Excosoft XML Client Key Component of Internet Portal for the Pharmaceutical Industry

Excosoft XML Client Key Component of Internet Portal for the Pharmaceutical Industry Kista, Sweden - January 8, 2001 - Excosoft AB, a leading provider of content management solutions, today announced that Excosoft XML Client is to be a key component of a new Internet-based portal that will give patients, medical students, nursing staff, and clinicians access to up-to- date and accurate information about medicinal drugs, for example the Swedish Patient-FASS. The portal is being built for LIF, the Swedish Association of the Pharmaceutical Industry, by AU-System, one of Sweden's largest IT consulting companies. The 64 pharmaceutical companies that are members of LIF, including AstraZeneca, Glaxo Wellcome, Johnson & Johnson, Pharmacia Upjohn, and Procter & Gamble among others, will provide the information made available in the portal. Content editors based in these member companies will create and edit XML documents using Excosoft XML Client. Britten Wennman, Business Unit Manager, AU-System, said, "We chose Excosoft XML Client as the authoring tool for the system because it had the functionality we needed and was much easier to use than any of the other XML editors we evaluated." Jörgen Friman, President and CEO of Excosoft, said, "This is further proof that XML is now the leading technology for delivering Web-based services." About AU-System AU-System is a leading Mobile Internet consultancy. Through the subsidiary SandbergTrygg, the company also offers integrated services for marketing communications. Major clients include Ericsson, Telia, Scania, MeritaNordbanken and Singapore Telecom. AU-System was established in 1974 and currently employs more than 900 staff in offices in Sweden, the U.K., Italy, the U.S., Thailand and Singapore. AU-System is listed on the O-List of the OM Stockholm Exchange, under the symbol AUS. Additional information is available at www.ausystem.com. About Excosoft Excosoft, Kista, Sweden, is a leading provider of content management solutions. The company offers a range of products designed to help organizations to simplify the process of creating, updating and publishing information on the Internet. Its strategic partners include market leaders such as Microsoft and Software AG as well as a network of systems integrators and local distributors. Excosoft's customer base is growing fast and includes Ericsson, Flextronics Western Europe, Saab Aerospace, NetSchools, OM Technology, SaabTech Systems and Holmen Paper. Additional information is available at www.excosoft.com Direct inquiries to: Ann-Catrine Ahldén, Business Development, Excosoft Tel: +46 (0)8 633 2937, Fax: +46 (0)8 633 2950 E-mail: ann-catrin.ahlden@excosoft.com ------------------------------------------------------------ This information was brought to you by BIT http://www.bit.se The following files are available for download: http://www.bit.se/bitonline/2001/01/08/20010108BIT00230/bit0001.doc http://www.bit.se/bitonline/2001/01/08/20010108BIT00230/bit0002.pdf