EXHIBIT 10.4


                    AMENDED AND RESTATED EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT



THIS AGREEMENT is made as of the fifth day of August, 1998 BETWEEN:

PHARMACEUTICAL MARKETING SERVICES INC. (the "Company"), a Delaware Corporation
with offices at 45 Rockefeller Plaza, Suite 912, New York, New York, and JOY
SCOTT, an individual residing at 1509 Dolington Road, Yardley, Pennsylvania
19067 (the "Executive").

          WHEREAS, the Company wishes to assure itself of the services of the
Executive in the capacity of Executive Vice President of the Company and Chief
Executive Officer of PMSI Scott-Levin Inc. ("SLA") and to that end desires to
amend the earlier Employment Agreement dated 8 April, 1996 with Executive; and

          WHEREAS, Executive is willing to enter into an Amended and Restated
Employment Agreement upon the terms and conditions set forth herein.

          NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and mutual covenants
herein set forth, the parties hereto mutually covenant and agree as follows:

1.        COMMENCEMENT AND TERM

1.1       The Company shall employ the Executive in the capacity of Executive
          Vice President of the Company and Chief Executive Officer of SLA under
          and subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement.

1.2       The employment of the Executive shall be for an indefinite term,
          provided that the employment of Executive may be terminated by the
          Company and by Executive at any time in accordance with Clause 9
          hereinafter.

1.3       This Agreement has been entered into as of the date first above
          written but, for purposes of determining Executive's length of
          service, the Executive shall be credited with her employment with SLA
          or any predecessor-in-interest, which began on May 1982.

2.        OBLIGATIONS DURING EMPLOYMENT

2.1       The Executive shall during the continuance of her employment:






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          2.1.1     Serve the Company to the best of her ability in the capacity
                    of Executive Vice President of the Company and Chief
                    Executive Officer of SLA and manage affairs of SLA in
                    accordance with the policies and procedures established by
                    the Chief Executive Officer of the Company, to whom the
                    Executive shall report; and

          2.1.2     Faithfully and diligently perform such duties and exercise
                    such powers consistent with such office, subject to the
                    direction and supervision of the Chief Executive Officer of
                    the Company; and

          2.1.3     If and so long as the Chief Executive Officer so directs,
                    perform and exercise the said duties and powers on behalf of
                    any Associated Company and act as an officer of any Associ-
                    ated Company; and

          2.1.4     Do all in her power to protect, promote, develop, and extend
                    the business interests and reputation of the Company; and

          2.1.5     At all times and in all respects conform to and comply with
                    the lawful and reasonable directions of the Chief Executive
                    Officer including all authority levels and procedures from
                    time to time specified by the Chief Executive Officer; and

          2.1.6     Promptly give to the Chief Executive Officer (in writing if
                    so requested) all such information, explanations and
                    assistance as he may require in connection with the business
                    and affairs of the Company and any Associated Company; and

          2.1.7     Unless prevented by sickness, injury or other incapacity or
                    as otherwise agreed by the Chief Executive Officer, devote
                    the whole of her time, attention and abilities during her
                    hours of work (which shall be normal business hours and such
                    additional hours as may be necessary for the proper
                    performance of her duties) to the performance of her duties
                    and the business and affairs of the Company and any
                    Associated Company for which she is required to perform
                    Duties; and






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          2.1.8     Work at such offices of the Company as the Company may
                    direct and travel from time to time as may be required in
                    connection with the business of the Company and any Associ-
                    ated Company for which she is required to perform duties.

3.        REMUNERATION

3.1       The Company shall pay to the Executive during the continuance of her
          employment a salary (which shall accrue from day to day) at the rate
          of $265,000 per annum. The salary shall be payable in equal
          [bimonthly] installments in arrears or as otherwise determined by the
          Company on a company-wide basis.

3.2       As further remuneration, the Executive shall be entitled to an annual
          bonus based upon the achievement of performance criteria established
          by the Chief Executive Officer. The amount of the bonus for the
          achievement of 100% of targeted performance will not be less than
          forty percent (40%) of the Executive's then annual base salary.

3.3       The salary and bonus shall be reviewed from time to time and the rates
          thereof may be increased by the Company with effect from any such
          review date. Review due 1st January 1999.

4.        INSURANCE, PENSION SCHEME AND OTHER BENEFITS

4.1       At all times during the term of this Agreement, the Company shall
          provide Executive with health insurance (including any medical expense
          insurance, permanent health and accident insurance, and travel
          insurance), life insurance, the opportunity to participate in a 401(k)
          Savings Plan, and such other benefits of the Company enjoyed by or
          made available to other senior officers of the Company to the extent
          that the Executive qualifies under the eligibility provisions of any
          such plan, as presently in effect or as they may be modified from time
          to time.

4.2       SLA shall provide Executive with a suitable Company automobile and
          will reimburse all expenses associated with the operation of the
          vehicle.

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5.        EXPENSES

5.1       The Company shall during the continuance of her employment reimburse
          the Executive in respect of all reasonable and appropriate travel,
          accommodations, business entertainment and other similar out-of-pocket
          expenses actually incurred or expended by her in the performance of
          her duties hereunder.

5.2       Except where specified to the contrary, all expenses shall be
          reimbursed on a monthly basis subject to the Executive providing
          appropriate evidence (including receipts, invoices, tickets and/or
          vouchers as may be appropriate) of the expenditure in respect of which
          she claims reimbursement.

