Hospitals, Healthcare Providers to Save with Premier Agreement for Cardiac Ultrasound...

Hospitals, Healthcare Providers to Save with Premier Agreement for Cardiac Ultrasound Contrast Media

CHARLOTTE, N.C.--(Business Wire)--
Premier Purchasing Partners, LP, today announced a new agreement
for cardiac ultrasound contrast media with Lantheus Medical Imaging of
North Billerica, Mass.

The new agreement includes the Definity(R) cardiac ultrasound
agent formerly available through Bristol-Myers Squibb. In January
2008, Bristol-Myers Squibb sold its medical imaging division to Avista
Capital Partners; the new company was named Lantheus Medical Imaging.

Effective December 1, 2008, the 36-month agreement is available to
acute and continuum of care members of the Premier healthcare
alliance.

About Premier Inc., 2006 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award
recipient

Serving more than 2,000 U.S. hospitals and 53,000-plus other
healthcare sites, the Premier healthcare alliance and its members are
transforming healthcare together. Owned by not-for-profit hospitals,
Premier operates one of the leading healthcare purchasing networks and
the nation's most comprehensive repository of hospital clinical and
financial information. A subsidiary operates one of the nation's
largest policy-holder owned, hospital professional liability
risk-retention groups. A world leader in helping healthcare providers
deliver dramatic improvements in care, Premier is working with the
United Kingdom's National Health Service North West and the Centers
for Medicare & Medicaid Services to improve hospital performance.
Headquartered in San Diego, Premier has offices in Charlotte, N.C.,
Philadelphia and Washington. For more information, visit
www.premierinc.com.

Premier Inc.
Henry Bostic, 704-733-5695
henry_bostic@premierinc.com

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