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Date Posted: 05:46:36 01/13/00 Thu
Author: warren
Subject: SQST and MRK enter e-commerce agreement...

BW1005 JAN 13,2000 1:01 PACIFIC 04:01 EASTERN



( BW)(NC-SCIQUEST.COM)(SQST)(MRK) SciQuest.com and Merck Join
Forces in Strategic E-Commerce Agreement


Health/Medical Writers

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C.--(BW HealthWire)--Jan. 13, 2000--

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 ( http://www.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
consequences of government regulation, the Company's ability to attract and retain a broad range of
purchasers and suppliers, to effectively add additional products to its e-commerce database and to
otherwise operate efficiently and cost effectively. These and other risk factors are discussed in the
Company's registration Statement on Form S-1, declared effective by the Securities and Exchange
Commission on November 19, 1999.

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