1. © Copyright 2003 Frost & Sullivan. All Rights Reserved. Medical Devices Group “Spurred by growing awareness, availability of sophisticated self-monitoring technologies, and greater purchasing power, developing countries are rapidly emerging as important markets for glucose self-monitoring devices.” World Diabetes Glucose Monitoring Devices Markets Developing Countries Emerging as Key Markets for Glucose Self-Monitoring Devices

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5. © Copyright 2003 Frost & Sullivan. All Rights Reserved. Abbott Laboratories Bayer Becton, Dickinson and Company Bernstein Investment Research and Management Cell Robotics International, Inc. CIBA Vision Cygnus, Inc. HemoCue AB Home Diagnostics, Inc. Kumetrix, Inc. LifeScan, Inc. Key Market Participants Light Touch Medical Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. Medisys PLC Medtronic Minimed MFS Investment Management MicroSense International, LLC Pelikan Technologies Polymer Technology Systems, Inc. QuestStar Medical, Inc. Roche Diagnostics SpectRx, Inc. TheraSense, Inc.

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