Chindex International Enhances Medical Product Offering, Vital Images to Expand Presence in China

BETHESDA, Md. and MINNEAPOLIS, June 17 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Chindex International, Inc. ('Chindex') (Nasdaq: CHDX), a leading independent American provider of Western healthcare products and services in the People's Republic of China, and Vital Images, Inc. (Nasdaq: VTAL), a leading provider of advanced visualization and analysis software, today announced an agreement to sell Vital Images' software as part of the Chindex medical product portfolio in China. Vital Images' software is approved by China's State Food and Drug Administration for sale in China, and will be marketed by Chindex to hospitals throughout the country.

Chindex provides healthcare services and medical products to China-based hospitals and clinics, including more than 750 Level 1 trauma centers. Vital Images is a leading provider of advanced visualization and analysis software solutions employed by radiologists, cardiologists, oncologists, and other medical specialists to create 2D, 3D and 4D images of human anatomy from CT and MR image data.

Roberta Lipson, president and chief executive officer of Chindex, stated, 'Today's announcement is one more step in our strategy to drive long-term growth through enhancing our industry-leading medical product offering. We are very pleased to include Vital Images' advanced visualization solution in our product suite. Over our 28-year history in China, Chindex has installed top-quality medical equipment in over 3,000 hospitals throughout China and Hong Kong and many of these hospitals are repeat customers. We welcome the opportunity to offer Vital Images' advanced visualization software to our existing customer base, as well as to leverage this new supplier partnership to bring our products and excellent technical services to an even greater number of hospitals and healthcare facilities throughout the country.'

Michael H. Carrel, president and chief executive officer of Vital Images, stated, 'We are very excited about being Chindex's preferred advanced visualization solution provider and we are proud to be included in their product portfolio alongside other industry leaders. I believe we nicely complement their existing enterprise medical solutions and can work together to deliver advanced visualization products to China's nascent healthcare imaging market.