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Aspreva's plan of arrangement with Galenica completed
Date:1/3/2008

VICTORIA, Jan. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Aspreva Pharmaceuticals Corporation (NASDAQ: ASPV; TSX: ASV) today announced the completion of the plan of arrangement with Galenica Group (SWX: GALN), pursuant to which Galenica, through a wholly-owned Canadian subsidiary, acquired all outstanding shares of Aspreva for US$26.00 per share in cash.

With the completion of the plan of arrangement, Aspreva will delist its shares from the NASDAQ on January 3, 2008 and the Toronto Stock Exchange on January 7, 2008.

Further details regarding the terms of the transaction are set out in Aspreva's management information circular dated November 15, 2007, which was filed by Aspreva on the Canadian SEDAR website at http://www.sedar.com and on the United States Securities and Exchange Commission's website at http://www.sec.gov.

Financial and Legal Advisors

Lazard Freres & Co. LLP and Lehman Brothers Inc. have acted as financial advisors to Aspreva with respect to the plan of arrangement. Aspreva's legal advisors are Farris, Vaughan, Wills & Murphy LLP, McCarthy Tetrault LLP and Cooley Godward Kronish LLP.

UBS Investment Bank acted as financial advisor to Galenica for the plan of arrangement. Merrill Lynch International provided Galenica a second opinion about the transaction. Galenica's legal advisors are Kellerhals Hess; Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP and Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP.

About Galenica

Galenica is a diversified group active throughout the healthcare market which, among other things, develops, manufactures and markets pharmaceutical products, runs pharmacies, provides logistical services and acc
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