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Pharmagen Enters into Financial Advisory Agreement with Merriman Capital, Inc.

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Pharmagen Enters into Financial Advisory Agreement with Merriman Capital, Inc. -- SILVER SPRING, Md., March 4, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --

SILVER SPRING, Md., March 4, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Pharmagen, Inc. (OTCBB: PHRX) (the "Company" or "Pharmagen") announces it has entered into a financial advisory agreement with Merriman Capital, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Merriman Holdings, Inc. (OTCQX: MERR).  Merriman Capital, Inc. is a registered investment bank providing equity and options execution services, market making, and differentiated research for high growth companies. The firm also provides capital raising, advisory, and M&A services. Under the terms of the agreement, Merriman has agreed to provide Pharmagen with a wide range of services from equity research coverage, participation in the Merriman's annual investor conference, non-deal road shows and eligibility criteria for admission to NASDAQ and other exchanges. Merriman is the leading investment banking firm for micro-cap companies.

"Pharmagen continues to demonstrate to our shareholders that we are building a company for the long term. Merriman is the leading advisory firm to companies in our market cap range and we're going to work very hard over the coming year to build an institutional shareholder base. Merriman is going to ensure that we're doing it in a way that will resonate with that community," said Mackie A. Barch , CEO of Pharmagen.

About Pharmagen

Pharmagen, Inc. ("Pharmagen"), and wholly owned subsidiaries and operating divisions Pharmagen Laboratories, Inc., Pharmagen Distribution, LLC and Pharmagen Nutraceuticals, Inc. is the leader in innovative solutions to the nations sterile pharmaceutical crisis. With a multifaceted approach, Pharmagen is meeting the demand of health provider market through dynamic, independent wholesale, compounding, and innovative IT solutions.  Nationally focused, Pharmagen is a dynamic distributor of specialty drugs, compounding and admix pharmacy and producer of over-the-counter ("OTC") branded multivitamins to the healthcare provider market. Pharmagen currently functions as a just-in-time source of supply for hospitals for those products that are hard-to-find due to drug manufacturers' production shortages.

About Merriman Capital, Inc.

Merriman Capital, Inc. is a corporate advisory-focused registered investment bank that provides equity and options execution services, market making, and differentiated research for high growth companies. The firm also provides capital formation, advisory, and M&A services. Merriman Capital, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Merriman Holdings, Inc. (OTCQX: MERR) and is the leading investment banking firm for OTCQX companies. For more information, please go to [ http://www.merrimanco.com/ ].

Merriman Capital, Inc. is a registered broker-dealer and member of The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) [ http://www.finra.org/ ] and the Securities Investor Protection Corporation (SIPC) [ http://www.sipc.org/ ].

Contact: 888-264-4597 or [ info@pharmagenrx.com ] 

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Information in this document constitute forward-looking statements or statements which may be deemed or construed to be forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.  The words "forecast", "anticipate", "estimate", "project", "intend", "expect", "should", "believe", and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements.  These forward-looking statements involve, and are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which could cause Pharmagen actual results, performance (financial or operating) or achievements to differ from the future results, performance (financial or operating) or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements.  The risks, uncertainties and other factors are more fully discussed in Pharmagen' filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.  All forward-looking statements attributable to Pharmagen herein are expressly qualified in their entirety by the above-mentioned cautionary statement.  Pharmagen disclaims any obligation to update forward-looking statements contained in this estimate, except as may be required by law.

SOURCE Pharmagen, Inc.