6.        VACATION

6.1       The Executive shall (in addition to the usual public and bank
          holidays) be entitled during the continuance of her employment to four
          weeks paid vacation in each calendar year.

6.2       The Executive shall not be permitted to carry forward any accumulated,
          unused vacation entitlement in excess of five weeks from one calendar
          year to the next.

6.3       Upon the termination of her employment, the Executive's entitlement to
          accrued vacation pay (which accrues on a monthly basis) shall be
          calculated on a pro rata basis in respect of each completed month of
          service in the vacation year in which her employment terminates and
          the appropriate amount shall be paid to the Executive; provided that
          if the Executive shall have taken more days' vacation than her accrued
          entitlement, the Company is hereby authorized to make an appropriate
          deduction from the Executive's final salary payment.

7.        INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

7.1       Subject to applicable law, if at any time in the course of her
          employment, the Executive makes or discovers or participates in the
          making or discovery of any Intellectual Property relating to or
          capable of being used in the business of the Company or any Associated
          Company, she shall immediately disclose full details of such
          Intellectual Property to the Company and, at the request and expense
          of the Company, she shall do all things which may be necessary or
          desirable for obtaining appropriate forms of protection for the
          Intellectual Property in such parts of the world as may be specified
          by the Company and for vesting all rights in the same in the Company
          or its nominee.


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7.2       The Executive hereby irrevocably appoints the Company to be her
          attorney and in her name and on her behalf to execute any instrument
          or do any thing and generally to use her name for the purpose of
          giving to the Company or its nominee the full benefit of the
          provisions of this Clause.

7.3       All rights and obligations under this Clause 7 in respect of
          Intellectual Property made or discovered by the Executive during her
          employment shall continue in full and force and effect after the
          termination of her employment and shall be binding upon the
          Executive's personal representatives.

8.        CONFIDENTIALITY

8.1       The Executive shall not (other than in the proper performance of her
          duties or with the prior written consent of the Company or unless
          ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction) at any time either
          during the continuance of her employment or after its termination
          disclose or communicate to any person or use for her own benefit or
          the benefit of any person other than the Company or any Associated
          Company any confidential information relating to the Company or any
          Associated Company which may come to her knowledge in the course of
          her employment and the Executive shall during the continuance of her
          employment use her best endeavors to prevent the unauthorized
          publication or misuse of any confidential information, provided
          however that such restrictions shall cease to apply to any
          confidential information which may enter the public domain other than
          through the fault of the Executive.

8.2       All notes and memoranda of any trade secret or confidential
          information concerning the business of the Company and the Associated
          Companies or any of its or their suppliers, agents, distributors,
          clients, customers or others which shall have been acquired, received
          or made by the Executive during the course of her employment shall be
          the property of the Company and shall be surrendered by the Executive
          to a person duly authorized by the Company at the termination of her
          employment or earlier at the request of the Chief Executive Officer of
          the Company at any time during the course of her employment.

9.        TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT

9.1       Termination by the Company Without Cause; Termination by the Executive
          for Good Reason. The Company may terminate the employment of the





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          Executive at any time without Cause by giving the Executive a Notice
          of Termination in accordance with Clause 12.2 hereof at least 24
          months prior to the effective date of such termination specified in
          such notice. The executive may terminate her employment by the Company
          at any time for Good Reason by giving a Notice of Termination to the
          Company in accordance with Clause 12.2 hereof, and the effective date
          of such termination shall be deter mined in accordance with Clause
          9.1.3.

9.1.1     Except as provided in Clause 9.1.2, in the event that the Executive's
          employment is terminated by the Company Without Cause:

          (a)       the Company shall pay to the Executive, within 30 days after
                    the Notice of Termination is given, a lump-sum cash amount
                    equal to (i) two times the sum of (A) her then current
                    annual salary under Clause 3 and (B) 40% of her then current
                    annual salary under Clause 3 (representing her annual bonus
                    for the achievement of 100% of performance objectives,
                    irrespective of whether performance objectives have been
                    achieved), plus (ii) an additional amount of salary equal to
                    all of the Executive's accrued unused vacation entitlement
                    up to a maximum of eight weeks; plus (iii) the cash
                    equivalent of all emoluments specified hereinabove (except
                    those the Company shall continue to provide pursuant to
                    Clause 9.1.1(b) during the period of twenty-four (24) months
                    following the effective date of such termination; and
                    provided further that in the event of a termination for Good
                    Reason pursuant to Clause 14.1.8(b), the annual salary used
                    for computation under this Clause 9.1.1(a) shall be the one
                    in effect prior to the reduction referred to in clause
                    14.1.8(b). Executive shall have the right to request and
                    receive the aggregate lump sum payment comprising
                    subclauses (i), (ii), and (iii) hereinabove in installments
                    designated by Executive paid over the calendar year of the
                    effective date of termination and the subsequent two
                    calendar years;

          (b)       for a period of twenty-four (24) months after the effective
                    date of such termination, the Company shall provide the
                    Executive with life, health, disability and other insurance
                    benefits for the Executive and her dependents under the
                    benefit plans, at the respective levels of coverage in
                    effect at the time the Notice of Termination is given, or





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                    the cash equivalents of the foregoing (less any contribution
                    to such benefits plans made through a payroll deduction
                    charged to the Executive immediately prior to such effective
                    date in respect of any such benefits), provided, however,
                    that nothing contained herein is intended to affect
                    Executive's eligibility for COBRA coverage upon termination
                    of her employment with the Company;

          (c)       the Company shall vest as of the time of such termination
                    all options granted to the Executive under the Stock Option
                    Plan and allow the Executive a period ending twenty-four
                    months after the effective date of the termination of her
                    employment within which to exercise such options;

          (d)       if so requested by Executive the Company shall provide
                    outplacement services to Executive, for a period not to
                    exceed twelve (12) months following the effective date of
                    termination, with a nationally-recognized outplacement firm
                    selected by the Company.

