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Cardinal Health to Distribute RSD's Radiology Products

By HospiMedica staff writers
Posted on 10 Aug 2004

Cardinal Health, Inc. (Cleveland, OH, USA), a provider of healthcare products and services, has announced an exclusive agreement with Radiology Support Devices (RSD; Long Beach, CA, USA) to become the worldwide distributor for RSD products through its Radiation Management Services business. RSD is a supplier of anthropomorphic phantoms and related products for radiology, radiation therapy, and nuclear medicine.

"We are pleased because this new association will increase our sales and marketing reach through their distribution channels,” stated Sam Alderson, president of RSD. "RSD will concentrate on many new product developments with Cardinal Health handles the sales and marketing.”

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