SAN DIEGO, June 8, 2005 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Innovative Medical Services LLC, a privately held Maryland company, recently completed the acquisition of the commercial and consumer water treatment business from Pure Bioscience.
Stuart R. Amos, President and CEO of Innovative Medical Services, LLC, stated, "We are pleased to announce the acquisition of the Fillmaster® and Nutripure® business. The ownership transition should be seamless for our customers because we are maintaining the El Cajon, Calif., headquarters, our present employees, and all of our contact information."
Amos continued, "Innovative Medical Services, LLC intends to invest in and grow both divisions of this company: the pharmaceutical water purification and dispensing segment as well as the retail and direct-to-consumer residential water segment. Our focus for pharmacy market includes opening customer support and distribution locations in Kansas City, Missouri and in the Washington, D.C., area over the next year to provide expanded service and support to our more than 20,000 pharmacy customers. In addition, we will be making significant investments in product line expansion and new product development to improve pharmacist efficiency. Our goal is to remain on the cutting edge of pharmacy technology. To that end, we will be forming an advisory council comprised of customer representatives from the pharmacy industry to provide input and feedback regarding our new product development decisions."
Amos concluded, "We are one hundred percent committed to providing superior water treatment and delivery solutions to current and new customers, and we look forward to continuing the tradition of excellence established by PURE Bioscience."
Innovative Medical Services LLC, based in El Cajon, Calif., markets unique water treatment and dispensing solutions to a broad range of customers in retail pharmacy, healthcare and consumer markets. Company brands include the Fillmaster Pharmaceutical Water Purification and Dispensing Systems, the Scanmaster® bar code reader for the Fillmaster Systems and the Nutripure line of residential water filtration products.
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