GrowthReport.com Initiates Coverage of Curative Health Services


WASHINGTON, Sept. 17, 2003 (PRIMEZONE) -- Growth Report, an independent investment newsletter service for individual investors that has delivered returns of 60% in the first eight months of 2003, today announced the addition of Curative Health Services, Inc. (Nasdaq:CURE) to its stock portfolio.

Curative operates two business units that service patients experiencing serious or chronic medical conditions. At the end of 2002, the company had contracts with 283 payors and 16 retail pharmacies. With over fourteen years of medical and pharmacy services management experience, Curative has helped people with Hemophilia and many other critical care ailments, live fuller lives.

Growth Report added Curative to the newsletter's model portfolio on September 9th, at a price of $17.96 per share. This initial research report is available on the Growth Report web site free of charge to paid and trial subscribers at http://www.growthreport.com/

The report discusses:


 -- Curative's Specialty Pharmacy Services business unit that sells
    pharmaceuticals to patients with chronic illnesses
 -- Curative's Specialty Health Services business unit that provides
    wound care management services for chronic wound patients
 -- The company's impressive record in providing medical care and
    treatment for wound patients recommended for unnecessary
    amputation
 -- Curative's recent acquisition expansion strategy
 -- Historical financial results and projections for the coming
    quarter and fiscal year 2003
 -- Growth Report's outlook for the company and the stock price in
    the coming quarters

In the September 9th issue of Growth Report, Editor Ian Wyatt wrote, "We believe that Curative is operating in an interesting and worthwhile space and providing highly demanded services to critical care patients. The company has proven its ability to consistently deliver both revenue and earnings growth north of 20%, an achievement few companies can claim. New acquisitions and an effective organic growth strategy give credence to our positive outlook for Curative Health. Further, shares of Curative look relatively inexpensive. For a company with a long-term projected growth rate of 25%, and shares trading at around 12-times 2003 consensus EPS estimates of $1.48, the company has a price to earnings ratio that is less than one half its growth rate."

Growth Report's stock portfolio returned 40% in 2002, and is up another 60% in the first eight months of 2003 by taking long-term positions in fundamentally strong growth stocks. This investment approach has yielded consistently strong returns for subscribers of the newsletter service.

Individual investors who are interested in signing up for a 30-day free trial to Growth Report will receive this report on Curative Health Services, plus two free Special Reports:


 -- "10 Great Growth Stocks Every Investor Should Own Now"
 -- "Not So Generic Returns -- Investing in Generic and Specialty
    Pharmaceuticals"

Free trial subscribers also receive two issues per week by e-mail, one issue per month in print, access to over one year of archived articles, and past and future Special Reports. To start a free 30-day trial subscription, click here: https://www.bizfn.com/index.cfm?Page=pubs&pubs=2&r=pr8

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