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Global Immune Technologies Completes Securities Agreement with Primedical and Elects New Board of Directors; New Management Well Positioned to Lead Company to Growth in the Ambulatory Cardiac Monitoring Market.


VANCOUVER, Canada -- Global Immune Technologies, Inc. (OTCBB OTCBB

See OTC Bulletin Board (OTCBB).
:GIMU GIMU Geographic Information and Mapping Unit (UNHCR)
GIMU Gimballess Inertial Measuring Unit
) is pleased to advise that it has signed a Securities Exchange Agreement (SEA) proposing a reverse merger with Primedical International Limited (PML PML - Parallel ML.

["Synchronous Operations as First-Class Values", J.H. Reppy <jhr@research.att.com>, Proc SIGPLAN 88 Conf Prog Lang Design and Impl, June 1988, pp. 250-259].
). The combined company, to be renamed Primedical International Holdings, Inc. (Primedical), intends to be a leading provider of telemedicine and remote ambulatory monitoring services.

GIMU will acquire PMI's ambulatory ECG ECG electrocardiogram.

ECG
abbr.
1. electrocardiogram

2. electrocardiograph


ECG
Also called an electrocardiogram, it records the electrical activity of the heart.
 monitoring business, including iCardia Healthcare Corporation, the North American cardiac monitoring service, for a combination of convertible debt and equity. In addition, the agreement provides for the transfer of intellectual property from Medical Monitors Limited (MML MML - Human-Machine Language.

A language from ITU-T for telecommunications applications. It has a complex natural-language syntax.

[CCITT Recommendations Z.311-Z.318, Z-341, Nov 1984].
), an Australian Stock Exchange Australian Stock Exchange (ASX)

Australia's major securities market, formed when the six state stock exchanges (Adelaide, Brisbane, Hobart, Melbourne, Perth, and Sydney stock exchanges) were merged in 1987.
 listed company, subject to ratification by MML shareholders. In further consideration, GIMU shall issue PML and MML non interest bearing notes, convertible into GIMU common shares at no less than $0.40 and no greater than $1.00 per share.

Primedical plans to rapidly grow its current business in North America through its subsidiary iCardia Healthcare Corporation, and to expand into Europe and the Far East through strategic joint ventures and/or acquisition of regional monitoring service companies.

To lead the Company's expansion into telemedicine and remote ambulatory monitoring services three new directors are joining the GIMU/Primedical board: David Stanley, current 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.  of iCardia Healthcare Corporation; Harry Platt, co-inventor of the Company's proprietary systems and innovative technology, and Avraham Perez, CPA (Computer Press Association, Landing, NJ) An earlier membership organization founded in 1983 that promoted excellence in computer journalism. Its annual awards honored outstanding examples in print, broadcast and electronic media. The CPA disbanded in 2000. , MBA MBA
abbr.
Master of Business Administration

Noun 1. MBA - a master's degree in business
Master in Business, Master in Business Administration
 and co-founder of a successful data analytics company in the US health insurance sector.

David Stanley, Chief Executive Officer

Mr. Stanley is currently CEO of iCardia and has over 26 years experience in the US medical devices distribution sector. Previously, he built his own distribution company, Park Plaza Southwest Inc, which in 1993 merged with Taylor Medical Inc, where he was responsible for sales and marketing, overseeing over 180 sales representatives. In 1995 Taylor Medical was bought by PSS See EPSS. , the largest supplier of medical products to physicians in the US. Mr. Stanley will continue to lead iCardia.

Harry Platt, Chief Technology Officer

Mr. Platt is the inventor and co-developer of the cardiac monitoring technologies licensed by iCardia. He has developed the world's smallest diagnostic quality cardiac monitor and is the inventor of numerous patented medical technologies. Mr. Platt has more than 25 years experience in the development and management of technology projects.

Avraham Perez

Mr. Perez is a qualified Certified Practicing Accountant, and was previously the Finance Manager with State Street Banking Corporation for the Asia Pacific region. In 1999 Mr. Perez completed his MBA at Yale University, and has since co-founded a successful company specialized in health data analytics in the health insurance industry.

About Primedical International Holdings, Inc.

The merged Company, to be named Primedical International Holdings, Inc., and newly appointed Directors, will be engaged in the telemedicine and remote ambulatory monitoring business. iCardia Healthcare Corporation, located in Lake Forest, Illinois Lake Forest is a city in Lake County, Illinois, United States. The population was 20,059 at the 2000 census. The city is south of Waukegan, Illinois, on the shore of Lake Michigan, and is a part of the Chicago metropolitan area and the North Shore. , is set to revolutionize the ECG monitoring service marketplace with its unique 'single-use' approach to ECG monitoring, creating unprecedented convenience for physicians and new levels of security for patients.

About iCardia Healthcare Corporation

iCardia's groundbreaking innovative proprietary systems allow it to be the lowest cost cardiac monitoring service provider in the market. iCardia's Single Use Patient Event Recorder (SUPER) is a lightweight, simple to use monitor that boosts patient compliance, is absolutely hygienic, and delivers high quality cardiac data. The service receives the transmitted data and produces reports that can be viewed, annotated, and stored electronically, enhancing analysis, interpretation, and mean time to diagnosis.

Cardiac Monitoring Market

Frost & Sullivan have estimated that the US market for monitoring devices in 2004 was worth US$296 million and that the associated services market was worth US$3.24 billion.

According to the American Heart Association American Heart Association (AHA),
n.pr a national voluntary health agency that has the goal of increasing public and medical awareness of cardiovascular diseases and stroke, and thereby reducing the number of associated deaths and disabilities.
 (AHA), 14 million Americans are believed to have a history of intermittent heart rhythm disorders and, of those, only 4 million have been diagnosed.

Forward-Looking Statements

Except for statements of historical fact, the information presented herein constitutes forward-looking statements 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. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of the company to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. You should independently investigate and fully understand all risks before making investment decisions.
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