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GE Healthcare Installs First Volume CT System Dedicated Exclusively for Pediatric Applications; LightSpeed VCT to Be Used in Clinical Research on Children with Heart Defects

November 16, 2005

WAUKESHA, Wis.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 16, 2005--GE Healthcare:

-- Breakthrough GE Technology Arrives at Children's Hospital and Health System in San Diego;

-- Physicians Embark on Clinical Study to Compare Impact of LightSpeed VCT Scans versus Cardiac Catheterization on Infants

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GE Healthcare Unveils Algorithms That May Help Physicians Predict Risk of Sudden Cardiac Death in Patients; GE's New Algorithms, When Used Together, May Help Physicians Predict Which Patients Are At Risk For Sudden Cardiac Death

November 15, 2005

DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 15, 2005--

For The First Time, Algorithms Can Be Used In Combination with New Remote, Portable Technology

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Clinical Case Study Shows GE Healthcare's LightSpeed VCT Only CT Scanner Capable of Imaging the Heart in as Few as Five Beats; Major Clinical Studies in Progress to Compare LightSpeed VCT Scan To Catheterization

November 14, 2005

DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 14, 2005--

Case Study and Physician Feedback Confirm LightSpeed VCT's 5-Beat Cardiac Imaging Application; Speed Enabling Scanning of Broader Patient Population


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U.S. FDA Clears GE Healthcare's New Bone Density System Designed to Help Clinicians Diagnose Osteoporosis, as Well as Determine Body Composition and Fat Distribution

October 25, 2005

MILWAUKEE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 25, 2005--

GE's Lunar iDXA(TM) Provides Comprehensive Body Health Analysis Data Output from Single System, Enables Clinicians to Detect and Diagnose Osteoporosis In Early Stages of Disease

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GE Healthcare's LightSpeed VCT Recognized by Wall Street Journal's Global Technology Innovation Awards; Breakthrough GE Technology Scans the Beating Heart in Only Five Seconds

October 24, 2005

WAUKESHA, Wis.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 24, 2005--GE Healthcare's LightSpeed VCT, the world's first volume computed tomography (CT) system, was recognized today by the Wall Street Journal in the Medical Device category of the publication's global Technology Innovation Awards. The annual awards recognize technological breakthroughs by individuals, companies and organizations around the world in a wide range of areas, including medicine.

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GE Healthcare Encourages Women to Take Action on National Mammography Day; Advances in Imaging Technologies Enhancing Breast Cancer Screening

October 21, 2005

WAUKESHA, Wis.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 21, 2005--GE Healthcare, a unit of General Electric Company (NYSE:GE), is urging all women over 40 and any "at-risk" patients to observe National Mammography Day by scheduling a mammogram.

National Mammography Day, established in 1993 by President Bill Clinton, occurs annually on the third Friday of October.

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GE Expands Healthcare Initiative to Hospitals in Ghana; Part of $20 million humanitarian initiative to provide medical and infrastructure equipment across Africa

October 03, 2005

WAUKESHA, Wis.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 21, 2005--GE Healthcare, a unit of General Electric Company (NYSE:GE), is urging all women over 40 and any "at-risk" patients to observe National Mammography Day by scheduling a mammogram.

National Mammography Day, established in 1993 by President Bill Clinton, occurs annually on the third Friday of October.

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GE Healthcare to Acquire IDX Systems Corporation; Significantly Expands GE Presence in Healthcare Information Technologies

September 29, 2005

CHALFONT ST. GILES, England & BURLINGTON, Vt.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 29, 2005--GE Healthcare, a unit of General Electric Company (NYSE:GE), and IDX Systems Corporation (Nasdaq:IDXC) announced today that they have entered into a definitive merger agreement for GE to acquire IDX, a leading healthcare information technology (IT) provider. Pursuant to the transaction, IDX shareholders will receive $44 per share payable in cash in the merger, for a total consideration of approximately $1.2 billion, net of IDX cash and equivalents.

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Ambion and GE Healthcare Announce Licensing and Supply Agreement to Advance microRNA Microarray Research

September 29, 2005

AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 29, 2005--Ambion, Inc., an Austin-based life sciences company that develops technologies for RNA analysis, and GE Healthcare, a unit of General Electric Company (NYSE:GE), today announced that they had entered into a license and supply agreement under which GE Healthcare will manufacture for Ambion microRNA (miRNA) microarrays utilizing GE Healthcare's CodeLink(TM) Bioarray technology.

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GE Healthcare Invests US$37.5 Million in Chinese Bio-Sciences Manufacturing Facility

September 23, 2005

SHANGHAI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 23, 2005--GE Healthcare, a unit of the General Electric Company (NYSE:GE), today announced a $37.5 million investment to extend its production facility in Shanghai in order to meet increasing customer demand for its products in the People's Republic of China and as well as throughout the globe. The GE Healthcare plant in Shanghai is currently undergoing a review process to be the first US FDA approved site for contrast media in China.

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