RETRACTABLE TECHNOLOGIES, INC., ANNOUNCES SETTLEMENTS WITH DEFENDANTS NOVATION/VHA INC., PREMIER INC., AND TYCO INT’L (US) INC. IN ANTITRUST CASE LITTLE ELM, Texas—Retractable Technologies, Inc. (AMEX:RVP), a leading maker of safety needle devices, today announced that it had reached settlement agreements with Novation, L.L.C., VHA, Inc., Premier Inc., Premier Purchasing Partners,