Medical Services International (Edmonton, Alberta) said it has agreed in principal to supply a group of 17 hospitals in China with 600,000 VScan HIV test kits by Sept. 15, with the first shipment to be delivered by July 15. The company said the order has a value of about $1.4 million and does not includes sales from other contracts for the VScan HIV test kit or any other VScan test kits. It said its Shanghai facility would begin production of the kits immediately.