Longs Drugs announces new supplier contract

Longs Drug Stores announced a new long-term supply contract with AmerisourceBergen Drug Corp. for the supply of prescription pharmaceutical products. The agreement will become effective July 1, 2006, and will run for a term of at least three and as long as seven years, with the actual duration depending on the time when the company's total purchases of branded prescription pharmaceuticals under the agreement reach a certain amount.