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Cybear Group Reports Second Quarter 2001 Results of Operations.


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Andrx Corporation today announced financial results for the three and six month periods ended June June: see month.  30, 2001, for the Cybear Group (Nasdaq:CYBA CYBA Charter Yacht Broker Association
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), representing Andrx Corporation's common stock that tracks the business of the Cybear Group. During the second quarter of 2001, Cybear Group was comprised of Andrx Corporation's wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary

A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock.

Notes:
In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners.
, Cybear Inc., and its subsidiaries, and effective April 2, 2001, Mediconsult.com, Inc., and its subsidiaries.

For the second quarter of 2001, Cybear Group reported a net loss of $8.5 million, or $0.35 per diluted di·lute  
tr.v. di·lut·ed, di·lut·ing, di·lutes
1. To make thinner or less concentrated by adding a liquid such as water.

2. To lessen the force, strength, purity, or brilliance of, especially by admixture.
 share, compared to a net loss of $5.2 million, or $0.34 per pro forma As a matter of form or for the sake of form. Used to describe accounting, financial, and other statements or conclusions based upon assumed or anticipated facts.

The phrase pro forma
 diluted share, for the comparable quarter in 2000. For the first six months of 2001, Cybear Group reported a net loss of $13.0 million, or $0.66 per diluted share, compared to a net loss of $11.8 million, or $0.78 per pro forma diluted share, for the same period in 2000. Cybear Group per share amounts, as reported in this release for the 2000 periods, are pro forma as the weighted average shares outstanding of Cybear common stock used in the computation Computation is a general term for any type of information processing that can be represented mathematically. This includes phenomena ranging from simple calculations to human thinking.  for such periods is based on the shares outstanding as of the September September: see month.  7, 2000 reorganization The process of carrying out, through agreements and legal proceedings, a business plan for winding up the affairs of, or foreclosing a mortgage upon, the property of a corporation that has become insolvent. . The net loss for the second quarter of 2001 of $8.5 million includes a non-recurring charge of $2.0 million related to the write-off Write-Off

A reduction in the value of an asset or earnings by the amount of an expense or loss. Companies are able to write off certain expenses that are required to run the business, or have been incurred in the operation of the business and detract from retained revenues.
 of the remaining goodwill established from the 1999 acquisition of Telegraph telegraph, term originally applied to any device or system for distant communication by means of visible or audible signals, now commonly restricted to electrically operated devices. Attempts at long-distance communication date back thousands of years (see signaling).  Consulting Corp.

On September 7, 2000, Andrx Corporation completed a reorganization whereby Andrx Corporation acquired the outstanding shares of common stock of Cybear Inc. that it did not own, Andrx Corporation was reincorporated in Delaware Delaware, state, United States
Delaware (dĕl`əwâr, –wər), one of the Middle Atlantic states of the United States, the country's second smallest state (after Rhode Island).
, and two new classes of Andrx Corporation common stock were created - Cybear common stock to track the performance of the Cybear Group and Andrx common stock (Nasdaq:ADRX ADRX Andrx Corporation (stock symbol) ), to track the performance of Andrx Corporation and its subsidiaries other than the Cybear Group ("Andrx"). In connection with the reorganization, Andrx Corporation shareholders exchanged each share of Andrx common stock held (pre-reorganization) for one share of Andrx common stock and .1489 shares of Cybear common stock.

"During the second quarter of 2001, Cybear Group completed the Mediconsult merger, which gave us direct online access to over 225,000 authenticated au·then·ti·cate  
tr.v. au·then·ti·cat·ed, au·then·ti·cat·ing, au·then·ti·cates
To establish the authenticity of; prove genuine: a specialist who authenticated the antique samovar.
 U.S. licensed physicians, and we signed additional license and royalty agreements on our electronic prescription delivery patents," said Timothy E. Nolan, Cybear Inc.'s President and Chief Operating Officer Chief Operating Officer (COO)

The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president.
. "Our continued focus remains on providing valuable clinical and administrative Internet-enabled applications that enhance the delivery of quality healthcare by physicians and other providers."

Cybear Group recorded total revenues of $2.5 million for the three months ended June 30, 2001, an increase of approximately ap·prox·i·mate  
adj.
1. Almost exact or correct: the approximate time of the accident.

2.
 $1.2 million compared to total revenues for the second quarter of 2000. As of June 30, 2001, included in the Cybear Group balance sheet is $1.5 million of deferred revenue of which $832,000 related to licenses of certain electronic prescription delivery patents.

