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NEWS RELEASEFor Immediate ReleaseContact: Mike StotzFebruary 2, 2009 mstotz@kirbylester.com, 847.984.0320Kirby Lester’s New KL30:Fully Automated, Compact SystemFor a Fraction of the Cost of a Robotic DispenserLake Forest, IL (February 2, 2009) – Kirby Lester, LLC, the world’s leading pharmacy automationprovider, today unveiled its first fully automated technology breakthrough: the KL30 automateddispensing and verification system. The KL30 is sized and priced for any retail pharmacy or hospitaloutpatient pharmacy that processes from 100 to 1,000 prescriptions per day.Kirby Lester introduced the KL30 today at the National Association of ChainDrug Stores (NACDS) Regional Chain Conference in Chandler, AZ.The KL30 is a major advancement in saving time, steps and cost in apharmacy. For the first time, Kirby Lester utilizes drug-specific cassettes tofully automate the hands-free dispensing of a pharmacy’s top 30 oral solidmedications. (All other medications can simply be poured into the funnel asis done with other Kirby Lester counters.) The KL30 is based on therecently introduced KL20 “next-generation” platform. The KL20 washeralded by pharmacists and technicians alike as an indispensabletechnology platform.The KL30 automates the dispensing of 100% of all oral solids with the combination cassette & pourthroughmethods. The 30 cassettes alone manage 25-30% of the orders in a typical retail pharmacy. Incontrast, most robotic dispensers automate only 40-45% of orders, at a cost of 7-10 times the cost of aKL30. The KL30 will be offered for less than $20,000.In addition to managing the dispensing of all tablets, the KL30 also automates the verification of 100% ofall prescriptions, not just oral solids.“The KL30 is exactly what our customers have been asking Kirby Lester to develop,” says ChristopherThomsen, Kirby Lester’s Vice President, Business Development. “We have combined the speed andconvenience of full automation, the reliability of Kirby Lester’s counting technology and a price-point thatmakes the KL30 a very affordable, fully-automated system for any size pharmacy. Automating the top 30medications saves significant time and steps – without being overkill. These are the medications that aredispensed over and over.”The KL30’s major features are:• Automated, hands-free counting: 30 drug-specific cassettes are included to handle the mostcommon oral solids in a pharmacy. Cassettes hold up to 650cc. Each cassette is “intelligent”, orencoded and shaped for specific medications to prevent dispensing errors. If the needs of apharmacy grow, additional cassettes can be ordered.

• Double-counting assurance: The KL30 counts medications twice, first when tablets are dispensedfrom the cassette; and second, as the tablets fall through the Kirby Lester.• 100% order verification: The KL30 enables the pharmacy to verify the dispensing of 100% of allmedications, not just oral solids.• Compact size: Fits on a countertop, needs no remodeling (only 21” high x 12” wide).• Bi-directional interfacing: Full connection with your pharmacy management system.• Built-in workflow software: Turn it on or off as needed to fit your processes.• Inventory tools: Effortlessly perform physical inventories, with no hand-tallying. Send inventorycounts directly to the pharmacy management system or other database.(Digital photography available.)###About Kirby LesterKirby Lester was established in 1971 and maintains the largest market share of automatic tablet/capsulecounter sales in the United States, plus 35 other countries. More Kirby Lester counters are used todispense prescriptions in retail, mail order, hospital and long-term care pharmacies and manufacturingfacilities than any other automated counting system; almost 30,000 pharmacies worldwide rely on KirbyLester for their counting needs…exactly! For more information, contact Kirby Lester at 847.984.3377 orwww.kirbylester.com.