Edge Dynamics CEO John McGrory to Keynote at CBI's Fee-for-Service and Inventory Management Agreements Conference

McGrory to Present Current Best Practices and Customer Insights and Share
Vision for the Evolution of Fee-for-Service Agreements

REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Dec. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Edge Dynamics, the leading provider of Channel Commerce Management (CCM) solutions, today announced CEO John McGrory will keynote at Center for Business Intelligence's Fee-for- Service and Inventory Management Agreements conference. The event, to be held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on December 12 and 13, 2005, will explore the business impact of changing pharmaceutical trade dynamics, best practices in channel management and new approaches to ensuring compliance. Edge Dynamics' CCM solutions optimize more than $60 billion in annual revenues for pharmaceutical manufacturers and manage trade agreements encompassing nearly 30 percent of U.S. channel volume.

Who: John McGrory, CEO of Edge Dynamics, the leader in channel commerce management (CCM) solutions.
John McGrory has served as President and Chief Executive Officer since co- founding Edge Dynamics in 2002. He is a noted expert on channel commerce in the life sciences industry and a frequent speaker at industry events such as the Healthcare Distribution Management Association (HDMA) conferences, the TRAX Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Summit, and the Commercial Contract and Chargeback Management Conference. As a contributing writer, John has been published in leading pharmaceutical industry publications including Next Generation Pharmaceutical, Pharmaceutical Business Strategies, and Pharmaceutical Commerce.

What: Keynote Address: Practical Experience with the Enforcement and Evolution of Fee-for-Service Agreements. The pharmaceutical supply chain requires a holistic solution that can come only from sophisticated channel management. McGrory's presentation will provide customer insights and lessons- learned from Edge Dynamics' experience with adoption, enforcement, management, and evolution of Fee-for-Service agreements that challenge current practices.

When: December 12, 2005, 8:30 a.m. EST.

Where: Center for Business Intelligence, Philadelphia, PA. For information about attending: http://www.cbinet.com

How: Visit Edge Dynamics at http://www.edgedynamics.com/Edge-CBI/ to get special $300 discount for registration. Register for the conference online at https://www.cbinet.com/register.cfm?ConfCode=HB583.

About Edge Dynamics

Edge Dynamics is the pioneer and leading provider of channel commerce management (CCM) solutions to the life sciences industry. Edge Dynamics' solutions enable manufacturers to optimize their order stream processing for addressing critical business challenges in the areas of channel control, regulatory compliance, and patient safety. With Edge Dynamics' solutions, companies can expect to boost revenues by one percent and profits by five percent. Edge Dynamics combines deep domain expertise with industry-leading technology to deliver a complete solution that optimizes sales, distribution, and supply chain operations while complementing traditional transaction management and analytic systems. Deployed at leading pharmaceutical manufacturers, the Edge Dynamics enterprise software solution currently optimizes more than $60 billion in annual channel revenues. Edge Dynamics has offices in Redwood City, California, and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. For more information, visit http://www.edgedynamics.com, send email to info@edgedynamics.com, or call 650-780-7800.

NOTE: Edge Dynamics and the Edge Dynamics logo are trademarks of Edge Dynamics, Inc. in the United States and other countries. All other company and product names mentioned are the trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.

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