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Aperio and Roper Scientific Sign Distribution Agreement; Imaging Leader Nippon Roper to Market and Support Aperio's ScanScope(R) Systems in Japan and ChinaVISTA, Calif. & TUCSON, Ariz. --(Business Wire)-- Aug. 23, 2005 -- Aperio Technologies, the leading provider of virtual microscopy systems, and Roper Scientific, Inc.'s Photometrics division announced today the completion of a distribution agreement whereby Nippon Roper, Roper's Japanese subsidiary, will exclusively market and support Aperio's line of ScanScope(R) Systems in Japan and China. The companies will launch their partnership at the Fourth Annual Meeting of the Japanese Telepathology Society at Mie University in Mie Prefecture on August 26. Nippon Roper currently distributes imaging solutions from leading companies including Photometrics, Princeton Instruments/Acton, Q-Imaging, Media Cybernetics and Optical Insights. Aperio's ScanScope Systems--microscope slide scanners for ultra-fast entire-slide digitization, and software for viewing, managing and analyzing digital slides--strengthen Nippon Roper's offering in Pathology said Tom Connelly, president of Roper Scientific's Advanced Microscopy business unit. "This partnership supports our strategic focus on Advanced Microscopy and Pathology," stated Connelly. "Aperio is the leader in virtual microscopy and has by far the largest installed base of products worldwide. We are pleased to market and service Aperio's latest generation of ScanScope Systems in Japan and China. We expect virtual microscopy to be extremely helpful to a medical community in which the relative number of pathologists is significantly lower than in other parts of the world." "We are excited about working with Nippon Roper in Japan and China," said Dirk Soenksen, Aperio chief executive officer. "Nippon Roper's efficient sales structure, commitment to customer service, and understanding of the needs of pathologists provides the necessary infrastructure for meeting customer needs and growing sales." Virtual microscopy is the practice of converting entire glass microscope slides to high resolution digital slides--entire-slide images that can be remotely viewed, quantitatively analyzed, and readily annotated, shared and managed, all without a traditional microscope. Aperio's line of ScanScope Systems delivers automated high-speed digital slide creation, management, and analysis for pathology. Archival and retrieval, quality assurance, frozen section interpretation, secondary consultations, and entire-slide image analysis are all improved with the ScanScope System. About Aperio Technologies, Inc. With the largest installed base of virtual microscopy systems, Aperio Technologies is a worldwide leader in virtual microscopy. Our award-winning ScanScope(R) scanners and Digital Slide Information Management Software deliver integrated digital slide creation, viewing, management, and analysis capabilities to pathologists. Applications include tissue microarrays, toxicology pathology, image analysis and workflow systems (PACS). The interactive telepathology capabilities provided by our systems offer an enhanced virtual microscopy experience ideally suited to telepathology, frozen section, hematopathology, and cytology uses. Our freely downloadable ImageScope(TM) viewer makes digital slides accessible anywhere, anytime. With headquarters in Vista, California, Aperio serves a global pathology market in clinical, research, and education. For more information, or to view a gallery of digital slides created by ScanScope Systems, please visit www.aperio.com. About Photometrics Photometrics(R) is the world's leading designer and manufacturer of high-performance CCD camera systems for the life sciences. Founded in 1978, Photometrics has been a division of Roper Scientific, Inc. since 1998. Headquartered in Tucson, AZ, Photometrics designs and produces leading edge scientific grade CCD cameras in an ISO 9001:2000 certified facility. As a member of Roper Industries "Advanced Microscopy Group," Photometrics is also able to draw on product resources from sister companies (QImaging, Gatan, Inc., Princeton Instruments and Redlake Systems) to address any end user or OEM application, including live cell imaging, and hyperspectral imaging through its Optical Insights line of spectral and polarization optical imagers. By working closely with our global network of representatives, which includes Roper Scientific(R) subsidiaries in Benelux, France, Germany, and Japan, we're able to distribute and support high-performance digital imaging hardware and software across the world. About Roper Scientific Roper Scientific, Inc. comprises Photometrics(R) (Tucson, AZ) and Princeton Instruments (Trenton, NJ), international leaders in the fields of high-performance digital imaging and spectroscopy. The company has key subsidiaries in France, Germany, Japan, and Benelux. Formed in 1998, Roper Scientific operates under the Scientific and Industrial Imaging segment of Roper Industries, Inc. ScanScope and ImageScope are trademarks of Aperio Technologies. Photometrics and Roper Scientific are trademarks of Roper Scientific, Inc. |
