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Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2008 Unaudited Financial Results

Net revenues. Net revenues increased by 31.5% to RMB60.1 million (US$8.8 million) in the fourth quarter of 2008 from the same period in 2007. This increase was primarily due to the growth in TPIAO and EPIAO products, which increased by 32.0% and 39.7%, respectively, from the same period in 2007.

Net revenues increased by 35.0% to RMB243.2 million (US$35.7 million) in 2008 from RMB180.2 million (US$24.7 million) in 2007. This increase was primarily attributed to the continued growth in EPIAO products, sales of which increased by 27.5% from RMB121.2 million (US$16.6 million) in 2007 to RMB154.6 million (US$22.7 million) in 2008. The growth in sales from EPIAO was driven in part by an expanded oncology sales force, which continued to perform well. The Company also witnessed rapid market adoption of TPIAO products, which generated revenues of RMB67.6 million (US$9.9 million) in 2008, compared to RMB43.1 million (US$5.9 million) in 2007. TPIAO was 3SBio's second largest revenue contributor in 2008, accounting for 27.8% of our total net revenues in the period. Sales from in-licensed Iron Sucrose supplement increased 117.8% to RMB7.0 million (US$1.0 million) in 2008. Export sales registered a steady growth of 22.2% to RMB8.3 million (US$1.2 million) in 2008, accounting for 3.4% of total net revenue.

Gross profit. As a result of strong sales across our product lines, gross profit increased by 36.3% to RMB54.4 million (US$8.0 million) in the fourth quarter of 2008 from RMB39.9 million (US$5.5 million) for the same period in 2007. Gross margin increased to 90.6% in the fourth quarter 2008 from 87.4% for the same period in 2007.

In 2008, gross profit grew 36.1% to RMB221.5 million (US$32.5 million) from RMB162.7 million (US$22.3 million) in 2007. Gross margin of 91.1% in 2008 remained
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