Costco Pharmacy Joins Other Low-Cost, High Quality Pharmacies Approved by PharmacyChecker.Com and Featuring Its Seal WHITE PLAINS, N.Y., March 16 /PRNewswire/ -- PharmacyChecker.com announced today that U.S. wholesale pharmacy Costco.com (part of Costco Wholesale, Inc. -- Nasdaq: COST) became the first publicly traded U.S. pharmacy to display the PharmacyChecker.com Highest Rating Seal (image available at http://www.costco.com/). PharmacyChecker.com helps consumers find the lowest prescription drug prices from the highest quality online and mail-order pharmacies in the U.S. and Canada. Fifteen Canadian pharmacies and two American pharmacies currently display PharmacyChecker.com's highest rating seal. "What makes Costco.com unique is that it offers lower prices on generic drugs than most U.S. and Canadian pharmacies and lower prices on brand name drugs than most U.S. pharmacies," said Tod Cooperman, M.D., President of PharmacyChecker.com. In addition to receiving PharmacyChecker.com's highest rating, Costco's prices are included in the price comparison tool available to PharmacyChecker.com's online subscribers. Vic Curtis, Vice President for Pharmacy at Costco added, "We are pleased to be the first major U.S. pharmacy to show the PharmacyChecker.com Highest Rating seal. Costco is committed to helping Americans get their medication at low cost from a reliable source, and the Seal brings attention to that fact." Costco.com's pharmacy is licensed to send medication to 46 U.S. states. PharmacyChecker.com's ratings are based on five objective criteria reflecting high standards of pharmacy practice. To date, PharmacyChecker.com has evaluated 40 online and mail-order pharmacies in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico. When consumers see the PharmacyChecker.com seal online, clicking on it displays its rating and a 40-item, verified profile of the pharmacy, including license number, contact information, privacy, security, and shipping policies. PharmacyChecker.com is privately held and based inWhite Plains, New York. It has no ownership in or from companies that sell or distribute pharmacy products. Its ratings and price comparisons are available to online subscribers at http://www.pharmacychecker.com/. Its ratings will also be published in paperback this June in PharmacyChecker.com Guide to Low-Cost Canadian and U.S. Pharmacies 2004. The guidebook can be pre-ordered from 800-431-1579 PharmacyChecker.com also publishes a business-level PriceTracker report, which provides price trends andanalyses on Canadian and U.S. pharmacies. To order a PriceTracker report or order a group subscription, contact Gabriel Levitt, Director of Research at (718) 387-4526. DATASOURCE: PharmacyChecker.com, LLC CONTACT: Tod Cooperman, M.D., +1-914-722-0116, , or Gabriel Levitt, +1-718-387-4526, , both of PharmacyChecker.com, LLC Web site: http://www.consumerlab.com/ http://www.pharmacychecker.com/

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