Cybear Group Common Stock To Be Reverse Split 1-For-4.

Business Editors & Health/Medical Writers

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.--(BW HealthWire)--July 27, 2001

Andrx Corporation today announced that, subject to approval by Andrx Corporation stockholders, it intends to implement a 1-for-4 reverse stock split for its Cybear Group Common Stock (Nasdaq:CYBA), effective at the opening of trading on Tuesday, July 31, 2001. Stockholder approval of this reverse stock split is expected to be received at Andrx's July 30, 2001 Annual Meeting. Upon effectiveness, each four shares of the existing Cybear Group Common Stock will be exchanged for one share of new Cybear Group Common Stock. Following this reverse stock split, Cybear Group Common Stock is expected to be in compliance with the continued listing requirements of Nasdaq.

For twenty trading days beginning July 31, 2001 and ending August 27, 2001, the Cybear Group Common Stock will trade under the symbol "CYBAD." Beginning August 28, 2001 and thereafter, the Cybear Group Common Stock will trade under its current symbol "CYBA."

Cybear common stock is a class of common stock of Andrx Corporation but is designed to reflect Cybear Group's performance. Holders of Cybear common stock have no specific rights to the assets of Cybear Group. Andrx Corporation continues to hold title to all of the Cybear Group assets and is responsible for all of its liabilities, regardless of how it allocates assets and liabilities among the classes of stock for financial statement presentation purposes. Holders of Cybear common stock are therefore subject to the risks of investing in the businesses, assets and liabilities of Andrx Corporation as a whole. For instance, the assets devoted to each class of stock are subject to company-wide claims of creditors, product liability plaintiffs and stockholder litigation.

Andrx Corporation - Cybear common stock tracks the business of the Cybear Group. Headquartered in Boca Raton, Florida, the Cybear Group's products and technology are designed to allow the Internet to be used to improve the efficiency of clinical, administrative and communications tasks in the healthcare industry. The Cybear Group uses multiple networks, including its own secure private network, to provide access to the Internet, email, and productivity applications that are available on a transaction or subscription basis to physicians, physician organizations and hospitals. Product offerings also include a variety of healthcare products available to physicians through the Internet, online applications such as the Physicians' Online Web portal, business tools for hospital messaging, lab orders and results, streamlined purchasing, prescription writing, claims processing, eligibility verification, formulary-compliance, credentialing, and physician-patient communications via the Internet. Through Cybearclub, Cybear Group's joint venture with Andrx, Cybear Group distributes healthcare products to physicians through the Internet.

Forward-looking statements (statements which are not historical facts) in this release are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. For this purpose, any statements contained in this report that are not statements of historical fact may be deemed to be forward-looking statements. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, words such as "to," "may", "will", "expect", "believe", "anticipate", "intend", "could", "would", "estimate", or "continue" or the negative or other variations thereof or comparable terminology are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Investors are cautioned that all forward-looking statements involve risk and uncertainties. Cybear common stock is a class of common stock of Andrx Corporation, therefore Cybear Group stockholders are subject to the risks and uncertainties described in Andrx Corporation's filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, including Andrx Corporation's Annual Report on Form 10-K, for the year ended December 31, 2000 and its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2001.

This release, and additional information about Cybear Group and Andrx Corporation, is also available on the Internet at: http://www.cybear.com and http://www.andrx.com.