Released on = July 17, 2007, 2:40 am

Press Release Author = Itransition

Industry = Software

Press Release Summary = A joint venture between the pharmaceutical industry and the
NHS which has developed a system to help improve the way that cancer medicines are
provided to patients has been selected by CIO magazine as one of the "Top 100"
global IT organisations. Itransition participated as a system development company.

Press Release Body = The IT system called C-PORT (Chemotherapy Planning Oncology
Resource Tool) was developed by the Pharmaceutical Oncology Initiative Partnership
(POIP), a joint venture between 12 member companies of the Association of the
British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI), the Cancer Action Team and the Cancer
Services Collaborative Improvement Partnership. The system was developed to help
tackle the problem that the uptake of new cancer medicines varies widely across the
UK - so called "postcode prescribing".

The system itself is a "capacity simulator", a sophisticated modelling tool which
uses statistical methods to predict how chemotherapy units will perform under
different conditions. It allows chemotherapy units to plan for the uptake of new
cancer medicines and redesign the way they deliver chemotherapy to improve
efficiency and patient experience.

Over 80 front line staff were consulted during the design and test programme and it
is currently being rolled out across the NHS with overwhelming support from the
doctors, nurses, pharmacists and managers who will use it. Professor Mike Richards,
the National Cancer Director said: "I strongly recommend that Cancer Networks and
their stakeholders use this tool to improve forward planning for cancer drugs."

The tool was designed for the POIP by A.T. Kearney, a management consultancy, and
built by Concentra, a UK IT provider, and ITransition, an offshore developer. Said
Jonathan Anscombe, head of the A.T. Kearney health practice: "It proved to be a
really complicated problem, so C-PORT pushes the boundaries of this type of
simulation tool."

"The success of the project also shows how the pharmaceutical industry can
collaborate effectively with the NHS for the benefit of patients. Such
collaborations have an important role to play in helping to improve health
delivery," said Dr Richard Barker, Director General of the ABPI.

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CIO Magazine is one of the leading magazines for IT professionals. Every year, the
CIO 100 Awards honour 100 companies that demonstrate excellence and achievement in
IT. The process for choosing the CIO 100 honorees is systematic and very
competitive. The prize is for companies that are using IT in innovative ways to
deliver competitive advantage to the enterprise and enable growth. www.cio.com

Pharmaceutical Oncology Initiative Partnership (POIP) was set up in 2005 to identify
opportunities to collaborate on projects to benefit cancer patients by improving
uptake and access to cancer medicines. The partners include the Cancer Action Team,
NHS Cancer Services Collaborative "Improvement Partnership" and the Pharmaceutical
Oncology Initiative (POI), a group of pharmaceutical companies who research, develop
and supply innovative cancer medicines. The 12 companies which have supported C-PORT
are all members of the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI);
Amgen, AstraZeneca , Lilly, Merck Serono, GlaxoSmithKline, Novartis, Ortho Biotech,
Pfizer, Roche, Sanofi-Aventis, Schering-Plough and Wyeth. Contact
jh&a@holdingassociates.co.uk

A.T. Kearney is a global management consultancy providing strategy and operations
consulting to leading companies in many industries, including healthcare. Contact
Jonathan.anscombe@atkearney.com

Concentra is a Microsoft Gold Partner with a proven track record in developing,
implementing and supporting technology solutions to help clients get the most from
their IT investment. www.concentra.co.uk

Itransition is an international software development company featured in Global
Outsourcing 100 edition with development centers in Eastern Europe. With the pool of
more than 450 software developers in staff Itransition specializes in enterprise
level application development for medium size and big business. www.itransition.com

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