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EXHIBIT A
DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF
IMS HEALTH INCORPORATED
The name, present principal occupation or employment, and the
name of any corporation or other organization in which such employment is
conducted, of each of the directors and executive officers of IMS Health
Incorporated ("IMS") is set forth below. Except as set forth below each of the
directors and executive officers is a citizen of the United States. The business
address of each director and officer is IMS Health Incorporated, 200 Nyala
Farms, Westport, CT 06880. Unless otherwise indicated, each occupation set forth
opposite an executive officer's name refers to employment with IMS.
Name and Business Present Principal Occupation or Employment
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Directors
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Clifford L. Alexander, Jr. President, Alexander & Associates, Inc.,
Washington, DC
Victoria R. Fash President and Chief Executive Officer, IMS
Health Incorporated
John P. Imlay, Jr. Chairman, Imlay Investments, Inc.,
Atlanta, Georgia
Robert J. Kamerschen Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, DIMAC
Marketing Corporation, Windsor, CT
Robert J. Lanigan Chairman Emeritus, Owens-Illinois, Toledo, OH,
Limited Partner, Palladium Equity Partners,
New York, New York
H. Eugene Lockhart President and Chief Executive Officer, The New
Power Company, Greenwich, CT
M. Bernard Puckett Private Investor, Laguna Beach, CA
William C. Van Faasen President and Chief Executive Officer, Blue
Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts,
Boston, MA
Robert E. Weissman Chairman, IMS Health Incorporated
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Name and Business Present Principal Occupation or Employment
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Executive Officers
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Victoria R. Fash President and Chief Executive Officer
Matthew L. Friedman Vice President and Treasurer
James C. Malone Chief Financial Officer
David H. Owen* Senior Vice President - Global Human Resources
David Stevens* Senior Vice President - General Counsel and
Corporate Secretary
Robert E. Weissman Chairman
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* Citizen of the United Kingdom
