Pro Medicus : 2016 Interim Results

'We continue to build on our strong presence in North America, actively pursuing key opportunities both within the enterprise imaging/large teaching hospitals and private imaging centre markets,' Dr Hupert said. 'Pleasingly, our European business performed strongly during the period, benefiting from the significant sale to a German government hospital in November. We hope this will lead to further contracts in this important market.'

Dr Hupert said the company's costs went up during the period, which included several one-off costs which won't be repeated. 'Other costs we incurred were simply the result of increased business activity and growth, and were to be expected,' he said. 'We added staff in the USA to service our new customers, we increased our presence at the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) and we had higher legal fees as we chased more contracts. We are confident these are prudent investments and that revenue will continue to grow significantly faster than costs.'

Pro Medicus has continued its significant investment in research and development, both in Australia and overseas. Promedicus.net, the company's e-health offering, continued to perform well throughout the period despite increasing competition.

Dr Hupert said he was pleased that Pro Medicus continued to win large contracts against significant international opposition, and that these wins were driven by the superior performance and function of the Visage 7 product line and not by cost. 'Every large contract we win is further vindication that our imaging solution is world-class,' he said. 'Further proof of this was the announcement we made last week that the American College of Radiology and the University of Florida will collaborate in using Pro Medicus' Visage 7 imaging technology to assist in training and assessing radiology residents throughout the USA.'