Remote Heart-Monitoring Platform Begins Validation

STMicroelectronics collaborates with Mayo Clinic to accelerate development and
deployment of innovative telemedicine solutions

GENEVA, Nov. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM), one
of the world's leading semiconductor companies, and Mayo Clinic, a premier
health-care organization, are collaborating on a novel platform for remotely
monitoring patients with chronic cardiovascular disease. The platform will
provide a comprehensive and unobtrusive solution that monitors person-specific
data and physiological parameters and influences lifestyle and treatment
choices.

Telemedicine, which allows medical professionals to monitor or treat patients
even when they are not in the same location, is widely recognized as an
essential step in reducing the escalating cost of healthcare. Instead of
entering a hospital or visiting a doctor for check-ups, the patient wears a
small device that continually monitors a number of relevant physiological
parameters. This approach has many potential benefits, including maintaining
wellness, earlier detection of developing health conditions, improving
lifestyle, and lowering healthcare costs.

"Mayo Clinic has always committed the best available resources to caring for
patients with cardiovascular disease. This collaboration, by enhancing our
ability to record important physiologic information while patients are outside
the medical environment and active in their daily lives, will extend our
ability to prevent and treat illness," said Paul Friedman, M.D., a cardiology
consultant and specialist in cardiovascular electrophysiology at Mayo Clinic,
who added that an initial program of patient trials is already underway.

This platform is the result of an R&D collaboration that combines ST's
expertise in developing innovative solutions using its advanced sensor,
microprocessor and communication products and Mayo Clinic's best-in-class
medical expertise. It uses a combination of sensors, ultra-low-power
microcontroller and wireless modules, and interfaces to provide information
about the patient's heart rate, breathing rate, physical activity and other
measurements wirelessly obtained from external medical devices.

"Combining the worldwide recognized clinical expertise of Mayo Clinic with our
ability to provide highly integrated volume solutions at affordable costs, we
are convinced we will open new frontiers to bring quality healthcare to
everybody," said Alessandro Cremonesi, Vice President, Advanced System
Technology, STMicroelectronics. "ST is utilizing its strong expertise to
develop advanced technologies and products satisfying the requirements of
telemedicine platforms. This will allow medical device manufacturers and
health-care providers to develop new products and services to enhance the
quality of medical support for their customers and patients."

Telemedicine is expected to play an increasingly important role in helping
solve the growing costs of healthcare monitoring and delivery, especially in
the context of an aging population. For example, in the USA, which spent over
$2 trillion on healthcare in 2007 - nearly twice the average per-capita
spending of other developed countries - the Congressional Budget Office
estimates that, with current trends, by 2025 some 25% of the national economy
will be tied up in healthcare.(1)

In addition to better service to the patient, the potential benefits of remote
monitoring may include:
-- lower costs due to reduced physician visits for routine check-ups;
-- earlier diagnosis of impending health problems, leading to earlier
intervention, in turn reducing hospitalization, costs and enhancing
the
probability of successful recovery from illness;
-- lower environmental burden due to reduced necessity for travel;

-- acquisition of comprehensive and integrated data for epidemiology,
drug
safety, and other research studies to advance medical knowledge
regarding diseases.

Remote monitoring thus offers important opportunities to reduce healthcare
costs and enhance patients' quality of life.

Further description of the platform for remote monitoring is available at
http://www.mayoclinic.org/medical-edge-television-2009

About Mayo Clinic Office of Intellectual Property
Mayo Clinic has one of the most highly evolved intellectual property and
technology commercialization efforts in academic medicine, with a 20 plus year
history of supporting Mayo's mission. The Office of Intellectual Property at
Mayo Clinic, serves as a bridge between discoveries and the marketplace. The
Office works closely with Mayo physicians and scientists to evaluate and
develop inventions, ideas and discoveries that have the potential to transform
healthcare and generate income to support Mayo patient care, education and
research. Mayo Clinic's Office of Intellectual Property has filed more than
2,400 patents resulting in over 600 active patent-licensing agreements with
industry.

About STMicroelectronics
STMicroelectronics is a global leader serving customers across the spectrum of
electronics applications with innovative semiconductor solutions. ST aims to
be the undisputed leader in multimedia convergence and power applications
leveraging its vast array of technologies, design expertise and combination of
intellectual property portfolio, strategic partnerships and manufacturing
strength. In 2008, the Company's net revenues were $9.84 billion. Further
information on ST can be found at www.st.com.

Note for editors
Neither Mayo Clinic nor its investigators will receive any payment for the use
of products developed via this collaboration in clinical trials with Mayo
Clinic patients.

(1) http://www.whitehouse.gov/issues/health-care

SOURCE STMicroelectronics

Kathy Anderson, Mayo Clinic Dept. of Public Affairs, Business Relations Team,
anderson.kathy@mayo.edu, +1-507-284-4371; or Mariagrazia Prestini,
STMicroelectronics, mariagrazia.prestini@st.com, +41 229296945