9.1.2     Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Clause 9.1, in the event
          that the Company terminates the Executive's employment Without Cause
          in anticipation of, or pursuant to a Notice of Termination delivered
          to the Executive within two years after a Change in Control:

          (a)       the Company shall pay to the Executive, within 30 days after
                    the Notice of Termination is given, a lump-sum cash amount
                    equal to (i) three times the sum of (A) her then current
                    annual salary under Clause 3 and (B) 40% of her then current
                    annual salary under Clause 3 (representing her annual bonus
                    for the achievement of 100% of performance objectives,
                    irrespective of whether performance objectives have been
                    achieved), plus (ii) an additional amount of salary equal to
                    all of the Executive's accrued unused vacation entitlement
                    up to a maximum of eight weeks; plus (iii) the cash
                    equivalent of all emoluments specified hereinabove (except
                    those the Company shall continue to provide pursuant to
                    Clause 9.1.2(b) during the period of thirty-six (36) months
                    following the effective date of such termination; and
                    provided further that in the event of a termination for Good
                    Reason pursuant to Clause 14.1.8(b), the annual salary used
                    for computation under this Clause 9.1.2(a) shall be the 





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                    one in effect prior to the reduction referred to in Clause
                    14.1.8(b). Executive shall have the right to request and
                    receive the aggregate lump sum payment comprising
                    subclauses (i), (ii), and (iii) herein above in installments
                    designated by Executive paid over the calendar year of the
                    effective date of termination and the subsequent two
                    calendar years;

          (b)       for a period of thirty-six (36) months after the effective
                    date of such termination, the Company shall provide the
                    Executive with life, health, disability and other insurance
                    benefits for the Executive and her dependents under the
                    benefit plans, at the respective levels of coverage in
                    effect at the time the Notice of Termination is given, or
                    the cash equivalents of the foregoing (less any contribution
                    to such benefits plans made through a payroll deduction
                    charged to the Executive immediately prior to such
                    effective date in respect of any such benefits); provided,
                    however, that nothing contained herein is intended to 
                    affect Executive's eligibility for COBRA coverage upon
                    termination of her employment with the Company;

          (c)       the Company shall vest as of the time of such Change in
                    Control all options granted to the Executive under the
                    Stock Option Plan and allow the Executive a period ending
                    twenty-four months after the effective date of the
                    termination of her employment within which to exercise such
                    options; and;

          (d)       the Company shall provide outplacement services to
                    Executive, for a period not to exceed twelve (12) months
                    following the effective date of termination, with a
                    nationally-recognized outplacement firm selected by the
                    Company.

9.1.3     Except as provided in Clause 9.1.2, in the event that the Executive
          terminates her employment for Good Reason, she shall have the rights
          and receive the benefits to which she would be entitled if the Company
          had terminated her employment without Cause by delivering a Notice of
          Termination under Section 9.1.1. The effective date of the
          Executive's termination of her employment pursuant to this Clause
          9.1.3 shall be the date specified in Executive's Notice of
          Termination; provided, however, that, under no circumstances shall
          the Executive specify an effective date less than one hundred twenty





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          (120) days after the date of such notice. In such event, the
          Executive shall receive the benefits provided in Clause 9.1.1 on the
          effective date of termination of her employment.

9.1.4     In the event of a dispute between the Executive and the Company with
          respect to any of the Executive's rights under this Agreement, the
          Company shall reimburse the Executive for any and all legal fees and
          disbursements incurred by her in connection with enforcing such
          rights, at the time such fees and disbursements are incurred (but in
          no event more frequently than monthly); provided, however, that if the
          Executive's claim is found by a court of competent jurisdiction to
          have been frivolous, the Executive shall reimburse the Company for all
          amounts paid by the Company pursuant to this Clause 9.1.4.

9.2       Termination by the Company for Cause; Termination by the Executive
          Without Good Reason. The Company may at any tine terminate the
          Executive's employment for Cause by giving the Executive a Notice of
          Termination in accordance with Clause 12.2 and, if applicable, after
          complying with Clause 14.1.5 hereof. The Executive may at any time
          terminate her employment with the Company in accordance with Clause
          12.2 hereof at least twelve (12) months prior to the effective date of
          such termination specified in such notice. In the event of a
          termination by the Company for Cause or by the Executive without Good
          Reason (except in the case where the Executive so terminates her
          employment within two years after a Change in Control, as provided in
          Clause 9.1.2), the Executive shall be entitled to receive any unpaid
          amount of her then current salary (including unused vacation
          entitlements pursuant to Clause 6.3) through the effective date of
          such termination, as well as any other benefits which shall have
          vested and become payable to her under the Benefit Plans as of such
          effective date.

