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Health monitor Network Taps Industry Veteran Ken Freirich to Help Guide Next Growth Phase

Seasoned Entrepreneur and Executive Joins Largest Multimedia ''Point-of-Care'' Network in Physician Offices. 9/14/2005

PHILADELPHIA -- Health monitor Network, one of the nation's leading multimedia consumer health/patient education publishing companies that distributes its ten publications and other products in physician offices, has hired Ken Freirich to help guide the company through its next growth phase. The announcement was made today at the Pharmaceutical Marketing Congress.

Freirich most recently was CEO of TransLocal Health Corporation, a leading multimedia health information provider to the pharmaceutical and healthcare industries. Previously, he was President of InteliHealth, initially a joint venture between Aetna U.S. Healthcare and Johns Hopkins, a leading consumer and professional health information, technology and commerce provider. Freirich was also an executive with Thomson/Medical Economics and the Founder and Publisher of The Collegian Magazine. He attended Skidmore College and completed an Executive MBA Certificate program at Columbia University Graduate School of Business, through the Thomson Information Publishing Management Development program.

Health monitor has experienced strong growth across all of its marketing and advertising programs in 2005. Publisher and President Eric Jensen comments, "Our success has been the result of delivering highly targeted and efficient campaigns for pharmaceutical companies that have produced a consistently positive ROI. We will continue to grow our network and be the dominant player in the marketplace."