RxAmerica recognizes 10 years of success

PR Newswire - February 3, 2005 - SALT LAKE CITY- RxAmerica, recently named one of Utah's "Top Revenue Growth" companies by the Mountain West Venture Group, is celebrating 10 years of success as a manager of prescription benefits. The company, with headquarters in Salt Lake City, prides itself on providing customized clinical solutions and creating cost-saving initiatives for clients that help improve quality of care for all members.

RxAmerica is a fully integrated retail and mail service provider of PBM services, serving more than five million individuals nationwide. Through a network of more than 53,000 pharmacies and a state-of-the-art mail service facility, clients have pharmacy access in all 50 states as well as Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.

"RxAmerica has grown rapidly since it began in 1994," said RxAmerica President John Gardynik. "We have been very successful at proving ourselves as an excellent manager of prescription drug benefits. The first 10 years have been great for us and we expect continued growth and success."

The company employs more than 280 employees, nearly double what it was only a year ago. Although the majority of the employees work in the RxAmerica headquarters in Salt Lake City, RxAmerica also serves clients through offices located in Georgia, Arizona, California and Michigan. The mail order facility that serves RxAmerica is located in Sacramento, California.

About RxAmerica - RxAmerica, a wholly owned subsidiary of Longs Drug Stores, is a leading Pharmacy Benefits Manager that specializes in controlling costs, creating customized solutions and delivering unbeatable service for its clients. RxAmerica has partnered with many large and small managed care providers to create a new trend in the industry-lowering prescription costs in a consistently inflationary environment. With its powerful online reporting tool, RxInsider™, RxAmerica delivers innovative and targeted programs that improve the health of members while lowering costs for health plans.

Nationally, RxAmerica provides prescription benefits for more than five million individuals through a retail network of more than 53,000 pharmacies and a state-of-the-art mail order facility. RxAmerica is a wholly owned subsidiary of Longs Drug Stores Corporation (NYSE - symbol LDG), one of the most recognized drug store chains on the West Coast and in Hawaii. Information on Longs Drug is available at www.longs.com.

For more information on RxAmerica, call 1-800-770-8014 or visit RxAmerica's Web site at www.rxamerica.com.