CliniCon Announces Agreements With Enteral Nutrition Manufacturers.

Business Editors & Health/Medical Writers

FRANKLIN, Tenn.--(BW HealthWire)--July 7, 2000

James B. Creason, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, today announces the finalization of separate agreements with two of the world's largest enteral manufacturers of enteral nutrition products. Due to sales and marketing strategies of both manufacturers, the names of each were not disclosed.

The first agreement, a clinical support services agreement, will provide the undisclosed manufacturer the ability to utilize CliniCon's proprietary CliniSupport service through its operating division, ProVision Services, Inc. (ProVision). As a result of the agreement, customers of the manufacturer will be provided quality assurance, conversion and relationship maintenance services through ProVision's field support personnel. The second agreement, a clinical assessment services agreement, will provide the other undisclosed manufacturer's customers access to CliniCon's proprietary enteral nutrition assessment service through its nutrition therapy division, NutriCor, Inc. (NutriCor).

Commenting on the agreements, Jeffrey D. Bowman, President and Chief Operating Officer, stated, "We have been working on the CliniSupport arrangement for several months, and today marks the solidification of a new service offering of CliniCon. This agreement will provide us the ability to expand our services in a way that takes advantage of the field management, client relations, reimbursement and product knowledge expertise we have developed in this niche market. The nutritional assessment services agreement marks NutriCor's third such agreement with enteral nutrition manufacturers in the company's operating history. We are understandably enthusiastic about adding this manufacturer to the list of NutriCor clients utilizing the Nutristat(TM) nutrition assessment platform as the standard enteral nutrition assessment technology tool in the extended care market."

The world's largest manufacturers of enteral nutrition products are Nestle Clinical Nutrition, a division of Nestle USA, Novartis Nutrition, a division of Novartis Pharmaceuticals, Mead Johnson Nutritionals, a division of Bristol-Myers Squibb and Ross Products Division, a division of Abbott Laboratories, Inc.

CliniCon is an innovative healthcare `business to business' provider of therapy, information technology and e-commerce services focused on the nutrition and dermatological areas of the extended care market, which includes long-term care and home care. Through its operating subsidiaries, CliniCon services approximately 450 profit centers of long term care operators, home care operators, institutional pharmacies, third party providers and manufactures in 42 states in the U.S.

For more information about CliniCon, visit www.clini-con.com, call 615/595-6335, extension 222, or send email to [e-mail].