Armada Health Care Expands Clinical Liaison Team.

SHORT HILLS, N.J. -- Armada Health Care, an organization focused solely on the Specialty Pharmacy trade class, is expanding its field-based Clinical Liaison Team to work with Pharmaceutical Manufacturers, to help them realize strategic alliances with Specialty Pharmacy.

"We are pleased to welcome our newest Clinical Liaison Team members, Robert Jarvis and Sharai Holtz. Their collective 32+ years of experience will serve Armada and our manufacturing partners well, as the Company continues to evolve as a market leader within the Specialty Pharmacy arena. Our Armada members serve patients with difficult-to-manage conditions or diseases, and they commonly use complex therapies. This challenging Specialty Pharmacy environment requires sophisticated planning, execution and support, and that's where the Armada Clinical Liaison Team comes in," stated Lawrence Irene, RPh, Chief Executive Officer of Armada Health Care.

The Clinical Liaison Team - Transcending Traditional Sales

According to Irene, "We created our field-based Clinical Liaison Team to transcend the traditional sales role. This team knows how to form strategic linkages between manufacturers and member pharmacists, providers, and payors - for the benefit of patients nationwide."

This team provides a broad range of services to manufacturers, including:

* Hands-on Sales and Marketing Support -- working together with manufacturers to strategize and implement innovative pull-through programs in biotech and specialty therapeutic categories.

* Proprietary data-capturing abilities including prescription-level detail for increased compliance/persistency and outcomes tracking.

* Preferred access to the Armada Specialty Pharmacy Network (ASPN) - an exclusive national network of qualified specialty pharmacies working with payors as an integrated specialty pharmacy management solution.

Prior to joining Armada, Robert Jarvis served as a Vice President of Specialty Sales for CCS Medical for 2 years and prior to that, he spent 10 years as a Vice President with CVS within the PharmaCare Specialty Pharmacy division. He has over 24+ years of significant pharmaceutical expertise and for the past 13 years, he has focused on the Specialty Pharmacy arena.

Sharai Holtz, formally with TEAMM Pharmaceuticals, a subsidiary of Accentia BioPharmaceuticals, brings 8 years of pharmaceutical experience to Armada. In her previous position, she served as a Managed Care Account Manager.

About Armada Health Care

Armada Health Care, the nation's first and only group purchasing organization dedicated to the Specialty Pharmacy marketplace, has grown to become the market-leading Specialty Pharmacy GPO serving the emerging Specialty Pharmacy trade class. They have a large and growing number of Specialty Pharmacy member locations nationwide; this base accounts for nearly $6 billion in annual Specialty Pharmacy spending, which represents approximately 20% of the Specialty Pharmacy market.

Armada's unparalleled success is driven by pioneering Specialty Pharmacy contract strategies that provide enhanced profitability and prescription information management solutions. Armada also provides sophisticated and fully implemented data collection systems, as well as reporting that complements its strategic focus on the Specialty Pharmacy marketplace.