Jubilant Enters Research Collaboration with AstraZeneca
Research Collaboration to Provide Astra Zeneca with new preclinical drug candidates

Noida (UP) India, May 5, 2009

Jubilant Organosys Ltd, headquartered in India, announced today that its Bangalore, India, based subsidiary Jubilant Biosys Ltd has signed a research collaboration agreement with, AstraZeneca, and focused on delivering novel drug candidates into the international pharmaceutical company's pre-clinical pipeline. Under the shared risk-reward collaboration, which will intially focus on the neuroscience area, Jubilant aims to deliver a steady steam of discovery programs to AstraZeneca.  

AstraZeneca will own the compounds developed under the collaboration with worldwide development and commercialization rights. Jubilant will be eligible to receive research funding spanning an initial five-year period. In addition, AstraZeneca will also pay Jubilant success-based development milestones, as well as royalties based on successful global commercialization of any of the compounds. Additional terms were not disclosed.

Commenting on this Collaboration, Mr. Shyam S Bhartia, Chairman & Managing Director and Mr. Hari S Bhartia, Co-Chairman & Managing Director, Jubilant Organosys Ltd, said: "We are very pleased to partner with AstraZeneca, this collaboration will leverage the innovative capabilities of AstraZeneca and Jubilant Biosys in providing a robust global drug discovery model. Through this partnership, Jubilant is confident of contributing to AstraZeneca's preclinical portfolio and anticipates significant rewards from successful downstream milestones. This partnership furthers Jubilant's strategy to be India's largest provider of innovative and integrated pharmaceutical solutions, enabling the global pharmaceutical industry's quest to discover affordable innovative medicines."

Jan Lundberg, Executive Vice-President, Global Discovery, at AstraZeneca says, "This collaboration complements our internal capabilities and increases the capacity of our pre-clinical programs. It is a concrete example of the innovative approaches we are taking to deliver a sustainable Discovery pipeline with a lean and agile organization. Ultimately, this will provide us with more shots on goal as we look to sustain a competitive portfolio and provide meaningful medicines to patients."

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AstraZeneca is a major international healthcare business engaged in the research, development, manufacturing and marketing of meaningful prescription medicines and supplier for healthcare services. AstraZeneca is one of the world's leading pharmaceutical companies with healthcare sales of US$ 31.6 billion and is a leader in gastrointestinal, cardiovascular, neuroscience, respiratory, oncology and infectious disease medicines. For more information about AstraZeneca, please visit: www.astrazeneca.com

About Jubilant Biosys  

Jubilant Biosys Ltd., a subsidiary of Jubilant Organosys Ltd.,provides integrated drug discovery and development solutions to the global pharmaceutical industry. Jubilant Biosys has an integrated state of the art facility in Bangalore. The Center houses over 300 scientists specializing in multiple disciplines to include Discovery biology, medicinal chemistry, structural biology, pharmacology, toxicology, pharma chem, molecular modeling, crystallography and information technology supporting discovery efforts. For more information please visit: www.jubilantbiosys.com

About Jubilant Organosys

Jubilant Organosys Ltd. is an integrated pharmaceutical industry player, one of the largest custom research and manufacturing services (CRAMS) and drug discovery and development services companies out of India. The company has a presence across the pharmaceutical value chain for products and services such as proprietary products ,exclusive synthesis, active pharmaceutical ingredients, contract manufacturing of sterile injectables (liquids and lyophilized) products, non-steriles (ointments, creams and liquid) and radiopharmaceuticals, drug discovery services, medicinal chemistry services, clinical research services, generic dosage forms and healthcare. Jubilant Organosys has geographically diversified manufacturing facilities at ten locations worldwide. Together, these help Jubilant cater to 150 customers across more than 50 countries around the world.For more information please visit: www.jubl.com

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