LMA NORTH AMERICA EXTENDS SOLE SOURCE NATIONAL SUPPLY WITH U.S. GPO HEALTHTRUST PURCHASING GROUP
Singapore, 15 May 2012 – LMA International NV (“LMA”), the global leader in the marketing and development of the LMA™ range of supraglottic airway management devices, is pleased to announce that its wholly-owned subsidiary, LMA North America, Inc. (“LMA North America”), has been awarded an extension of their Sole Source supply agreement for Laryngeal Mask Airway Products with Healthtrust Purchasing Group (“HPG”), one of the leading group purchasing organizations (“GPO”) in the United States. The HPG agreement represents over 15% of LMA North America’s airway business. The extension is for one year beginning on May 15, 2012. LMA North America has been a contracted vendor with HPG for the past seven years.
LMA North America is the only company in the United States that sells the LMA™ Airway Management System, a complete family of products designed to cover a broad range of critical airway management needs.
William Crothers, Group CEO, commented, “We are pleased to have been awarded this one-year extension with HPG. It is a testament to the quality and value of our products, and the reliability of our sales and support services valued by our long-term consumers. The LMA™ Airway Management System includes innovative products for use in routine, difficult and emergency airway management. With over 300 million successful uses worldwide, LMA Airways are a critical element in many surgical procedures. Long-term partnerships such as this are key to maintaining our market leadership in the United States, which is the single largest market for LMA.”
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LMA designs, manufactures, markets and distributes the innovative LMA™ laryngeal mask airway range of supraglottic airway devices and LMA Atomization™ devices for pain-free administration of medication.
LMA™ laryngeal mask airway devices are used by physicians to allow respiration, provide ventilation to, and support the airway of patients undergoing surgical procedures and life-saving interventions. LMA Atomization™ devices allow healthcare professionals needle-stick free delivery of pain-free medication to patients.
LMA is the global market leader for supraglottic airway devices, led by LMA Supreme™. LMA's growth is driven by the development of innovative products, geographic expansion, and acquisition of medical device technology to support anaesthetists and emergency healthcare professionals.
Incorporated in Curaçao in 1998, LMA is listed on the Mainboard of the Singapore Exchange. LMA has offices in Jersey, Channel Islands and Singapore, wholly-owned manufacturing facilities in Utah, USA and Malaysia and subsidiaries with direct selling functions in the USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Germany, Italy and Singapore. For more information, visit http://www.lmaco.com/.
About Health Trust Purchasing Group
HealthTrust Purchasing Group, L.P., headquartered in Brentwood, Tenn., is a group purchasing organization that supports nearly 1,400 not-for-profit and for-profit acute care facilities, as well as 10,600 ambulatory surgery centers, physician practices, and alternate care sites. With an annual purchasing volume by its members of more than $20 billion, HealthTrust is committed to obtaining the best price for clinically recommended products, ensuring their timely delivery and continuously evaluating, and improving its services to the patients, physicians and clinicians it serves. HealthTrust is located at 155 Franklin Road, Suite 400, Brentwood, TN 37027. The website is http://www.healthtrustpg.com/.