BEIJING, June 14, 2011 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ --
China Medical Technologies, Inc. (the "Company") (Nasdaq: CMED), a
leading China-based advanced
in-vitro diagnostic ("IVD") company, today announced that
Chengxuan, a major shareholder which is owned by Mr. Xiaodong Wu, Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer of the Company, informed the Company that Chengxuan
purchased 110,000 of the Company's American Depositary Shares
("ADSs") in the open market on June 13,
2011 at an average price of US$7.33 per ADS. Chengxuan also indicated
the intention to purchase additional ADSs in the open market in the
future in compliance with the Company's insider trading policy.
About China Medical Technologies, Inc.
China Medical Technologies, Inc. is a leading China-based advanced IVD company using
molecular diagnostic technologies including Fluorescent in situ
Hybridization (FISH) and Surface Plasmon Resonance (SPR) and an
immunodiagnostic technology, Enhanced Chemiluminescence Immunoassay
(ECLIA), to develop, manufacture and distribute diagnostic products
used for the detection of various cancers, diseases and disorders
as well as companion diagnostic tests for targeted cancer drugs.
The Company generates all of its revenues in China through the sale of diagnostic
consumables including FISH probes, SPR-based DNA chips and ECLIA
reagent kits to hospitals which are recurring users of the
consumables for their patients. The Company sells FISH probes and
SPR chips to large hospitals through its direct sales personnel and
ECLIA reagent kits to small and mid-size hospitals through
distributors. For more information, please visit
http://www.chinameditech.com.
Safe Harbor Statement
This press release contains forward-looking statements. These
statements constitute "forward-looking" statements within the
meaning of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, and as defined in the U.S. Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements can be
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statements. Such statements involve certain risks and uncertainties
that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in
the forward-looking statements. Further information regarding these
and other risks is included in the Company's filings with the U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission, including its annual report on
Form 20-F. The Company does not undertake any obligation to update
any forward-looking statement as a result of new information,
future events or otherwise, except as required under applicable
law.
Contact
Winnie Yam
Tel: 852-2511-9808
Email: IR@chinameditech.com
SOURCE China Medical Technologies, Inc.