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Faruqi & Faruqi, LLP, a leading national securities firm headquartered in New York City, is investigating the Board of Directors of Epocrates, Inc. (“Epocrates” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: EPOC) for potential breaches of fiduciary duties in connection with their duty to disclose material information in the Preliminary Proxy (“Proxy”) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 25, 2013 in relation to the sale of the Company to athenahealth Inc. (NASDAQ: ATHN) in an all-cash deal valued at approximately $293 million. Furthermore, the price per share agreed to in the proposed transaction is also under investigation since Epocrates’ stockholders will receive only $11.75 in cash for each share of Epocrates common stock they own, while according to Yahoo! Finance, at least one financial analyst has set a price target of $13 for Epocrates.

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The investigation focuses on whether Epocrates’ Board of Directors breached their fiduciary duties to the Company’s stockholders by failing to disclose all material information in the Proxy and to conduct an adequate and fair sales process prior to agreeing to this proposed transaction, and on whether and by how much this proposed transaction undervalues the Company to the detriment of Epocrates’ shareholders.

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If you own common stock in Epocrates and wish to obtain additional information and protect your investments free of charge, please visit us at www.faruqilaw.com/EPOC or contact Juan E. Monteverde, Esq. either via e-mail at jmonteverde@faruqilaw.com or by telephone at (877) 247-4292 or (212) 983-9330.

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Faruqi & Faruqi, LLP
369 Lexington Avenue, 10th Floor
New York, NY 10017
Attn: Juan E. Monteverde, Esq.
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Phone: 212-983-9330

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