t+ Medical Announces Alliance With Lifescan, Inc. to Improve the Lives of People With Diabetes


OXFORD, England, February 20 /PRNewswire/ --     t+ Medical, the UK's leading supplier of telemedicine solutions for long
term conditions has partnered with LifeScan, Inc, a leading manufacturer of
blood glucose meters to help people with diabetes more effectively manage
their condition.

t+ Medical provides a comprehensive system of care which takes data from
LifeScan blood glucose meters and wirelessly transmits the information to a
central database. Using intelligent algorithms; this information is then
analyzed and translated for patients in the form of simple graphs which can
be viewed on their mobile phone or a personal computer. Patients are
therefore able to track their condition, and monitor their diabetes giving
them greater insight into their disease day by day.

Through this partnership, LifeScan's UK sales force will be representing
t+ Medical for sales and marketing with Primary Care Trusts in the UK, Wales,
Scotland and Ireland. Additionally, LifeScan sales people will be
coordinating with the health care professionals of patients who are placed on
the system to include them in the support network. The partnership is
currently exclusively focused in these markets.

Tim Clover, CEO t+ Medical, said "This agreement brings together two
highly complementary technologies and offers improved clinical outcomes and
services to patients while creating the opportunities for substantial savings
for healthcare providers. Lifescan will be able to expand our commercial
efforts by several orders of magnitude while still collaborating on
developing the product further and investing in clinical trials to quantify
the cost and clinical outcomes."

t+ Medical exclusively uses LifeScan's One Touch(R) Ultra(R) System to
obtain the blood glucose readings. The One Touch Ultra system provides
accurate test results in five seconds, lets patients enter key information,
and is small and discrete. The OneTouch(R) Ultra(R)2 Blood Glucose Meter is a
fast, gentle, simple and unique way to see the effects of food on your blood
glucose results.

About t+ Medical: Established in 2002 to change the way healthcare is
delivered in the community, t+ Medical is a leading provider of technology
and remote services to assist in the treatment of chronic diseases.
t+Medical's mission is to improve the patient's wellbeing and deliver cost
savings for the healthcare provider through innovative technologies and
professional, targeted health management.

http://www.tplusmedical.com

For further information please contact t+ Medical on +44(0)1235-432050, 
http://www.tplusmedical.com or email info@tplusmedical.com

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