9.3       Retirement. The employment of the Executive shall terminate
          automatically upon her retirement. In the event of the termination of
          the Executive's employment pursuant to her retirement, the Executive
          shall be entitled to any other benefits which shall have vested and
          become payable to her under the Benefit Plans as of the effective date
          of such retirement or to which the Executive is otherwise entitled
          upon her retirement under any Benefit Plan or other policy or program
          of the Company or any Associated Company in accordance with the





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          respective terms of such Benefit Plan, policy or program.

9.4       Death or Disability

9.4.1     Disability. Subject to the requirements of the Americans with
          Disabilities Act of 1990, as amended, the Family and Medical Leave Act
          of 1993, as amended, and/or any other legislation applicable to the
          Executive's employment by the Company, the Company may terminate
          employment of the Executive, by giving her a Notice of Termination not
          less than six months prior to the effective date of such termination
          specified in such notice, if the Executive shall have been absent from
          work due to sickness, injury or other incapacity for more than 183
          days in the aggregate during any period of 12 consecutive months or
          if, in the opinion of a physician or other appropriate expert selected
          by the Company, the Executive is likely to be unable to perform her
          duties for more than 183 days in the aggregate during any period of
          12 consecutive months; provided, that the Company shall withdraw such
          notice if during its pendency the Executive returns to full-time work
          and provides the Company with a certificate from a physician or other
          appropriate expert reasonably acceptable to the Company stating that
          she has fully recovered and that no recurrence of such incapacity may
          reasonably be anticipated, and provided further that if the Executive
          returns to work after a period of absence which would have entitled
          the Company to terminate her employment the Company shall, after she
          has completed a period of three consecutive months at work without
          further material absence due to such sickness, injury or other
          incapacity, be deemed to have waived its rights to terminate her
          employment based on such previous period of absence. Circumstances
          justifying termination of the Executive's employment by the Company
          pursuant to this Clause 9.4.1 are referred to herein as "Disability".

9.4.2     Death. The employment of the Executive by the Company shall terminate
          automatically upon her death.

9.4.3     Benefits upon Disability. In the event of termination of employment
          due to Disability the Company shall continue to pay Executive's salary
          and bonus for achieving 100% of her performance objectives under
          Clause 3 and provide the other emoluments and benefits specified
          hereinabove for a period of six (6) months from the date of
          termination hereunder; and cause the vesting of all of the stock
          options granted to Executive under the Stock Option Plan and allow 




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          the Executive a period of eighteen (18) months from the effective date
          of termination within which to exercise such options.

9.4.4     Benefits upon Death. In the event of a termination of employment due
          to death of the Executive, her legal representatives shall be entitled
          to receive any unpaid amount of her then current salary through the
          effective date of such termination as well as any other benefits which
          shall have vested and become payable to her under the Benefit Plans as
          of such effective date or to which the Executive is otherwise entitled
          upon her death under any Benefit Plan or other policy or program of
          the Company or any associated Company in accordance with the
          respective terms of such Benefit Plan, policy or program.

9.5       Upon the termination of her employment the Executive shall be entitled
          to accrued vacation pay pursuant to clause 6.3.

9.6       Notwithstanding the terms of Clause 1.2 or any other provision of this
          Agreement, during any period between the giving of a Notice of
          Termination and the effective date of termination in accordance with
          this Clause 9, the Company shall not be under any obligation to
          provide the Executive with any work and the Company may at any time
          during such notice period without further notice suspend the Executive
          and/or exclude her from all or any premises of the Company or any
          Associated Company, provided, however, that, throughout such notice
          period, the Company shall not make or give effect to any change in the
          terms and conditions of the Executive's employment as in effect
          immediately prior to the Reference Time (as defined below) that would
          constitute Good Reason under any of paragraphs (b) through (g) of
          Clause 14.1.8 (regardless of whether her employment is terminated for
          Good Reason), and the Executive's salary and other contractual
          benefits shall continue to be paid or provided by the Company in the
          manner in effect at the Reference Time. "Reference Time" means the
          time immediately prior to (i) in the case of a termination for Good
          Reason, the occurrence that constitutes such Good Reason, or (ii) in
          all other cases, the giving of the Notice of Termination. At any time
          during such notice period the Executive shall at the request of the
          Company immediately resign from office as a Director of the Company
          and any Associated Company and from other office held by her in the
          Company or any Associated Company (but without claim to compensation 





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          other than as provided under this Agreement) and in the event of her
          failure to do so the Company is hereby irrevocably authorized to
          appoint some person in her name and on her behalf to sign and deliver
          such resignations to the Company.

9.7       The Executive shall have no obligation to take any action to mitigate
          or offset any amounts payable by the Company pursuant to this Clause
          9, by seeking other employment or otherwise, nor shall the amount of
          any payment provided for in this Agreement be reduced by any
          compensation earned by the Executive as the result of employment by
          another employer after the date of termination of the Executive's
          employment or otherwise.

9.8       The termination of the Executive's employment for any reason
          whatsoever shall not operate to terminate this Agreement as an
          entirety or to adversely affect the respective continuing rights and
          obligations of the parties under the relevant clauses of this
          Agreement, all of which shall survive the effective date of such
          termination of employment in accordance with their respective terms.

