For Immediate Release:

July 16, 2002, Leeds, Alabama; DRUQUEST International has signed a contract to provide software support services for the StarTox™ Suite of software developed and marketed by Graham Laboratories of Adkins, Texas.  The StarTox™ Suite is utilized by toxicologists and pathologists conducting drug safety studies in the Pharmaceutical Industry.  The suite is an integrated series of modules that function to collect, store and analyze data derived from toxicology, clinical pathology and anatomic pathology segments of research projects designed to test the safety of new drugs and chemicals.  Ward R. Richter, Chief Scientific Officer of DRUQUEST will coordinate the contracted support services.  He has been involved in the design and development of the StarTox™ Suite, especially, the StarPath™ module.

Graham Laboratories is a software company involved in the development and sale of laboratory software for the preclinical testing laboratories in the Pharmaceutical and Chemical Industries as well as Contract Research Organizations.  Their products include the StarTox™ Suite of integrated products as well as the design and development of bespoke software for drug development laboratories.

DRUQUEST International is a Birmingham Alabama area company providing consulting services to the Biopharmaceutical Industry, worldwide, including project management, toxicology, pathology, information management and training.  DRUQUEST was founded in 2000 by Joanne R. Kopplin, DVM, PhD, MBA.  She serves as President and CEO of the company.

For More Information Contact:

Dr. Kopplin at info@druquest.com
Tel: 205-956-4813

Graham Laboratories may be reached by contacting Roger S. Graham of Graham Laboratories