Varian's Software Selected By Christie NHS Foundation Trust

Varian Medical Systems, Inc. VAR revealed that it was selected by the Christie NHS Foundation Trust to provide Eclipse treatment planning software. According to the company, it was for the proton center that is under construction currently at the Manchester hospital in the United Kingdom.

Varian was already a supplier of treatment equipment for the two proton centers in the Britain that is being constructed at University College Hospital and at The Christie in London. The company indicated it was granted orders for 12 proton treatment planning licenses and three licenses for conventional radiotherapy planning.

The company said it was expanding its current ARIA oncology information management network and adding its Velocity system that offered big -scale archival image storage and management and serves as a centralized repository for all diagnostic, planning and delivery information.

Varian's VP of software sales in EMEIA, Steve Laws, commented, "Varian is proud to have been selected to provide advanced treatment planning software for this major new facility. This decision recognizes our long-term commitment to the proton therapy market and our ability to offer a level of compatibility and technical excellence that no other oncology software provider can match."

Similarly, The Christie's lead physicist, Matthew Clarke, reacted to the developments saying, "We selected Varian as the proton treatment planning software provider because of the technical excellence and strong connectivity of its systems, together with the fact that Varian is a well-established and reliable supplier of cancer treatment equipment and software."

On Wednesday, the stock traded 0.35 percent down.