This goes along with the article sent in yesterday about how VeriChips will be in clinics by next week ( February ).Washington D.C. VeriChip team strengthened -- Jan. 24, 2005
DELRAY BEACH, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 24, 2005--Applied Digital (NASDAQ: ADSX - News), a provider of Security Through Innovation(TM), announced today that its wholly-owned subsidiary, VeriChip Corporation, has retained Oldaker, Biden & Belair and DCI Group to join its Washington team.VeriChip's Washington team focuses on ensuring the Company takes a responsible, patient-oriented leadership role on privacy matters; educating Congress and other leaders
[ Ed. note : the President, Cabinet, Supreme court ?? ]
on VeriChip's utility for certain applications; and generating government-based revenue from federal agencies that have needs for VeriChip's loss-proof, tamper-proof identification technology in the medical and security arenas."With the recent FDA clearance to market VeriChip for its medical applications, we have initiated significant steps to penetrate the domestic private sector, as demonstrated by our agreement with Henry Schein, Inc. the largest distributor of healthcare products to office-based practitioners in North America.
The potential among the armed services, for example, is substantial, as the need for secure identification and access to reliable medical records anywhere in the world is more important than ever before. We look forward to working with these leading firms and the Washington Federal community to make the broad adoption of VeriChip a reality."
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