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Sterling lands HSCA film deal
Sterling Diagnostic Imaging won another major x-ray film supplydeal this month when it signed contracts with Health ServicesCorporation of America (HSCA). Sterling, of Glasgow, DE, willbe the sole-source provider of medical imaging film to hospitalsin
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Sterling Diagnostic Imaging won another major x-ray film supply
deal this month when it signed contracts with Health Services
Corporation of America (HSCA). Sterling, of Glasgow, DE, will
be the sole-source provider of medical imaging film to hospitals
in HSCA's purchasing network for the next five years. Sterling,
formerly the medical imaging business of Du Pont, signed a large
sole-source deal with Premier earlier this year (SCAN 4/10/96).
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