OTTAWA, Oct. 26
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - MDS Inc. (TSX: MDS; NYSE: MDZ), a leading
provider of products and services to the global health science
market, today announced it will be formally changing its name to
Nordion Inc., effective November 1,
2010. The Company name change was approved by a shareholder
vote on March 11, 2010 at the Special
Annual Shareholders Meeting.
In line with the name change to Nordion Inc.,
the corresponding ticker symbols under which the Company trades on
the Toronto Stock Exchange and New York Stock Exchange will be
changing to NDN and NDZ, respectively, effective November 1, 2010.
About MDS Inc.
MDS Inc. (TSX: MDS; NYSE: MDZ) is a global health science company
that provides market-leading products and services used for the
prevention, diagnosis and treatment of disease. We are a leading
provider of innovative technologies for use in medical imaging and
radiotherapeutics, and sterilization technologies benefiting the
lives of millions of people in more than 65 countries around the
world. Our products and services are used daily by pharmaceutical
and biotechnology companies, medical-device manufacturers,
hospitals, clinics and research laboratories. MDS has more than 600
highly skilled employees in four locations. Find out more at
www.mdsnordion.com.
SOURCE MDS Inc.
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