CVS Installs Innovative Medical Services' Fillmaster 1000e and Scanmaster in Pharmacies; New Fillmaster Products Provide Leading-Edge Technology.

SAN DIEGO--(BW HealthWire)--Nov. 3, 1999--

Innovative Medical Services today announced that CVS/pharmacy (NYSE:CVS) has ordered Fillmaster(R) Pharmaceutical Water Purification Systems equipped with Fillmaster 1000e Dispensers and the new Scanmaster(R) enhancement for its High Volume Automation Stores.

After the initial order of 200 systems this year, CVS plans a continued rollout throughout the next year as its EPIC 2000 project unfolds.

"The Fillmaster System, especially with the new 1000e Dispenser and Scanmaster module, keeps CVS on the leading edge of pharmacy technology. By using Fillmasters, we enhance our professionalism and customer service while providing hard-cost savings to the corporation," commented Chris Bodine, senior vice president of Healthcare Services. In addition to the bulk Fillmaster purchase, CVS subscribed to IMS' automatic filter replacement program, through which IMS automatically ships replacement Fillmaster system filters to CVS pharmacies on an annual maintenance schedule.

"CVS dispenses 12% of the nation's retail prescriptions, and Innovative Medical Services is pleased to contribute to CVS' industry leadership with our Fillmaster products," stated Laura Rosenthal, Innovative Medical's director of Corporate Sales.

About CVS

CVS is the largest retail provider of prescriptions in the nation. The company is the No. 1 drugstore chain in the U.S., with approximately 4,100 stores in the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, Southeast and Midwest regions of the country. General information about CVS, including corporate background and press releases, is available at CVS' Web site at http://www.CVS.com.

About Innovative Medical Services

Innovative Medical Services, based in El Cajon, Calif. manufactures and markets water purification, measuring, and dispensing equipment used in pharmacies to reconstitute oral antibiotic suspensions, and residential drinking water filtration systems used in consumer markets. The company markets proprietary filters for the aforementioned products, thereby gaining another significant source of ongoing sales and cash flow. The company's customer base for its Fillmaster(R) pharmacy systems includes Wal-Mart (NYSE:WMT), Walgreens (NYSE:WAG), American Stores (NYSE:ASC), Eckerd, Kroger (NYSE:KR), Fred Meyer (NYSE:FMY), Target (NYSE:DH) and CVS (NYSE:CVS).

The company's Nutripure(R) line of residential water systems includes a residential reverse osmosis water system available as either a convenient, compact unit easily installed beneath the sink, or as an attractive countertop appliance requiring no installation. Brand recognition for the Nutripure products is driven by the new Nutripure 2000 countertop water filtration system. Nutripure 2000 competes with PUR(R), Brita(R) and Culligan(R) products. Marketing of Nutripure 2000 is supported by consumer targeted, e-commerce advertising campaigns on AOL(R) (NYSE:AOL), Yahoo(R) (Nasdaq:YHOO) and Lycos(R) (Nasdaq:LCOS). The company's products can be purchased online from IMS' Yahoo!(R) Store at stores.yahoo.com/nutripure or from its Web site at www.imspure.com.

Forward-looking statements in this release are made pursuant to the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements are based on current management expectations that involve risks and uncertainties that may result in such expectations not being realized. Potential risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, the risks described in filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.