AEterna Zentaris completes management team with the appointment of Chief Medic...(shed a worldclass team said Dr. Mazzo. ...)

Date:8/19/2007

shed a world class team," said Dr. Mazzo. "I believe that with this experienced, highly competent team along with our rich, self-sustaining pipeline, we have all the key elements to successfully place AEterna Zentaris in a new growth category and significantly unlock shareholder value."

Following Dr. Blake's appointment, the Company's Executive Management Team is comprised of the following members:

- Paul Blake, M.D., Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer;

- Jurgen Engel, Ph.D., Executive Vice President and Chief Scientific

Officer;

- Ellen McDonald, M.B.A., Senior Vice President, Business Operations and

Chief Business Officer;

- Mario Paradis, C.A., Senior Vice President, Administrative and Legal

Affairs, and Corporate Secretary;

- Nicholas J. Pelliccione, Ph.D., Senior Vice President, Regulatory

Affairs and Quality Assurance; and

- Dennis Turpin, C.A., Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.

About AEterna Zentaris Inc.

AEterna Zentaris Inc. is a global biopharmaceutical company focused on endocrine therapy and oncology with proven expertise in drug discovery, development and commercialization.

News releases and additional information are available at http://www.aeternazentaris.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the U.S. Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Statements that are not historical facts, including statements preceded by, followed by, or that include the words "believes", "anticipates", "intends", "plans", "expects", "estimates", "will," "may", "should", "approximately", and the negative or other variations of those terms or comparable terminology, are forward-looking statements. Such statements reflect management's current views, intentions, strategies and plans and
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SOURCE AETERNA ZENTARIS INC. Copyright©2007 PR Newswire.

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