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Mylan Announces Amendment to Bystolic(TM) (Nebivolol) Agreement
Date:2/27/2008

PITTSBURGH, Feb. 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Mylan Inc. (NYSE: MYL) announced today that it and Forest Laboratories Holdings, Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Forest Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE: FRX) have amended their January 2006 agreement to commercialize, develop and distribute the novel beta blocker Bystolic(TM) (nebivolol), which is currently approved in the United States for the treatment of hypertension. The companies have agreed that Forest will assume Mylan's commercial rights for Bystolic in the U.S. and Canada including, but not limited to, the elimination of Mylan's option to co-promote the product. Forest will be responsible for all future Bystolic development expenses as well as all sales and marketing expenses for the product.

Under the terms of this amendment, Forest Laboratories Holdings, Ltd. (Ireland) will make a one-time cash payment of $370 million to Mylan. Forest will continue to pay Mylan its contractual royalties for three years, through calendar 2010.

Robert J. Coury, Vice Chairman and CEO of Mylan, commented: "We are very proud of the role Mylan has played to date in Bystolic's development and commercialization in the U.S. and believe that today's agreement with Forest is evidence of the value we have created through this product. Today's announcement is just one of the many initiatives we have announced to enhance our strategic focus and ensure we are ideally positioned to maximize the significant opportunities of our world leading generics assets."

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