9.9       The Executive acknowledges that the Company may have in effect from
          time to time a written severance plan or policy, which plan or policy
          is or may be subject to change at the discretion of the Company. The
          Executive shall not be entitled to any notice, payment in lieu of
          notice or other severance payments under such plan or policy, but if
          the notice period (or payment) to which the Executive would have been
          entitled under such plan or policy as it may then exist is greater
          than the notice period (or payment in lieu of such notice) to which
          the Executive would be entitled under this Agreement, then the notice
          period (and payment in lieu thereof) for termination hereunder shall
          be deemed to be such greater amounts.

10.       EXECUTIVES COVENANTS

10.1      The Executive acknowledges that during the course of her employment
          with the Company she will receive and have access to Confidential
          Information of the Company and its Associated Companies (including
          without limitation those matters specified in Clause 8.2 of this
          Agreement, as well as detailed client/customer lists and information
          relating to the operations and business requirements of those
          clients/customers) and accordingly she is willing to enter into the
          covenants described in Clauses 10.2 and 10.3 in order to provide





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          the Company and its Associated Companies with what she considers to be
          reasonable protection for those interests.

10.2      The Executive hereby covenants with the Company that during the term
          of her employment she will not either directly or indirectly engage or
          participate in any activity competitive with or adverse to the
          business or interests of the Company or any of its Associated
          Companies.

10.3      The Executive hereby covenants with the Company that she will not for
          the period of 24 months after the Executive's last active day of
          employment without prior written consent of the Chief Executive
          Officer, directly or indirectly:

10.3.1    carry on or set up or be employed or engaged by or otherwise assist in
          or be interested in any capacity (including without limitation as a
          shareholder) in any line of business in competition with any line of
          business which is part of the Business of the PMSI Group with which
          the Executive has had involvement and which the Company or any
          Associated Company is carrying on during the 12 months preceding the
          Executive's last active day of employment; or

10.3.2    carry on or set up or be employed or engaged by or otherwise assist in
          or be interested in any capacity (including without limitation as a
          shareholder) a business which competes or will compete with any
          business of the Company or any Associated Company which is planned or
          contemplated at the date of the Executive's last active day of
          employment in any country in which the business is planned or
          contemplated to operate and which plans the Executive has been
          involved with to a material extent; or

10.3.3    in connection with the carrying on of any businesses which is in
          competition with the Business of the Group canvass, solicit or
          approach or cause to be canvassed or solicited or approached for
          orders in respect of any services provided and/or any goods sold by
          the Company or any Associated Company any person, firm or company who
          or which at the date of the Executive's last active day of employment
          or at any time during the period of 12 months prior to that date is a
          supplier, customer or client of the Company or any Associated Company
          and with whom or which the Executive shall have had dealings during
          the course of her employment; or






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10.3.4    in connection with the carrying on of any business in competition with
          the Business of the Group do business with any person, firm or company
          who or which has at any time during the period of 12 months
          immediately preceding the date of the Executive's last active date of
          employment done business with the Company or any Associated Company,
          customer or client or distributor or consultant and with whom or which
          the Executive shall have had dealings during the course of her
          employment; or

10.3.5    solicit, entice away or hire or endeavor to solicit or entice away
          from the Company or any Associated Company any person who at the date
          of the Executive's last active day of employment or at any time during
          the period of six months prior to that date is employed or engaged by
          the Company or any Associated Company as a head of any business unit,
          the direct report of such business unit head, or any other key
          technical, marketing or sales position and with whom the Executive
          shall have had contact during the course of her employment (whether or
          not such a person would commit a breach of his or her contract of
          employment by so doing).

10.4      The Executive hereby agrees that she will at the cost of the Company
          enter into a direct agreement or undertaking with any Associated
          Company whereby she will accept restrictions and provisions
          corresponding to the restrictions and provisions in Clause 10.3 above
          (or such of them as may be appropriate in the circumstances) in
          relation to such activities and such country or countries as such
          Associated Company may reasonably require for the protection of its
          legitimate business interests.

10.5      Notwithstanding the generality of the covenants contained in Clause
          10.3, those covenants shall apply only with respect to those countries
          in which the Company or any Associated Company has transacted any
          business during the 12 months prior to the date of Executive's last
          active day of employment in which the Executive has been involved,
          except that during the 24- month period after the Executive's last
          active day of employment the Executive may not be engaged or employed
          by or render any services to or for the benefit of IMS Health Inc.,
          National Data Corporation, Snyder Communications, Inc. or Quintiles
          Transnational Corporation or any of their direct or indirect
          subsidiaries, wherever located, except with the prior consent of the
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10.6      Nothing contained herein shall prohibit the Executive from holding
          directly or through nominees up to two percent of the outstanding
          stock of any publicly-held and traded company or shares.

10.7      The covenants contained in Clauses 10.3.1, 10.3.2, 10.3.3, 10.3.4 and
          10.3.5 are intended to be separate and severable and enforceable as
          such.

10.8      In the event of a breach of Clauses 10.3.1, 10.3.2, 10.3.3, 10.3.4, or
          10.3.5, the Executive acknowledges that in addition to any other
          remedies available under law to the Company and any Associated
          Company, the Company and any Associated Company may be entitled to an
          injunction enjoining the Executive or any person or persons acting for
          or with the Executive in any capacity whatsoever from violating any of
          the terms thereof.

