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Veteran Technology, Internet Executive Kirk Loevner to Be CEO at ePocrates Outgoing CEO John Voris to Remain as Chairman SAN MATEO, Calif., June 29 /PRNewswire/ -- ePocrates, Inc. announced today the appointment of Kirk Loevner as Chief Executive Officer reflecting the company's continued growth and development. This appointment adds to the established senior management team and helps build a team containing both healthcare and technology backgrounds. (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20040629/SFTU007 ) Outgoing President and CEO, John Voris, announced to the ePocrates investors several months ago a desire to focus on personal interests. Voris will remain a board member and chairman and will work on strategic initiatives for the company. "This new role strikes a perfect balance, enabling me to maintain strategic involvement with ePocrates while freeing up more time personally. This also allows a smooth transition for the company, and brings in an individual with new strengths, talent, and experience needed by ePocrates to build on the foundation and brand we have established in healthcare," said Voris. Loevner joins ePocrates well respected from Silicon Valley to Wall Street, having been CEO at three successful Internet companies, most recently Pinnacor, Inc. (NASDAQ:PCOR) formerly Screaming Media, a financial services technology company he is credited with turning around and subsequently sold earlier this year to CBS MarketWatch. Prior to Pinnacor, Loevner founded PublishOne Inc., a publishing service that allowed business information and publishing companies to securely sell and distribute information online. In early 2001, Loevner sold PublishOne to InterTrust Technologies, a digital rights management company. Previously, he was CEO of Internet Shopping Network where he conceived and developed First Auction, the first real-time auction site on the Internet. Prior to these leadership experiences, Loevner held senior level positions in marketing and sales at Apple, Silicon Graphics and VisiCorp, which together formed the foundation for his later business success. Loevner has a BSE degree in Computer Science from Tufts University and an MBA from the Harvard Business School. "ePocrates has established itself as the dominant brand in its category and healthcare professionals uniformly praise their products. In addition, the company is playing a significant role in helping to improve the quality of healthcare in this country," said Loevner. "ePocrates is poised to become a truly great company. I look forward to being a part of making that happen." With more than 350,000 physicians and health care professionals currently subscribing to its clinical and formulary reference applications, including 20 percent of practicing U.S. physicians, ePocrates has clearly established a leadership position in the market. Practicing physicians who use handhelds is expected to top 50% by year-end 2004 and reach over 75% by year-end 2007 (Gartner Research, "Mobile Healthcare: Applications, Vendors and Adoption, November 2002). "We're quite pleased to bring Kirk on board as CEO. He brings a track record of innovation and high-growth at his previous companies, and his tenure in technology is an excellent fit with the deep health care industry expertise of the ePocrates management team," said Mark Wan, board member and founding partner, Three Arch Partners. About ePocrates, Inc. San Mateo, CA-based ePocrates Inc. is the leader in providing clinical information to physicians and other health care professionals at the point of care. Over 350,000 health care professionals, including over 140,000 U.S. physicians, currently subscribe to ePocrates clinical reference applications including the ePocrates Rx(R) and Rx Pro(TM) drug reference guides, the ePocrates Rx Online(TM)clinical reference application, and the ePocrates Dx(TM) medical diagnostic and therapeutic reference . ePocrates also provides formulary information from health plans, hospitals, Medicaid agencies and pharmacy benefit management (PBM) companies that represent over 95 million individuals, and messaging, market research and clinical trial recruitment services. For more information on ePocrates, visit http://www.epocrates.com/. http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20040629/SFTU007 http://photoarchive.ap.org/ DATASOURCE: ePocrates, Inc. CONTACT: Katherine Thornberry of ePocrates Inc. Public Relations, +1-650-227-1713, or Web site: http://www.epocrates.com/

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