Our business will continue to innovate
to provide maximum benefits to physicians and manufacturers while
remaining focused on managing members' complex health care through
clinical information, support and intervention by clinical
specialists.5 million group insurance members to help them
make better informed decisions about their health care and protect
their finances against health-related risks. The Company has persevered and the testing starts May 30,
2005. The Company feels that approval and subsequent use of the VScan
HIV test kit will be instrumental in helping health authorities in Mexico deal
with their problem.
Medical Services International Inc. trades in the United States on the NQB
Pinksheets under the symbol "MSITF".

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As a national specialty pharmacy and
distributor, Priority Healthcare provides biopharmaceuticals, complex
therapies, related disease treatment programs and a portfolio of other
service offerings for patients , payors, physicians and pharmaceutical
manufacturers. Additional information regarding
Priority Healthcare is available online at www. Early detection and treatment is key to stopping the
spread of infectious diseases.

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For more
information, please visit www.aetna.

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Aetna provides easy
access to cost-effective health care through a nationwide network of
more than 655,000 health care professionals , including over 390,000
primary care and specialist doctors and 3,937 hospitals.com. Such risks, uncertainties and
other factors include but are not limited to new economic conditions, risk in
product development, market acceptance of new products and continuing product
demand, level of competition and other factors described in Company reports
and other filings with regulatory bodies.

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Aetna Specialty Pharmacy To Open Distribution Center March 1; Aetna and Priority Healthcare Joint Venture Opens On Schedule

The kits cannot be sold in Canada.

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HARTFORD, Conn. For further information, please contact
Robert Talbot at (780) 430 6363 or Bill Whitehead Jr.

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+ LAKE MARY, Fla. In addition, the venture will give
Aetna Specialty Pharmacy access to therapies that have been on limited
or closed distribution in the past. EDMONTON, Alberta , Medical Services
International Inc.

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"This business will help strengthen our capacity to work with
doctors to help facilitate quality care and deliver outstanding
pharmacy service while seeking to manage medical costs for the
chronically ill by integrating medical and pharmacy in a strategic
way," said Eric Elliott, head of Aetna Pharmacy Management. The result is a platform that
provides clinical quality through seamless pharmacy management
regardless of benefit design.

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Aetna and Priority Healthcare have also assembled a
new management team to run the business, led by Shanahan.
As one of the nation's leading providers of health care, dental,
pharmacy, group life, disability and long-term care benefits, Aetna
puts information and helpful resources to work for its approximately
13.

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, will be Aetna's preferred provider for specialty pharmacy and
biomedical distribution services ."
As it opens, Aetna Specialty Pharmacy employs 50 pharmacists and
clinical specialists to service prescribing physicians and support
Aetna members. In 2004, Aetna spent more than $1
billion on specialty pharmaceuticals, and it is an area of pharmacy
costs experiencing a national growth rate in excess of 20 percent per
year.4 million
pharmacy members and 13. The growing number of specialty areas serviced by
Priority Healthcare include oncology, gastroenterology, reproductive
endocrinology , neurology, hematology, pulmonology, ophthalmology,
rheumatology, endocrinology, infectious disease and nephrology, as
well as ambulatory surgery centers.

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At the core of Aetna Specialty Pharmacy are
disease-specific treatment programs that bring an experienced team
devoted to the care of the patient, including patient care
coordinators, pharmacists and registered nurses who are trained in
complex therapies.priorityhealthcare. Approval by the military will be very instrumental in receiving
Mexican Health Ministry approval.

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"In
addition, this venture enhances our product and service capabilities,
and increases our ability to serve new market segments. The service is integrated with the medical and pharmacy
benefits of Aetna members. Such
statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors
that may cause results to differ materially.

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(Figures as of December 31,
2004)
Priority Healthcare is the premier healthcare services company
providing innovative, high quality and cost-effective solutions that
enhance quality of life.

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9 million dental members, 8. (Pinksheets: MSITF) is pleased to announce that the
military in Mexico has begun testing the VScan HIV 1+2 rapid test kit.

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The specialized medications from
the joint venture are used for treating the chronically ill who suffer
from conditions such as cancer, hemophilia, hepatitis, immune
deficiency, infertility, multiple sclerosis and pulmonary diseases. These teams are available 24 hours a day, seven
days a week. The
process to get the military in Mexico to test a product is a very long and
difficult process.

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Aetna Specialty Pharmacy will ramp up
production so that all Aetna members who receive specialty medications
can be served by the new business by the third quarter of 2005.minerva-biotech.

NOTE: Certain statements in this press release are "forward-looking
statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Act of 1995.

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This launch represents the culmination
of a six-month integration of Priority's advanced clinical programs
with Aetna medical and pharmacy areas.

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The new specialty pharmacy distribution center located in Orlando,
Fla. The Company is very comfortable that the test results for the VScan HIV
1+2 test kit will meet and exceed the expectations of the Mexican military
authorities. at (416) 822 5883 or
http://www.

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Going forward, the business is focused on building a best-in-class
specialty pharmacy platform that will provide Aetna and Priority
Healthcare with improved buying relationships that should lead to
reduced health care costs and the delivery of comprehensive clinical
program management for members.

About VScan
The VScan rapid test kit is a single use, disposable, accurate, cost
effective , easy to use, test for the screening of HIV1+2, Hepatitis B+C,
Tuberculosis (TB), Dengue Fever, West Nile, Syphilis, Malaria and Prostate
Cancer.

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7 million medical members, 11.com

Medical Services Begins Testing With Mexican Military

Mexico has a significant HIV problem that they are in the process of
dealing with.

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----Aetna Specialty Pharmacy(SM), the joint venture between Aetna
(NYSE:AET) and Priority Healthcare Corporation (Nasdaq:PHCC), will
open for business in its 63 ,000-square-foot specialty pharmacy
distribution center on March 1. The company has been informed that the
testing will be completed by June 15, 2005.com.

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The facility is expected to have 250 full-time associates by the
end of the year.

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"
Rebecca Shanahan, Executive Vice President of Priority Healthcare
and General Manager of Aetna Specialty Pharmacy, said, "Aetna
Specialty Pharmacy will provide service to physicians and Aetna
members throughout the nation.

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