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To: Cacaito who wrote (2265)	5/23/1998 4:13:00 PM
From: JanyBlueEyes	Respond to of 5736

Cacaito I see that you posted a message on the SpectRx board (before you ever posted on this board) saying that you actually tried both of the devices at the show and that they were both basically the same!!! What a joke! Was it too crowded for you to get a good look at the CCSI booth? I know what it was, you must have felt sorry for the poor people in the SpectRx booth after seeing the grim looks on their faces so you talked to THEM and actually believed their story. You better bone up before it's too late, if it's not already too late: TECHNOLOGY OVERVIEW, MFG, PATENTS: Message 4438495 BILIRUBIN ASPECT Message 4436528 NEWS RELEASES, CONFERENCE CALLS & SHAREHOLDER LETTERS: Message 4351418 FINANCIALS, STATISTICS & COMPETITION: Message 4151945

To: Cacaito who wrote (2265)	5/23/1998 5:31:00 PM
From: Gurupup	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 5736

Each time you post you show more ignorance. Pediatrician or proctologist. What is your real job. You and SPRX are going down the tubes. SPRX shot themselves in the foot in New Orleans. As for Home Health Care, I guarantee I know more than you do because I have practical experience, you have a lousy investment in SPRX, and I pray to God you are short CCSI, because the fuse is lit, and the bang is going to shorten you considerably. I hope to hell you and your merry band of idiots hang on for the whole ride, but financially beginning Tues you are history. Stick your degree, put it with your SPRX certificate, they will both be worth the same.

To: Cacaito who wrote (2265)	5/23/1998 5:54:00 PM
From: max	Respond to of 5736

Cacaito-You make several statements of "fact" in your recent posts. Lets address the factual reality of some of them: <<But, most pediatricians will not need the Colormate>> What is the source of this statement? Every pediatrician I've spoken with will absolutely have at least one on hand. Its a no brainer, because it allows them to monitor newborns under their care at the office, or at the infant's home, avoiding continual trips to the hospital. <<SPRX will compete again CCSI in the near future in the USA.>> How do you figure? They haven't even completed clinical trials, let alone submitted to the FDA for what will surely be a lengthy approval process. Besides that, reports are that it doesn't work on all races, and most significantly, doesn't work during therapy. Now tell me:What good is it if you can't monitor the effectiveness of the therapy? SPRX is a joke, and anyone who claims otherwise will have a most difficult time establishing credibility. <<SPRX is shipping product to the international market (or they are not telling the truth in their press releases).>> They may be shipping product. How many? 1? 10? 100? 1000? Funny, they don't mention any numbers. Is anyone actually using it? Their underwriters aren't too impressed, they've done nothing but sell stock since the New Orleans conference. << I did forgot to included the disposables in my now infamous "business model">> Interesting ommision, the disposable is the key to the continued revenue stream. <<Manfred, there will be at best 10% of pediatricians buying the Colormate. Home Health Care will not buy the Colormate.>> Interesting assertions. And where did you come up with this? Pediatricians most definitely want this device, and no parent with a jaundiced infant would consider going home without one. That much is rather obvious. <<The disposables costs will limit the use of the Colormate.>> Again, how do you figure? Your logic escapes me. For one thing, you don't have a clue how much the disposables will cost. For another, insurance will be paying the costs, as the CCSI device has been approved for reimbursement in all 50 states. And contrary to your statement on the SPRX thread: <<Patient bill expenses will be covered by insurance companies for both (very important). >> SPRX has most definitely NOT been approved for reimbursement anywhere in the USA. They haven't even completed clinical trials for FDA submission, let alone gotten FDA approval, which would obviously be required prior to any insurance coverage. Where on Earth do you come up with this nonsense? Back to the disposables. Do you actually believe that an insurance company would rather take a preemie's blood and send it to a lab for analysis when the simple use of CCSI's device with the disposable is available. By the way, part of the FDA approval requires the replacement of the calibration device (the "disposable") with each test. This is for the purpose of calibration, as the name implies, of skin color, as well as for sterility. <<There is very, very little use for the Colormate beyond one week of life>> Currently correct. Which is why its being marketed as a device to measure "infant" bilirubin, and all of the credible earnings models account for this. You appear to know a lot. I believe you know nothing. Perhaps you could post verifiable credentials before your next series of unqualified statements of "fact".