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Chiltern Announced Today That it has Acquired the Business of Drug Development Solutions (DDS)

Date:2/1/2008

LONDON, Feb. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Chiltern, the global contract research organization, announced today that it has acquired the business of Drug Development Solutions ('DDS'), a leading Phase 1 unit located at Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, Dundee, Scotland. Ninewells is one of the United Kingdom's major teaching hospitals. The purchase of DDS supplements Chiltern's Clinical Research Unit in Slough near London.

DDS was founded in 1982 and has completed more than 700 Phase I trials. The unit offers 42 high intensity care beds with the ability to expand these to 60 and has been ISO 9001 certified since 1997. The unit is one of a small number in the United Kingdom that is located within a major hospital that can provide emergency medical services if required. This will allow the unit to attain the higher level of voluntary accreditation available for Phase 1 units from the UK regulator, the MHRA. The unit has special expertise in first in man studies and is a world leader in systemic drug phototoxicity studies in humans.

Glenn Kerkhof, Chiltern's CEO said: "We are very pleased to have acquired DDS. This move allows us to offer leading edge Phase I services to our global client base and supplements our existing Early Phase capability and strong Phase II - IV capacities. The UK has long been a centre of excellence for Early Phase clinical pharmacology and once again offers a stable regulatory environment and internationally competitive approval timelines. We very much look forward to building on DDS' expertise and reputation for excellence in this sector. Chiltern also looks forward to developing its collaboration with Ninewells Hospital and the University of Dundee Medical School."

Dr Brian Sanderson, CEO and Medical Director of DDS, will continue to lead the Dundee unit and will work closely with Chiltern's existing Clinical Research Unit to build Chiltern's Early Phase service offering.

Brian comments: "Our unit in Dundee offers
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