American College of Cardiology and MedscapeCollaborate to Post Exclusive National Conference...

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NEW YORK and ANAHEIM, Calif.--(BW HealthWire)--March 13, 2000

Leading Cardiologist Presenters and Chairs

Author Online Coverage of ACC `Scientific Session 2000'

Through the official cooperation of the American

College of Cardiology and Medscape, leading cardiologist presenters and chairs at this week's ACC "Scientific Session 2000" are authoring summaries of selected plenary sessions for immediate, exclusive posting on both the ACC's Web site, www.acc.org, and Medscape's professional site, medscape.com, www.medscape.com. The presenters and chairs are using their summaries to interpret important data emanating from the conference that can effect the way physicians worldwide treat their patients and practice medicine in general.

Thanks to a strategic alliance with the ACC, Medscape has been selected as the only commercial healthcare site to carry the "next-day" conference summaries. As a result, practicing cardiologists, attendant health professionals, journalists and consumers worldwide -- who are unable to attend the conference -- can now log on to either acc.org or medscape.com every day for breaking news and updates from "Scientific Session 2000." The summaries will reveal the latest thinking on such topics as congestive heart failure, cardiac arrhythmia, controversies in all areas of cardiology, as well as a discussion of new coronary drugs and devices.

The conference opened yesterday and continues through Wednesday, March 15, with the summaries accessible daily through acc.org, as well as through Medscape's cardiology specialty site, Medscape Cardiology, http://cardiology.medscape.com. Consumers may gain access to the summaries through a link from the consumer healthcare site, CBSHealthWatch by Medscape, http://cbs.healthwatch.com. The sites are operated by Medscape, Inc. (NASDAQ NM:MSCP), the leading provider of authoritative health and medical information on the Internet since 1995. Summaries on Medscape Cardiology will remain on the front page for a year before being archived for searchable access at any time.

Among the more than 30 presenters who are writing and posting summaries are many of the College's distinguished thought leaders, including Robert M. Califf, MD, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC; Valentine Fuster, MD, PhD, The Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York; Marvin Moser, MD, Yale University School of Medicine; Milton Packer, MD, Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, New York; and William C. Roberts, MD, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX. Fuster, Moser, Packer and Roberts currently serve as editorial board members of Medscape Cardiology. David Good, Medscape's Cardiology Editor/Program Director, is heading the Company's publication team at the conference.

"Through this strategic alliance with Medscape, cardiologists unable to attend this year's ACC national meeting are gaining access to important oral presentations and late-breaking news of clinical trials within 24 hours," said ACC Web Site Editor Alfred Bove, MD, PhD. "We selected Medscape for its well-known Next Day Conference Summaries of major medical conferences, which attract a significant following in the medical community. Thus, the Internet gives us an extraordinary opportunity to extend the reach of the most important cardiology conference of the year well beyond its traditional setting." Doctors who read the summaries are eligible to receive up to four hours in category 1 continuing medical education (CME) credit towards the AMA Physician's Recognition Award.

"Once again, Medscape is using the Internet to bringing the most important and up-to-date cardiology news to physicians around the globe," said Medscape Editor in Chief George D. Lundberg, MD. "The ACC and Medscape are both deeply committed to enhancing the practice of medicine for the sake of cardiology patients and interested consumers worldwide. We believe our program with the ACC is a significant step forward in the online coverage of important medical conferences wherever they are held."

To deliver its Next Day Conference Summaries, Medscape assigns physician-reporters to cover significant news emanating from the world's most important medical conferences and then write, edit and post the summaries within hours of the presentations. Medscape's on-site reporters often interview selected conference speakers and enhance the online summaries with audio Webcasts. Medscape's overall ACC session coverage is made possible through unrestricted educational grants provided by Procter & Gamble and Pfizer.

ABOUT THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY

The American College of Cardiology, a 25,000-member nonprofit professional medical society and teaching institution, is dedicated to fostering optimal cardiovascular care and disease prevention through professional education, promotion of research, leadership in the development of standards and guidelines, and the formulation of healthcare policy.

ABOUT MEDSCAPE, INC.

Medscape, Inc. (NASDAQ NM: MSCP), the leading provider of authoritative health and medical information on the Internet since 1995, currently operates two primary healthcare Web sites, medscape.com and CBSHealthWatch by Medscape. As of December 31, 1999, Medscape, Inc.'s sites had more than 1.7 million registered members worldwide, including over 280,000 registered as physicians, 860,000 registered as allied health professionals and 630,000 registered as consumers worldwide.

Medscape.com, www.medscape.com, provides comprehensive, authoritative and timely medical information and interactive programs to physicians, allied healthcare professionals and consumers, and includes the following specialty sites and pages: Medscape Japan, http://japan.medscape.com, Medscape General Medicine, or MedGenMed, www.medscape.com/journal/MedGenMed, believed to be the first and only peer-reviewed online general medical journal; Medical Office Management, http://medoffice.medscape.com, Medscape Nursing, http://nursing.medscape.com; Medscape Pharmacists, http://pharmacists.medscape.com; Medscape Med Students, http://medstudents.medscape.com; and Today on Medscape, http://www.medscape.com/today, featuring the latest health and medical news.

The Company also operates CBSHealthWatch by Medscape, http://cbs.healthwatch.com, the recently launched consumer site designed to help families and individuals make better informed healthcare decisions and to simplify management of their healthcare needs. Developed jointly with CBS Corporation, the site provides personalized, authoritative medical content written for the consumer, access to professional content on Medscape.com and interactive personal health management tools, such as health diaries. CBS and the CBS eye device are registered trademarks of CBS Broadcasting Inc.

The statements made in this press release contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Actual events or results may differ from Medscape's expectations.