11.       ASSIGNMENT

11.1      The Company may assign its rights or delegate its performance, in
          whole or in part, to any of its Associated Companies; provided that
          any such assignment or delegation shall not affect the Executive's
          position with the Company. This Agreement shall be binding upon and
          shall inure to the benefit of the Company and any successor of the
          Company. In the event of any permitted assignment, the Company shall
          guarantee the performance of this Agreement by the Associated Company.

11.2      This Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of
          Executive, her legal representatives and assigns, except that
          Executive's obligations to perform services under this Agreement are
          personal and are expressly declared to be non-assignable and
          non-transferable by her without the consent in writing of the Company.

11.3      In the event of a Change in Control, the Company shall require the
          successor to the Company as the Executive's employer (whether such
          succession is direct or indirect, by purchase, merger, consolidation
          or otherwise, to all or a substantial portion of the business and/or
          assets of the Company) to expressly assume and agree to perform this
          Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent that the Company
          would be required to perform it if no such succession had taken place.
          As used in this Agreement, the term "Company" shall mean the Company
          as hereinbefore defined and any successor to all or a substantial 
          portion of its business and/or assets as aforesaid.




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12.       NOTICES

12.1      Any notice to be given under this Agreement shall be given in writing
          and shall be deemed to be sufficiently served by one party on the
          other if it is delivered personally or is sent by facsimile
          transmission, overnight delivery service or registered or recorded
          delivery prepaid post (air mail if overseas) addressed to either the
          Company's registered office for the time being or the Executive's last
          known address as the case may be.

12.2      Any purported termination of the Executive's employment by the Company
          or by the Executive shall not be effective unless communicated by
          written Notice of Termination to the other party hereto in accordance
          with Clause 12.1 above and the relevant provisions of Clause 9. A
          Notice of Termination shall identify the specific termination
          provision of this Agreement relied upon, shall specify the intended
          effective date of such termination (which date shall comply with the
          notice period requirements of the provision so identified) and shall
          set forth in reasonable detail the facts and circumstances claimed to
          provide a basis for termination under the provision so identified.

13.       MISCELLANEOUS

13.1      The Executive hereby warrants that by virtue of entering into this
          Agreement she will not be in breach of any express or implied terms of
          any court order, contract or of any other obligation legally binding
          upon her.

13.2      Any benefits provided by the Company to the Executive or her family
          which are not expressly referred to in this Agreement shall be
          regarded as ex gratia benefits provided at the entire discretion of
          the Company and shall not form part of the Executive's contract of
          employment.

13.3      Except as expressly provided in this Clause 13, the Executive shall be
          responsible for the payment of all individual taxes on all amounts
          paid or benefits provided to her under this Agreement. All
          compensation (including without limitation, salary and any severance
          payments) paid to the Executive shall be subject to such deductions as
          from time to time may be required by law or regulation or by 
          agreement with, or consent of the Executive.




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13.4      Any waiver by either party of any breach of any provision of this
          Agreement must be set forth in a writing signed by such party, in
          order for it to be effective, and no such waiver shall operate as a
          waiver of any subsequent breach of that provision or any breach of any
          other provision of this Agreement.

13.5      This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of
          which shall be deemed an original and all of which together shall
          constitute one and the same instrument.

13.6      The Company will indemnify the Executive (and her legal
          representatives, heirs, estate or other successors) to the fullest
          extent permitted (including payment of expenses in advance of final
          disposition of any proceeding) by the laws of the jurisdiction of the
          incorporation of the Company as in effect at the time of the subject
          act or omission, or by the Certificate of Incorporation and by-laws of
          the Company as in effect at such time or on the date of this
          Agreement, or by the terms of any indemnification agreement between
          the Company and the Executive, whichever affords or afforded greatest
          protection to the Executive, and the Executive shall be entitled to
          the protection of any insurance policies the Company or any Associated
          Company may elect to maintain generally for the benefit of its
          directors and officers (and to the extent the Company or an Associated
          Company maintains such an insurance policy or policies, the Executive
          shall be covered by such policy or policies, in accordance with its or
          their terms, to the maximum extent of the coverage available for a
          person serving or having served in the positions and offices in which
          the Executive is serving or has served), against all costs, charges
          and expenses whatsoever incurred or sustained by her (or her legal
          representatives, heirs, estate or other successors) at the time such
          costs, charges and expenses are incurred or sustained, in connection
          with any action, suit or proceeding to which she (or her legal
          representatives, heirs, estate or other successors) may be made a
          party by reason of her being or having been a director, officer or
          employee of the Company or any Associated Company, or by reason of her
          serving or having served any other enterprise as a director, officer
          or employee at the request of the Company or any Associated Company.



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14.       DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION

14.1      In this Agreement unless the context otherwise requires or as
          otherwise defined herein the following expressions have the following
          meanings:

14.1.1    "Associated Company"

          Any company which is a direct or indirect subsidiary of the Company.

14.1.2    "Benefit Plans"

          The 401(k) plan and other pension, retirement, life insurance medical,
          health, accident, disability, welfare, savings, deferred compensation
          or similar plans of the Company and its Associated Companies.

14.1.3    "the Board of Directors"

          The Board of Directors for the time being of the Company including any
          duly appointed committee thereof.

14.1.4    "the Business of the Group"

          The business of the Company and the Associated Companies as described
          in the Schedule hereto and such other business or businesses as the
          Company or any Associated Company may enter into from time to time of
          which the Executive is aware.

