APERIO AND ROPER SCIENTIFIC SIGN DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT

Aperio Technologies, the leading provider of virtual microscopy systems, and Roper Scientific, Inc.'s Photometrics division announced today the completion of a distribution agreement whereby Nippon Roper, Roper's Japanese subsidiary, will exclusively market and support Aperio's line of ScanScope(R) Systems in Japan and China. The companies will launch their partnership at the Fourth Annual Meeting of the Japanese Telepathology Society at Mie University in Mie Prefecture on August 26.

TMCnet (http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2005/aug/1175308.htm)