Revenues in the second quarter of 2001 included total Cybearclub LC ("Cybearclub") revenues of $1.1 million, compared to total Cybearclub revenues of $982,000 for the comparable 2000 quarter. Cybearclub is Cybear Group's joint venture with Andrx intended to distribute healthcare products to physicians through the Internet Internet

Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the
. Under this joint venture, Cybearclub utilized Andrx telemarketers to transition Andrx customers, as well as new physician customers, to place orders with Cybearclub over the Internet. As a result of an amendment to the Joint Venture Agreement, beginning October October: see month.  9, 2000, Cybearclub revenues consist of physician Internet sales entered by physician offices on the Internet and do not include revenues procured by Andrx telemarketers which are recorded by Andrx. Cybearclub's $1.1 million in revenues for the second quarter of 2001 represented physician Internet sales, reported as "Cybearclub LC Internet product sales." For the second quarter of 2000, total Cybearclub revenues were $982,000, consisting of $260,000 representing physician Internet sales reported as "Cybearclub LC Internet product sales," and $722,000 representing orders procured by Andrx telemarketers and entered by Cybear employees over the Internet on behalf of customers reported as "Cybearclub LC telemarketing telemarketing, the practice of selling goods or services to customers by means of the telephone or of surveying consumer preferences in telephone conversations.  product sales."

Cybear Group generated $1.2 million in revenue associated with its Web development, hosting and other services for the second quarter of 2001, compared to $124,000 for the comparable 2000 quarter. Web development, hosting and other services for the 2001 quarter included $822,000 primarily derived de·rive  
v. de·rived, de·riv·ing, de·rives

v.tr.
1. To obtain or receive from a source.

2.
 from Mediconsult. Subscription revenues from Dr. Cybear were $142,000 for the second quarter of 2001, compared to $4,000 for the comparable quarter in 2000.

Gross profit from Cybearclub LC Internet product sales was $70,000 with a gross margin of 6.4% in the quarter ended June 30, 2001. Gross profit from total Cybearclub sales and other product sales was $21,000 with a gross margin of 1.9% for the quarter ended June 30, 2000.

Network operations and support, product development and selling, general and administrative expenses were $5.2 million in the second quarter of 2001, compared to $4.1 million in the second quarter of 2000. The overall increase in these expenses was primarily the result of additional network operations and support costs associated with Mediconsult.

Depreciation and amortization expense was $2.8 million for the three months ended June 30, 2001, compared to $773,000 in the second quarter of 2000. The increase in depreciation and amortization in the second quarter of 2001 resulted primarily from the amortization on $11.7 million of goodwill established as a result of the acquisition of Mediconsult in April 2001 and $10.4 million of goodwill established from the September 2000 reorganization.

The second quarter of 2001 included $2.0 million of other non-recurring charges associated with the impairment Impairment

1. A reduction in a company's stated capital.

2. The total capital that is less than the par value of the company's capital stock.

Notes:
1. This is usually reduced because of poorly estimated losses or gains.

2.
 of the remaining Telegraph goodwill. The second quarter 2000 results included $53,000 in merger costs associated with the September 2000 reorganization and $870,000 in other non-recurring charges consisting of the impairment associated with the termination of an agreement.

Cybear Group recognized interest income of $95,000 for the second quarter 2001, compared to $505,000 for the second quarter of 2000. The interest income was generated primarily from the investment of the net proceeds Net Proceeds

The amount received after all costs are deducted from the sale of a piece of property or security.

Notes:
In the case of an investor selling a security, net proceeds represent the proceeds from the sale minus any trading costs (i.e. commissions).
 raised from the June 1999 public offering of Cybear Inc.

The increase in the diluted weighted average shares of common stock outstanding in the second quarter of 2001 was primarily attributable attributable

emanating from or pertaining to attribute.


attributable proportion
see attributable risk (below).

attributable risk
 to the April 2, 2001, stock-for-stock merger with Mediconsult whereby 9.4 million shares of Cybear common stock were initially issued. In addition, 2.4 million shares of Cybear common stock will be issued to the Mediconsult shareholders in the third quarter of 2001.

As of June 30, 2001, Cybear Group had approximately $4.7 million in cash, cash equivalents and investments available-for-sale and $317,000 of working capital. As previously announced, Andrx and Cybear have entered into a $12.0 million committed line of credit which provides Cybear with the ability to begin drawing cash once Cybear's cash balance falls below $3.0 million. As of June 30, 2001, no amount had been drawn against this line of credit.

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 An action brought in court to enforce a particular right. The act or process of bringing a lawsuit in and of itself; a judicial contest; any dispute.

When a person begins a civil lawsuit, the person enters into a process called litigation.
.

