Asteres Inc. Announces the Official Launch of ScriptCenter to Retail Pharmacy.SAN DIEGO San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. -- Asteres Inc., the industry's first provider of automated finished prescription pick-up machines, announced today the official launch of ScriptCenter(TM), a specialized system that meets the unique will call management needs of retail pharmacies. Asteres also announced that in the State of California, ScriptCenter can be used for refills not requiring pharmacist pharmacist /phar·ma·cist/ (fahr´mah-sist) one who is licensed to prepare and sell or dispense drugs and compounds, and to make up prescriptions. phar·ma·cist n. consultation during open hours and when the pharmacy is closed. Waiting in line at the pharmacy is a growing problem as the number of prescriptions filled escalates and the pharmacist shortage continues. ScriptCenter gives customers a self service option to pick up their prescriptions by using this "ATM" like machine. ScriptCenter offers the ability for retail pharmacies to extend their prescription pick up hours without the fully burdened cost of keeping the pharmacy open. Pharmacy staff can work with customers to determine whether they need consultation with each visit, or if the convenience of ScriptCenter is right for them. "ScriptCenter helps address the growing pressure on retail pharmacy to increase customer safety and service levels," said Al Waterhouse, Asteres president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. . "ScriptCenter increases pharmacy operational efficiencies and prescription pick up accountability while decreasing customer wait times. Asteres has developed a truly customized system that will change the way consumers pick up their prescriptions." "Asteres is the originator of self service prescription pick-up and has brought back a team of people expert in developing and servicing medication dispensing technologies," said Linda Pinney, Asteres' founder and chief business officer. "From design and manufacturing to sales and support, the Asteres team is known for building customer driven companies that redefine customer service." ScriptCenter has undergone extensive customer testing with IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) 4690 POS (1) See point of sale and packet over SONET. (2) "Parent over shoulder." See digispeak. POS - point of sale and pharmacy system interfaces and is now ready for installation. Asteres ScriptCenter is making its public debut at the NACDS NACDS National Association of Chain Drug Stores Pharmacy and Technology Conference in San Diego in August. About Asteres Inc. Asteres Inc. (www.asteres.com) designs and develops merchandise storage and self-checkout machines. Asteres is the industry's first developer and provider of automated finished prescription pick-up machines for the retail pharmacy market. Except for historical information, all other information in this news release consists of forward-looking statements forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections. within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and of 1995. These forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ from those projected, anticipated or implied. Copyright (C) 2004 Asteres Inc. All rights reserved. Legal notices and trademarks. |
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