SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 24, 2005--Cardinal Health, Inc. (NYSE:CAH), the leading provider of products and services supporting the health care industry, announced it has signed an agreement extension to offer its Alaris(R) products to health systems served by Amerinet through February 2009. The agreement is the first to offer additional savings for health systems that also adopt Cardinal Health’s Pyxis(R) products. The agreement is sole source for the Alaris(R) System(a) in the smart system safety technology category and dual source for the Alaris(R) SE Channel Pump(b) and Guardrails(R) Suite of safety software in the smart pump technology category. Additional savings can be realized on the full suite of Pyxis(R) medication and supply automation products for members that select both the top-tier Alaris(R) System and the Pyxis(R) MedSystem medication management products and consulting services.
