Costco Pharmacy Joins Other Low-Cost, High Quality Pharmacies Approved by PharmacyChecker.Com and Featuring Its Seal

Costco Pharmacy Joins Other Low-Cost, High Quality Pharmacies Approved by
PharmacyChecker.Com and Featuring Its Seal 


WHITE PLAINS, N.Y., March 16  /PRNewswire/ -- PharmacyChecker.com announced
today that U.S. wholesale pharmacy Costco.com (part of Costco Wholesale, Inc. --
Nasdaq: COST) became the first publicly traded U.S. pharmacy to display the
PharmacyChecker.com Highest Rating Seal (image available at
http://www.costco.com/). PharmacyChecker.com helps consumers find the lowest
prescription drug prices from the highest quality online and mail-order
pharmacies in the U.S. and Canada.

Fifteen Canadian pharmacies and two American pharmacies currently display
PharmacyChecker.com's highest rating seal.  "What makes Costco.com unique is
that it offers lower prices on generic drugs than most U.S. and Canadian
pharmacies and lower prices on brand name drugs than most U.S. pharmacies," said
Tod Cooperman, M.D., President of PharmacyChecker.com.  In addition to receiving
PharmacyChecker.com's highest rating, Costco's prices are included in the price
comparison tool available to PharmacyChecker.com's online subscribers.

Vic Curtis, Vice President for Pharmacy at Costco added, "We are pleased to be
the first major U.S. pharmacy to show the PharmacyChecker.com Highest Rating
seal.  Costco is committed to helping Americans get their medication at low cost
from a reliable source, and the Seal brings attention to that fact."
Costco.com's pharmacy is licensed to send medication to 46 U.S. states.

PharmacyChecker.com's ratings are based on five objective criteria reflecting
high standards of pharmacy practice.  To date, PharmacyChecker.com has evaluated
40 online and mail-order pharmacies in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico.

When consumers see the PharmacyChecker.com seal online, clicking on it displays
its rating and a 40-item, verified profile of the pharmacy, including license
number, contact information, privacy, security, and shipping policies.

PharmacyChecker.com is privately held and based inWhite Plains, New York. It
has no ownership in or from companies that sell or distribute pharmacy products.
Its ratings and price comparisons are available to online subscribers at
http://www.pharmacychecker.com/.  Its ratings will also be published in
paperback this June in PharmacyChecker.com Guide to Low-Cost Canadian and U.S.
Pharmacies 2004.  The guidebook can be pre-ordered from 800-431-1579
PharmacyChecker.com also publishes a business-level PriceTracker report, which
provides price trends andanalyses on Canadian and U.S. pharmacies.  To order a
PriceTracker report or order a group subscription, contact Gabriel Levitt,
Director of Research at   [phone]. 

DATASOURCE: PharmacyChecker.com, LLC



CONTACT:  Tod Cooperman, M.D., [phone],

, or Gabriel Levitt, [phone],

, both of PharmacyChecker.com, LLC



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