14.1.5    "Cause"

          Any of the following:

          (a)       the Executive's willful and continued failure substantially
                    to perform her duties hereunder (other than as a result of
                    sickness, injury or other physical or mental incapacity or
                    as a result of termination by the Executive for Good
                    Reason); provided, however, that such failure shall
                    constitute "Cause" only if (x) the Company delivers a
                    written demand for substantial performance to the Executive
                    that specifies the manner in which the Company believes the
                    Executive has failed substantially to perform her duties
                    hereunder and (y) the Executive shall not have corrected
                    such failure within 10 business days after her receipt of
                    such demand;






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          (b)       willful misconduct by the Executive in the performance of
                    her duties hereunder that is demonstrably and materially
                    injurious to the Company or any Associated Company for which
                    she is required to perform duties hereunder;

          (c)       the Executive's conviction of (or plea of nolo contendere
                    to) a felony under the laws of the United States or any
                    state thereof or a criminal offense under the laws of any
                    other non-U.S. jurisdiction that would constitute a felony
                    under the laws of the United States or of the state of
                    Delaware; or

          (d)       the Executive's illegal or continuing immoderate use or
                    abuse of alcoholic beverages or drugs in a manner that
                    materially impairs the Executive's ability to perform her
                    duties under this Agreement or materially adversely affects
                    the Executive's or the Company's reputation with customers
                    or in the community as a whole; provided, however, that this
                    clause (d) shall not apply to use of prescription drugs in
                    the manner prescribed by a physician or other duly licensed
                    medical or health practitioner authorized to issue
                    prescriptions for such prescription drugs.

          No action, or failure to act, shall be considered "willful" if it is
          done by the Executive in good faith and with the reasonable belief
          that her action or omission was in the best interest of the Company.

14.1.6    "Change in Control"

          The occurrence of any of the following:

          (a)       any event pursuant to which any "Person" becomes an
                    "Acquiring Person" (as such terms are defined in that
                    certain Agreement dated as of January 28, 1998 between the
                    Company and Harris Trust Company of New York as Rights
                    Agent, as such Agreement initially entered into effect as of
                    such date);

          (b)       a merger, consolidation, exchange, combination or other
                    transaction involving the Company and another entity (or the
                    securities of the Company and such other entity) as a result
                    of which the holders of all of the shares of Common Stock of
                    the Company outstanding prior to such transaction do not
                    hold, directly or indirectly, shares of the outstanding
                    voting securities of, or other voting ownership interests 





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                    in, the surviving, resulting or successors entity in such
                    transaction in substantially the same proportions as those
                    in which they held the outstanding shares of Common Stock of
                    the Company immediately prior to such transaction;

          (c)       the sale, transfer, assignment or other disposition by the
                    Company and/or one of more Associated Companies, in one
                    transaction or a series of transactions within any period of
                    18 consecutive calendar months which account for an
                    aggregate of 50% or more of the assets or 50% or more of the
                    consolidated revenues of the Company and its subsidiaries,
                    as determined in accordance with U.S. generally accepted
                    accounting principles, for the fiscal year most recently
                    ended prior to the date of such transaction (or, in the case
                    of a series of transactions as described above, the first
                    such transaction); provided, however, that no such
                    transaction shall be taken into account if substantially all
                    the proceeds thereof (whether in cash or in kind) are used
                    after such transaction in the ongoing conduct by the Company
                    and/or its subsidiaries of the business conducted by the
                    Company and/or its subsidiaries prior to such transaction;

          (d)       the Company is dissolved; or

14.1.7    "the Chief Executive Officer"

          The Chief Executive Officer of the Company.

14.1.8    "Good Reason"

          The occurrence of any of the following (other than by reason of a
          termination of the Executive for Cause or Disability):

          (a)       the position or responsibilities of the Executive are
                    significantly reduced, (including, without limitation, by
                    reason of the elimination of the position of the Executive
                    Vice President of the Company and Chief Executive Officer of
                    SLA or by reason of a material change in the reporting
                    responsibilities to and of such position, or, following a
                    Change in Control, by reason of a substantial reduction in
                    the size of the Company or other substantial change in the
                    character or scope of the Company's operations), or the





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                    Executive is assigned without her written consent to any
                    duties inconsistent with her positions, duties,
                    responsibilities and status with the Company immediately
                    prior to such assignment;

          (b)       the salary provided in Clause 3.1 hereof (as the same may be
                    increased from time to time in accordance with Clause 3.3)
                    is reduced (except if such reduction occurs prior to a
                    Change in Control and is part of an across-the-board
                    reduction applicable to all senior level executives of the
                    Group);

          (c)       the annual incentive compensation provided for in Clause 3.2
                    hereof is reduced or eliminated or, if after a change in
                    Control, the Executive's participation level is reduced or
                    the manner of assessing actual performance is changed in a
                    manner that results in the Executive earning less such
                    compensation for a given period than she would have for the
                    same period absent such change;

          (d)       the Executive's aggregate level of benefits under the
                    Benefit Plans is reduced, except if such reduction occurs
                    prior to a Change in Control and is part of an
                    across-the-board reduction in such benefits applicable to
                    all senior level executives of the Group;

          (e)       after a Change in Control, the Company fails to continue to
                    provide the Executive with benefits and perquisites which
                    are substantially similar in the aggregate to those to which
                    the Executive is entitled under the Company's Benefit Plans
                    in which the Executive was participating immediately prior
                    to the Change in Control, or fails to provide the Executive
                    with directors' and officers' insurance, at least at the
                    level maintained immediately prior to the Change in Control;

          (f)       the Executive is required to change he regular work location
                    to a location that is more than 25 miles from the current
                    address of Executive set out at the beginning of this
                    Agreement;

          (g)       the Company fails to pay the Executive any amount otherwise
                    vested and due hereunder or under any plan or policy of the
                    Company, or fails to comply with any other provision of or
                    perform any of its other obligations under this Agreement;
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          (h)       the Company fails to obtain from any successor and to
                    deliver to the Executive such successor's written agreement
                    to assume and agree to perform the Company's obligations
                    under this Agreement.

