Although we are proud of Agean's progress to date, we are even more excited about our future.

Our strategic growth initiatives are designed to ensure our customer's good health and prosperity for tomorrow.Accordingly,we will be moving rapidly during the coming year to improve our competitive position in the marketplace, and accelerate our growth opportunities.

Industry trends support our strategic growth initiatives. In our pharmaceutical business segment, we are seeing that growth in healthcare maintenance continue virtually unabated, strongly driven by cost-containment plans. Our customers will be able to take advantage of these trends through the increasing availability of Agean products.

A critical element in our company's quest to succeed is the ability for our customers to maintain quality of-life issues through proven successful outpatient maintenance programs. We will continue the push.

At Agean, we are truly excited about our future, challenged by the opportunities ahead and looking forward to contributing to a strong healthcare industry of tomorrow.