Dendrite Names Nigel Whitehead Vice President of Global Accounts; Key Walsh/ST Executive Joins SFE Industry Leader Dendrite International.

MORRISTOWN, NJ--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 21, 1999--

Dendrite International, Inc. (Nasdaq/NMS:DRTE) today announced the appointment of Nigel Whitehead, former Vice President of Business Development North America at Walsh International (part of IMS Health/Strategic Technologies), to the position of Dendrite Vice President, Global Accounts. Whitehead will be directly responsible for developing commercial strategies for key accounts.

Dendrite announces the addition of Whitehead to its executive team as part of the Company's Global Reach Strategy and its commitment to strengthen and broaden Dendrite's positioning in multi-national markets. For the past 15 years, Whitehead has played a key role in expanding Walsh's services in Europe, the Middle East, Latin America, and North America.

"Dendrite is focused on providing value to our customers on a global basis," said Dendrite Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales & Marketing, Mark Cieplik. "Few in this industry have had success in as many geographies and with as many pharmaceutical customers as Nigel, and we are thrilled to welcome him to the Dendrite executive team."

"Dendrite has clearly established themselves as the leader in the Sales Force Effectiveness market space, on a global basis," said Whitehead. "I am pleased to be a part of an expanding executive team of such high quality and experience."

A mechanical engineering graduate of Louborough University of Technology in Leicestershire, UK, Whitehead began his 15-year career with Walsh focusing on sales and management. His broad range of experience in the area of technology-enabled systems within the pharmaceutical industry is enhanced by his professional history of working with multi-national clients.

ABOUT DENDRITE

As a leading global provider of highly-specialized, integrated product and service offerings for the Pharmaceutical and Consumer Package Goods (CPG) industries, Dendrite supports corporate strategies for a sustained competitive advantage. Thousands of sales representatives and their managers from over 150 companies and 57 countries rely on Dendrite for a uniquely tailored combination of tools, information and skills to help them prepare for tomorrow's challenges and improve their sales success. Focusing strongly on outcomes, Dendrite combines its modular software products with specifically tailored coaching and support services. With a global infrastructure as its foundation, Dendrite's commitment to unparalleled service has been the hallmark of the business and the basis of strong customer loyalty since the Company's inception in 1986.

Headquartered in Morristown, New Jersey, Dendrite employs over 1100 people around the world. For more information, visit the Company's Web site at http://www.drte.com.

Note: Dendrite is a registered trademark of Dendrite International, Inc.

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