SQST----> (MRK) SciQuest.com and Merck Join Forces in Strategic E-Commerce Agreement
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C., Jan 13, 2000 (BW HealthWire) --
Merck Scientists can Quickly Locate and Purchase
Critical Research Products Through SciQuest.com
SciQuest.com(TM) (Nasdaq: SQST), a leading business-to-business
e-marketplace for the global scientific products industry, today
announced it has entered into a three-year strategic e-commerce
purchasing agreement with Merck & Co., Inc. (NYSE: MRK).
About SciQuest.com SciQuest.com provides scientists, researchers and
purchasing agents the ability to search multiple suppliers' products
simultaneously, compare product attributes, order from multiple
companies on one consolidated order form and track order status.
SciQuest.com's e-marketplace ( sciquest.com ) provides
access to information on almost one million scientific products.
SciQuest.com is working exclusively with leading industry suppliers,
making its Web site the e-marketplace where scientists can purchase
critical products that impact their research.
SciQuest.com is a leading business to business e-marketplace for
scientific products used by pharmaceutical, chemical, biotechnology,
industrial and educational organizations worldwide. By leveraging its
extensive laboratory products and supply chain management solutions,
SciQuest.com has the ability to reduce customers' procurement costs and
increase researchers' productivity. Additionally, SciQuest.com provides
suppliers a cost-effective sales and marketing channel. The company's
e-marketplace is distributor-neutral and can be customized and
seamlessly integrated with its customers' enterprise systems.
SciQuest.com is headquartered in Research Triangle Park, N.C. with
offices in Mountain View, Calif., and Plainview, N.Y.
Statements in this press release that are not historical facts are
forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. For
such statements, the Company claims the protection of the safe harbor
for forward-looking statements under the Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995. The potential risks and uncertainties associated
with these forward-looking statements could cause actual results to
differ materially from those presented herein, and the reported results
should not be considered as an indication of future performance.
Factors that could cause actual results to differ from those contained
in the forward-looking statements include among others, the possible
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RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C., Jan 13, 2000 (BW HealthWire) --
Merck Scientists can Quickly Locate and Purchase
Critical Research Produc |
