RE: mdi Consultants, Inc. gives 2-day cGMP seminar to Pharmaceutical Executives from the Newly Independent States of the Former Soviet Union

The SABIT (Special American Business Internship Training Program) program, a part of the U.S. Department of Commerce, invited mdi Consultants, Inc. on January 30, 2003 to provide a 2-day seminar to 18 pharmaceutical executives from the Newly Independent States of the Former Soviet Union. The seminar was meant to cover cGMP training for U.S. market entry.

The executives represented companies of various sizes, from over 1000 employees to smaller than 50 employees. There were representatives from the following countries: Georgia, Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Armenia, Ukraine, Moldova, Belarus and Uzbekistan. The executives were keenly interested in implementing cGMP practices into their manufacturing plants and asked many questions in regards to process validation. Overall, the seminar was a success and mdi Consultants was glad to participate in a program to help strengthen the ties between the republics of the former Soviet Union and the United States.

About SABIT: The SABIT Program has provided technical assistance and training to managers and scientists from the former Soviet Union since 1992. In addition to assisting economic restructuring in Eurasia, the program also provides an excellent opportunity for U.S. companies to develop strategic contacts and introduce their goods and services to key decision-makers in Eurasian markets. Since its inception, SABIT has trained roughly 2,500 interns, who have returned to their home countries to assume increasingly influential responsibilities in their companies, associations, and local, regional and federal governments.

About mdi Consultants, Inc.: mdi Consultants, Inc. is the leading regulatory and quality global consulting firm that assists healthcare food companies with market entry into the United States and Europe. mdi has been in business since 1978 and provides FDA compliance, ISO compliance, Crisis Intervention and CE Mark services to the medical device, pharmaceutical and food industries. We have an international staff of former industry executives, FDA officials and quality managers that provide expert knowledge to our clients. mdi has served over 500 companies worldwide on their important quality and regulatory issues.