          If the Executive delivers to the Company a Notice of Termination in
          connection with an event described in Clauses (a) through (h) above,
          the Company shall have 10 business days from the date of receipt of
          such notice to effect a cure of the event described therein, and upon
          cure thereof by the Company to the Executive's reasonable
          satisfaction, such event shall no longer constitute "Good Reason" for
          purposes of this Agreement.

14.1.9    "Intellectual Property"

          Letters patent, trademarks, trade names, service marks, designs,
          copyrights, utility models, design rights, applications for
          registration of any of the foregoing and the right to apply for them
          in any part of the world, inventions, drawings, computer programs and
          software, trade secrets and other non-public proprietary information,
          know-how and rights of like nature arising or subsisting anywhere in
          the world in relation to all of the foregoing whether registered or
          unregistered.

14.1.10   "IRS"

          The United States Internal Revenue Service, or any successor agency of
          the United States Government.

14.1.11   "PMSI Group" or "Group"

          The Company and the Associated Companies.

14.1.12   "Stock Option Plan"

          The Pharmaceutical Marketing Services Inc. and its Subsidiaries Stock
          Option and Restricted Stock Purchase Plan, as the same may be amended
          from time to time, or any employee stock option plan that replaces,
          supersedes or supplements such plan.

14.2      The headings in this Agreement are for convenience only and shall not
          affect its construction or interpretation.

14.3      Any reference in this Agreement to a statutory provision shall be
          deemed to include a reference to any statutory amendment, modification





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          or re-enactment of it or to any legislation that supersedes it.

14.4      This Agreement together with the Company plans, agreements and other
          arrangements referred to herein contains the entire understanding
          between the parties and supersedes any other prior agreements,
          arrangements and understandings (written or oral) between the Company
          and the Executive relating to the employment of the Executive with the
          Company which such agreements, arrangements and understandings shall
          be deemed to have been terminated by mutual consent; provided,
          however, that this Agreement shall not terminate any agreement in
          effect on the date hereof between the Company and the Executive
          granting or otherwise relating to any stock option, and any such
          agreement shall be deemed to be modified and amended hereby to the
          extent that the terms of such agreement are inconsistent with the
          terms hereof. The Executive acknowledges that she has not entered into
          this Agreement in reliance on any warranty, representation or
          undertaking which is not contained in or specifically incorporated in
          this Agreement.

14.5      The various Clauses of this Agreement are severable and if any Clause
          or identifiable part thereof is held to be invalid or unenforceable by
          any court of competent jurisdiction then such invalidity or
          unenforcability shall not affect the validity or enforceability of the
          remaining Clauses or identifiable parts thereof in this Agreement, and
          the parties hereto agree that the portion so held invalid,
          unenforceable or void shall, if possible, be deemed amended or reduced
          in scope, or otherwise be stricken from this agreement, to the extent
          required for the purposes of the validity and enforcement hereof.

14.6      Unless the context otherwise requires, any reference in this Agreement
          to the employment of the Executive or the Executive's last day of
          active employment refers to the Executive's employment with the
          Company.

14.7      Unless the context otherwise requires, any reference herein to a
          Benefit Plan or other plan, agreement, arrangement, policy or program
          of the "Company," or to a benefit, payment or contribution provided or
          to be provided to the Executive by the "Company" shall be understood
          to include any Benefit Plan, plan, agreement, arrangement, policy or
          program of any Associated Company, or any benefit, payment or





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          contribution provided or to be provided to the Executive by any
          Associated Company, respectively.

14.8      This Agreement is governed by and shall be construed in accordance
          with the laws of the State of Pennsylvania, and the parties to this
          Agreement hereby submit to the nonexclusive jurisdiction of the
          federal and state courts sitting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.


          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been executed by the parties
hereto as of the date first above written.


                                          PHARMACEUTICAL MARKETING SERVICES INC.



                                          By:  /s/Dennis J. Turner           
                                               ___________________________  
                                               Dennis J. Turner
                                               Chief Executive Officer


                                          EXECUTIVE



                                          By:  /s/Joy Scott
                                               ___________________________
                                                Joy Scott






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                                    SCHEDULE

                           BUSINESS OF THE PMSI GROUP

          The Business of the PMSI Group consists of the provision to the
pharmaceutical industry of:

          (a) Surveys of and information services from physicians and managed
care professionals;

          (b) marketing research audits and surveys evaluating marketing and
promotional activities, expenditure and effectiveness; physicians attitudes,
behaviours and prescribing; and drug production, distribution and dispensing,
and therapy trends;

          (c) profiles of physicians, managed care professionals, managed care
organizations, formularies, regulations and legislation and marketing research
on managed healthcare;

          (d) related strategic studies and consulting services.