BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM AND IDEASPHERE ANNOUNCE ACQUISITION DEAL

Boehringer Ingelheim, the Germany-based pharmaceutical company, and IdeaSphere Inc., the New York-based healthcare company, specializing in vitamins, minerals, nutrition products and herbs, announced the sale of Boehringer Ingelheim's Natural Healthcare company and business Pharmaton SA (Lugano) to IdeaSphere. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. PR Newswire (http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/08-25-2006/0004421715&EDATE=)