Andrx Corporation - Cybear common stock tracks the business of the Cybear Group. Headquartered in Boca Raton, Florida Boca Raton ("bōkə rə-tōn") is a city in Palm Beach County, Florida incorporated in May 1925. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 74,764; the 2006 population recorded by the U.S. Census Bureau was 86,396. , 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 See portal. , business tools for hospital messaging, lab orders and results, streamlined purchasing, prescription writing, claims processing, eligibility verification See verify.

verification - The process of determining whether or not the products of a given phase in the life-cycle fulfil a set of established requirements.
, formulary-compliance, credentialing Credentialing is the administrative process for validating the qualifications of licensed professionals, organizational members or organizations, and assessing their background and legitimacy. , 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 forward-looking statement

A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections.
 (statements which are not historical facts) in this release are made pursuant to the safe harbor Safe Harbor

1. A legal provision to reduce or eliminate liability as long as good faith is demonstrated.

2. A form of shark repellent implemented by a target company acquiring a business that is so poorly regulated that the target itself is less attractive.
 provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and  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 gen·er·al·i·ty  
n. pl. gen·er·al·i·ties
1. The state or quality of being general.

2. An observation or principle having general application; a generalization.

3.
 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 Form 10-K

A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information.


Form 10-K

See 10-K.
, for the year ended December December: see month.  31, 2000 and its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q Form 10-Q

See 10-Q.
 for the quarter ended March 31, 2001.

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


                             Cybear Group
       Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations
        (in thousands, except for share and per share amounts)

                         Three Months Ended       Six Months Ended
                              June 30,                 June 30,
                      ----------------------   -----------------------
                          2001      2000 (1)       2001      2000 (1)
                       ---------  -----------   ---------  ----------
Revenues
 Cybearclub LC
  Internet product
  sales (2)           $   1,098     $   260    $   2,023     $    326
 Cybearclub LC
  telemarketing
  product sales (2)          --         722           --          871
 Other product sales         --         127           --          127
 Web development,
  hosting and other
  services                1,239         124        1,763          136
 Subscription               142           4          276            8
                      ----------  ----------  -----------  ----------
Total revenues            2,479       1,237        4,062        1,468
                      ----------  ----------  -----------  ----------

Operating expenses
 Cost of sales            1,028       1,088        1,899        1,297
 Network operations
  and support             2,095       1,193        3,143        2,208
 Product development      1,357         840        2,786        1,788
 Selling, general
  and administrative      1,788       2,115        3,270        4,809
 Depreciation and
  amortization            2,804         773        4,335        1,322
 Merger costs                --          53           --          885
 Other non-recurring
  charges                 1,982         870        1,982        2,022
Total operating       ----------  ----------  -----------  ----------

 expenses                11,054       6,932       17,415       14,331
                      ----------  ----------  -----------  ----------

Loss from operations     (8,575)     (5,695)     (13,353)     (12,863)

Other income
 Interest income             95         505          307        1,064
                      ----------  ----------  -----------  ----------

Net loss              $  (8,480)   $ (5,190)  $  (13,046)   $ (11,799)
                      ==========  ==========  ===========  ==========
Basic and diluted
 net loss per
 share (3)            $   (0.35)   $  (0.34)  $    (0.66)   $   (0.78)
                      ==========  ==========  ===========  ==========
Basic and diluted
 weighted average
 shares of common
 stock
 outstanding (3)     24,419,000  15,203,000   19,836,000   15,203,000
                     ==========  ==========   ==========   ==========

(1) Certain prior period amounts have been reclassified to conform to
    the current period presentation.
(2) Through the first quarter of 2000, Cybearclub product sales were
    reported as E-commerce sales. In the second quarter of 2000,
    Cybear changed its presentation from E-commerce sales to
    Cybearclub LC sales and in the third quarter of 2000, to
    Cybearclub LC Internet product sales (i.e. physician Internet
    orders) and Cybearclub LC telemarketing product sales (i.e.
    telemarketing orders entered over the Internet on behalf of
    customers by Cybear employees). Cybear has reclassified prior year
    amounts to conform to this presentation.
(3) The pro forma basic and diluted net loss per share included herein
    for the three and six months ended June 30, 2000 has been
    calculated assuming the pro forma basic and diluted weighted
    average shares of common stock outstanding as of the September 7,
    2000 reorganization (the effective date of issuance of the Cybear
    common stock) were outstanding for these periods.

                             Cybear Group
            Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
                            (in thousands)

                                          June 30,    December 31,
                                            2001          2000
                                       ------------  -------------
ASSETS
 Cash, cash equivalents and
    Investments available-for-sale      $     4,691   $   16,701
 Accounts receivable, net and
  other current assets                        2,611        1,441
                                       ------------  -----------
    Total current assets                      7,302       18,142

  Total long-term assets, net                27,999       21,363
                                       ------------  -----------
    Total assets                        $    35,301   $   39,505
                                       ============  ===========

LIABILITIES AND GROUP EQUITY
 Total liabilities                      $     6,985   $    1,954
 Group equity                                28,316       37,551
                                       ------------  -----------
    Total liabilities and group equity  $    35,301   $   39,505
                                       ============  ===========
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