NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire - August 17, 2009) - Daxor Corporation (NYSE Amex: DXR), a medical
instrumentation and biotechnology company, today announced that the Board
of Directors has voted to declare a dividend of $0.25 per share. The
dividend will be paid to shareholders of record as of Tuesday, August 25,
2009. The dividend will be paid on Tuesday, September 8, 2009.
This is the second dividend the Company has declared for 2009. The Company
paid a dividend of $0.10 per share on Monday, June 15, 2009.
These payments are in keeping with the declaration of Company management in
2008 to pay dividends when funds are available.
For the year ended December 31, 2008, the Company paid a total dividend of
$1.50 per share as follows: $0.25 per share on August 26th and November
26th and a special dividend of $1.00 per share on December 30, 2008.
As part of our ongoing research and development efforts, Daxor was actively
engaged in participating in several clinical trials in three strategic
areas: Intensive Critical Care Medicine, Heart Failure/Hypertension and
Dialysis. Of the five current clinical trials, one has recently been
completed, Blood Volume Analysis in treating ICU Patients - A
Prospective, Randomized Outcome Study. The basis of this study was to
investigate if the inclusion of a measured blood volume analysis from
Daxor's BVA-100 would result in (1) a change in treatment; (2) improved
clinical outcomes; and (3) reductions in the cost of care.
Daxor is also coordinating its first multi-center, prospective, blinded
outcome study in heart failure. The TEAM HF (Treatment to Euvolemia by
Assessment and Measured Blood Volume in Heart Failure) will be comprised of
nine (9) medical centers and a total of 300 patients. This study will
investigate if utilizing a measured blood volume while treating heart
failure patients following a hospital stay will decrease a patient's need
to revisit the hospital, decrease the mortality rate and improve their
overall treatment and quality of life while living with heart failure.
Daxor Corporation manufactures and markets the BVA-100, the only
FDA-approved semi-automated Blood Volume Analyzer. The BVA-100 is used in
conjunction with Volumex, Daxor's single use diagnostic kit. For more
information regarding Daxor Corporation's Blood Volume Analyzer BVA-100,
visit Daxor's website www.Daxor.com.