McKesson Pharmacy Systems Announces Extended Relationship With Wolters Kluwer Health

MPS President, Stanton McComb, remarked, “McKesson Pharmacy Systems and Wolters Kluwer Health have enjoyed a longstanding, very positive, and very fruitful partnership. We are extremely pleased to extend that partnership to our premier platform, the new EnterpriseRx pharmacy system. We look forward to offering our customers alternatives and new sources of differentiation, as we move forward with Wolters Kluwer Health and Medi-Span.”

“We are delighted by this opportunity to further strengthen our partnership with McKesson Pharmacy Systems,” said Wolters Kluwer Health’s Clinical Solutions Division President and CEO, Arvind Subramanian. “It is our goal to provide the pharmacy community with the most comprehensive drug information solutions available, while excelling at customer service and satisfaction. This partnership with MPS provides a new, exciting channel for delivering these benefits to the marketplace through McKesson’s premier platform - EnterpriseRx™.”

About McKesson Corporation

McKesson Corporation, currently ranked 18th on the FORTUNE 500, is a healthcare services and information technology company dedicated to helping its customers deliver high-quality healthcare by reducing costs, streamlining processes, and improving the quality and safety of patient care. McKesson is the longest-operating company in healthcare today, and will mark 175 years of continuous operations in 2008. Over the course of its history, McKesson has grown by providing pharmaceutical and medical-surgical supply management across the spectrum of care; healthcare information technology for hospitals, physicians, homecare and payors; hospital and retail pharmacy automation; and services for manufacturers and payors designed to improve outcomes for patients. For more information, visit www.mckesson.com.

About McKesson Pharmacy Systems

With a wide array of unique pharmacy solutions that provide superior performance, functionality, and world-class support, our complete portfolio of flexible software solutions can aid nearly all pharmacy operations. Our cutting-edge technology solves the needs of community, chain, hospital, clinic, and long-term care pharmacies in all 50 states. To find out more information about McKesson Pharmacy Systems complete portfolio of products and services please contact us at www.pharmacysystems.mckesson.com or contact the individual named above.

About Wolters Kluwer Health

Wolters Kluwer Health (Conshohocken, PA), a division of Wolters Kluwer, is a leading provider of information for professionals and students in medicine, nursing, allied health, pharmacy and the pharmaceutical industry. Major brands include traditional publishers of medical and drug reference tools and textbooks, such as Lippincott Williams & Wilkins and Facts & Comparisons™; electronic information providers, such as Ovid, Medi-Span® and ProVation® Medical; and pharmaceutical information providers Adis and Source®. For more information, visit WKHealth.com.

About Medi-Span®

Medi-Span®, a part of Wolters Kluwer Health, is the leading provider of drug information for thousands of health care professionals worldwide. With more than 30 years experience, Medi-Span® continues to offer authoritative drug databases in a variety of formats, including clinical decision support and disease suite modules, application programming interfaces and stand-alone software applications. In conjunction with superior implementation and experienced customer support, the Medi-Span® product line is the perfect choice for those needing accurate, trusted drug data that easily integrates into existing software applications. For more information, visit MediSpan.com or call 800.388.8884, press 2.