eResearchTechnology, Inc. (eRT), (NASDAQ: ERES), a leading e-research technology and services provider announced today a three year, $3 Million contract with US Oncology, Inc. (NASDAQ:USON), to acquire eRT's electronic research network (eResNetTM) and community (eResComTM) technology along with a full complement of application service provider (ASP) services to ensure its rapid deployment.

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Nathan Oliver Swilley died of complications a month after stepping on a nail while hiding Easter Eggs on April 14, 2001. After spending eleven days in the hospital Nathan was released on April 25, 2001 while on an excessive regime of antibiotics which were to be administered at home by Nathan's mother. By Mother's Day of that same year Nathan was dead. Two pediatric doctors prescribed antibiotics for a suspected infection resulting from the puncture wound. The physicians failed to warn Nathan and his mother of the potential damage to the kidneys and liver, nor did they tell them that Nathan's blood needed to be monitored for signs of toxicity. His condition worsened and Nathan was readmitted to the hospital on May 8, 2001 as a result of kidney and liver failure. Nathan's mother sued and was recently awarded $30 million dollars in June of 2004. Nathan's mother's attorney had offered to settle for the policy limits of the doctors involved. His offer to settle was refused by the doctor's defense team. An appeal is expected.

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