FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

March 12, 2009

CONTACT: Michael Williams
Amerita, Inc.
(949) 387-5080
mwilliams@ameritaiv.com

AMERITA EXPANDS CONTRACT LIST TO INCLUDE KEY PAYOR

Aetna names Amerita as specialty infusion services provider in Colorado.

Irvine, California, March 12, 2009 – Amerita, Inc. announced today it has been chosen by Aetna Inc. to be a provider of specialty infusion services for its membership in Colorado. The agreement is effective immediately and will allow Aetna members to access Amerita’s services throughout the State. This contract will add to the existing contract Amerita has with Aetna in Texas and Tennessee.

"We are pleased to have entered into this agreement with Aetna," said Jim Glynn, president and chief executive officer at Amerita. "We look forward to working together with Colorado Aetna representatives to improve the transition of their members from the hospital to the home who need complex intravenous and injectable pharmaceutical therapy. We believe this relationship will reduce the overall cost of care and result in better treatment outcomes, especially for patients on complex infection, nutrition, auto-immune and transplant therapies."

Amerita currently owns specialty infusion pharmacies in Texas, Colorado, Utah and Tennessee. Amerita’s goal is to build a company of scale that provides specialty infusion services to patients across the West, Southwest and Southeast areas of the U.S.

Amerita, Inc. www.ameritaiv.com is a privately held specialty infusion company focused on providing complex pharmaceutical products and clinical services to patients outside of the hospital across the West, Southwest and Southeast regions of the U.S. The market is expanding rapidly and is driven by increasing healthcare costs, a growing bio-pharmaceutical pipeline of infuseable and injectable medications and an aging population. Amerita is headquartered at 20 Fairbanks, Suite 173, Irvine, CA 92618. Phone: (949) 273-6528 / Fax: (949) 273-6547.

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