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Biosite Selects Pilgrim Software’s Solution to Support Rapid Growth


Tampa, FL – December 19, 2005 –
Pilgrim Software, Inc., the leading provider of Enterprise Compliance and Quality Management Solutions, today announced that Biosite® Incorporated (Nasdaq: BSTE) a global biomedical company, has selected Pilgrim’s SmartSolve and Q&MIS solutions to ensure regulatory compliance, improve quality processes and expand data visibility throughout their enterprise.

SmartSolve and Q&MIS solutions with their built-in business practices and flexible configuration will assist Biosite’s global operations to address and manage corrective and preventive actions, root cause analyses, assessments and audits, employee training/certification and supplier performance. The embedded industry best practice workflows in these solutions will provide organizations like Biosite with a model for meeting compliance requirements and operational excellence initiatives cost effectively.  Additionally, the solutions have been built on technology that would allow Biosite’s to also tailor the solutions to its unique processes and needs.

These solutions have been purchased to replace multiple, disconnected, manual quality and compliance systems currently in place at Biosite.  By managing all of these processes from a centralized single integrated solution, Biosite will be able to reduce RA/QA infrastructure costs including maintenance, labor, IT and operating costs.

“Biosite, a Top 100 high growth company, is a biomedical company that develops ground-breaking new medical diagnostic products,” said Prashanth Rajendran, Executive Vice President/COO of Pilgrim Software. “We look forward to working with Biosite to reduce their cost of regulatory compliance while streamlining the quality processes.”


About Biosite Incorporated
Biosite Incorporated is a leading bio-medical company commercializing proteomics discoveries for the advancement of medical diagnosis. The Company's products contribute to improvements in medical care by aiding physicians in the diagnosis of critical diseases and health conditions. Biosite's Triage(R) rapid diagnostics are used in approximately 50 percent of U.S. hospitals and in more than 50 international markets. Information on Biosite can be found at www.biosite.com.

About Pilgrim Software, Inc.
Pilgrim Software, Inc. is the leading provider of Enterprise Compliance and Quality Management solutions for global organizations. Pilgrim helps organizations manage industry and regulatory compliance, reduce manufacturing costs and improve customer satisfaction. For more information, visit Pilgrim Software’s Web site at www.pilgrimsoftware.com.