Link Spine Group licenses Numoda SuperPlatform to speed important new medical devices to market

It was announced that Link Spine Group will bring exciting new disc replacement therapies to market much faster, thanks to information technology instruments created on the Numoda Corporation SuperPlatform.

PHILADELPHIA May 7, 2002 -- It was announced that Link Spine Group will bring exciting new disc replacement therapies to market much faster, thanks to information technology instruments created on the Numoda Corporation SuperPlatform.

For any new medical device to come to market it must successfully complete an expensive and lengthy investigative process of clinical studies. Numodas latest data collection instruments will save months of data cleaning due to unique capabilities. These mobile wireless applications match the users (surgeons, investigators and coordinators) workflow process. They ensure that the correct data is entered in the right sequence, at the correct intervals and guide the user to precisely what needs to be collected. They alert the user when to go ahead, and they ensure the mandatory data is collected, virtually eliminating the data query process.

Only the Numoda SuperPlatform, built to handle the complex information technology demands of the pharmaceutical industry can provide this and deliver the laboratory data directly into the hands of the users, instantly. The Numoda system is much more reliable, cost effective, efficient and delivers better data than is possible with web-based systems. The powerful, broad functionality of the platform, with easy-to-use instruments, saves numerous steps and time. Data is entered at the point it is generated, right -- first time. This means that the minute the data is collected it is available for analysis, and the minute the trial ends it is available for submission. This saves months of clean-up of the database.

As Clinical Research Director Joyce Maga of Link Spine Group says, With the Numoda system cleaning the database as you go, when youre done, youre done". This is of great benefit for those companies without extensive data management or IT resources. And of course, huge amounts of paper and filing costs are saved. From a business perspective President and Chief Executive Officer Brian Cameron of Link Spine Group says Every day saved in the investigative process means a day sooner that patients will receive this valuable therapy."

About Numoda Corporation

Numoda Corporation, provides information technologies for drug development and marketing, patient diaries, and ongoing patient monitoring, which significantly reduce the time and cost to bring products to market. Numoda designs, develops and deploys Electronic Data Collection systems for any handheld device, tablet, notebook, etc. across any telecommunications network, wireless or wire line. The difference is the Numoda SuperPlatform --a mobile and wireless data collection and data management technology that outperforms web-based EDC and other data collection methods. The Numoda SuperPlatform for Life Sciences is the only information technology licensed by the pharmaceutical industry that maximizes research and development, links information across all phases of trials, commercializes important findings globally, and delivers faster, more accurate results at substantially lower costs.

About Link Spine Group

Link Spine Group Inc. is focused on providing non-fusion technology and an innovative surgical procedure to spine surgeons for treating patients with degenerative disc disease and related conditions of the lumbar spine by offering a total disc replacement - the SB Charité Intervertebral Dynamic Disc Space. Link Spine Group's SB Charité Intervertebral Dynamic Disc Spacer is an investigational device limited by US (Federal) law to investigational use in the USA. The SB Charité has received the CE mark and is commercially available outside of the United States in over 25 countries throughout Europe, Asia, Canada, Australia, Africa and Latin America.

For more information, visit www.numoda.com and www.linkspinegroup.com