and product development resources.

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GHX empowers healthcare organizations to reduce costs and improve margins. This is achieved by delivering tools and services that automate processes and increase knowledge-based decision making.

Service offerings include: * Exchange services that support trading partner connectivity and provide electronic transaction sets, order validation and reporting tools * Content services utilizing the GHX AllSource(R) product content repository as the foundation for data synchronization and advanced content services * Contract services that maximize contract utilization * Procurement services that enable automation of the requisitioning process * Business Intelligence reports designed to provide strategic decision-making data * Pharmaceutical business solutions allowing manufacturers to gain control over rebate and contract management processes * Sales force automation services that allow healthcare manufacturers to streamline field sales processes and improve staff efficiencies

Through these services, healthcare providers and suppliers can improve efficiencies, automate processes and reduce operating expenses. Equity owners of GHX are Abbott Exchange, Inc.; AmerisourceBergen Corp.; Baxter Healthcare Corp.; B Braun Medical Inc.; Becton, Dickinson & Co.; Boston Scientific Corp.; Cardinal Health, Inc.; C.R. Bard, Inc.; Fisher Scientific International, Inc.; GE Healthcare; HCA; Johnson & Johnson Health Care Systems Inc.; McKesson Corp.; Medtronic USA, Inc.; Owens & Minor; Premier, Inc.; Siemens; Tyco Healthcare Group, LP; University HealthSystem Consortium; and VHA Inc. For more information, visit www.ghx.com.

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CONTACT: Bill Marino, +1-303-988-5133, or cell, +1-720-530-6051,bill@sjiltd.com, for GHX; or Karen Conway of GHX, cell, +1-303-564-2147, orvoice mail, +1-720-887-7215, kconway@ghx.com

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