HESG Health Sciences Group Inc (CE)

Health Sciences Group, Inc. (OTCBB:HESG), provider of innovative nutraceutical products and functional food ingredients derived from natural sources, announced today that it received a purchase order for Shugr from drugstore.com, a leading online provider of health, beauty, vision and pharmacy products. "We are very pleased to have received a purchase order from drugstore.com," said Fred E. Tannous, co-Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Health Sciences Group, Inc. "We believe that our relationship with drugstore.com provides us with added exposure for Shugr and enhances our ability to market it online. With over 2.8 million customers, drugstore.com is a trusted resource offering, not only a wide variety of health products, but also a comprehensive database of helpful information. So, when a visitor of drugstore.com searches for a diet product or diabetic-safe product, Shugr will be one of the products that appear. We expect online sales of Shugr to increase as a result." Shugr is the first natural, zero-calorie sweetener made from sugars that occur naturally in good-tasting, healthy foods such as fruits, vegetables, corn and dairy products. Erythritol is a naturally occurring sugar commonly found in melon, grapes, mushrooms and soy. Tagatose comes from dairy products but does not affect people who are lactose intolerant. Tagatose also provides an added health benefit -- prebiotic fiber that promotes intestinal health, much the way yogurt does. Maltodextrin is derived from corn sugar, which is non-GMO and gluten-free. A trace amount of sucralose is added to give Shugr its "high note." All of these ingredients carry a GRAS (Generally Recognized As Safe) designation for food safety from the U.S. Food & Drug Administration. About drugstore.com drugstore.com, inc. (Nasdaq:DSCM) is a leading online provider of health, beauty, vision and pharmacy products. The drugstore.com(TM) online store provides a convenient, private and informative shopping experience that encourages consumers to purchase products essential to healthy, everyday living. The online store offers thousands of brand-name personal health care products at competitive prices; a full-service, licensed retail pharmacy; and a wealth of health-related information, buying guides and other tools designed to help consumers make informed purchasing decisions. Consumers can personalize their shopping experiences with shopping lists, email reminders for replenishing regularly used products and private email access to pharmacists and beauty experts for questions. For more information and to order products, including Shugr(TM), visit www.drugstore.com. About Health Sciences Group, Inc. Health Sciences Group identifies, develops and commercializes innovative nutraceutical products derived from natural sources to provide consumers and medical professionals with preventative healthcare alternatives. The company markets its own line of proprietary products based on novel technologies with clinically supported, GRAS-certified ingredients under its Swiss Research(TM) and Swiss Diet(TM) brand names. For more information, visit www.HSciences.com and www.Shugr.com. This release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Act of 1934 that are based upon current expectations or beliefs, as well as a number of assumptions about future events. Although the Company believes that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements and the assumptions upon which they are based are reasonable, it can give no assurance that such expectations and assumptions will prove to have been correct. The reader is cautioned not to put undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, as these statements are subject to numerous factors and uncertainties, including without limitation, the independent authority of the special committee to act on the matters discussed, the successful negotiation of the potential acquisition and disposal of transactions described above, successful implementation of the company's business strategy and competition, any of which may cause actual results to differ materially from those described in the statements. In addition, other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially are discussed in the Company's most recent Form 10-QSB and Form 10-KSB filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.