NxStage Announces Supply Agreement With Kawasumi Laboratories for Blood T...( LAWRENCE Mass. May 7 /- NxStage M...),Health

LAWRENCE, Mass., May 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- NxStage Medical, Inc. (Nasdaq: NXTM), a leading manufacturer of innovative dialysis products, today announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Medisystems Corporation, has entered into a new supply and distribution agreement with Kawasumi Laboratories, Inc. regarding Kawasumi's continued supply of blood tubing sets to Medisystems through January 31, 2010.

"We are pleased to extend our long-standing relationship with Kawasumi for blood tubing sets," said Jeffrey H. Burbank, President and Chief Executive Officer of NxStage Medical. "I believe NxStage is well positioned to preserve and build upon Medisystems' reputation for high quality and to grow the business further with new and innovative products for our customers. This is another significant agreement that we have successfully renewed since acquiring the company. I am pleased with the progress that we continue to see in this business."

Headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, Kawasumi Laboratories, Inc. has been providing high quality medical supplies worldwide since 1957. Kawasumi has been a pioneer in plastic molding technologies in Japan and has grown its proprietary manufacturing know-how in the markets of medical devices and pharmaceuticals.

About NxStage Medical

NxStage Medical, Inc. (Nasdaq: NXTM) is a medical device company, headquartered in Lawrence, Massachusetts, USA, that develops, manufactures and markets innovative products for the treatment of end-stage renal disease, or ESRD, and ac
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