A CUTTING-EDGE NEW TECHNOLOGY TO MANAGE SPECIALIZED CLINICAL TRIAL TRANSPORTATION NEEDS

STAMFORD, Conn., June 6, 2000--World Courier is proud to announce the launch of Bio-STAR, a cutting-edge new project management system that addresses the complex informational and communication requirements associated with the handling of clinical trial samples and materials. Unparalleled in the transportation industry, this technological innovation provides World Courier personnel worldwide with immediate on-line access to the central Bio-STAR database where comprehensive sets of data related to each phase of a clinical trial or protocol are stored.

"With larger-scale trials often involving dozens of investigator sites and thousands of shipments over an 18- to 24-month period, effective and timely communication between clinical trial project managers, investigators, local site personnel and our staff is vital to maintaining control and ensuring the successful handling of these particularly sensitive shipments," says Wayne Heyland, President and Chief Executive Officer of World Courier Group.

"With Bio-STAR, World Courier staff throughout our extensive worldwide network of wholly-owned offices now have immediate access to all study-related details for a particular trial or protocol. This information can be used to effectively monitor and trouble-shoot the activities of individual investigator sites at the local level."

In the near future, Bio-STAR access will also be extended to the clinical trial community, providing sponsors, investigators, laboratories and contract research organizations (CROs) with a centralized on-line information resource that can be tailored to specific protocols and fully customized to individual needs. With information organized into a single, uniform format, authorized users worldwide will be able to sort and cross-reference information at both the study and protocol level, and access enhanced logistical tools designed to satisfy internal as well as external communications requirements.

Delivered through a variety of channels including the Internet, Bio-STAR will offer external users password-protected interface to World Courier's proprietary World-STARSM order processing and real-time tracking systems. This effective new management tool, maintained entirely by World Courier and included with its customary service offering at no additional cost, will also provide clients with a variety of enhanced reporting capabilities that are unique within the industry.

Incorporated in 1969, World Courier has set the standard for worldwide time-sensitive transportation and is the acknowledged leader in the handling of clinical trial shipments. Specializing in the handling of temperature-sensitive and infectious samples, World Courier currently manages approximately 95% of the world's clinical trials requiring the use of premium specialty courier services. Headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut, World Courier maintains a comprehensive international network of 90 wholly-owned offices operating in 42 countries across the globe.
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Dennis Tselentis
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Carlos Jankowski
Regional Director, Latin America
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Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Korhan Yalcinyuva
Regional Director, Asia Pacific
World Courier Australia Pty. Ltd.
Unit 1, 8 Lord Street
Botany N.S.W. 2019
Australia
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