Kendle Revises Full Year 2008 Guidance(inical development challenges. Ke...),Health

Kendle was recognized by FORTUNE magazine as one of the 100 fastest-growing companies in the United States for 2008. The company also has been recognized as "Top CRO to Work With" in the Thomson CenterWatch 2007 survey of U.S. investigative sites and among the "Top CROs in Europe" in the 2008 survey of European sites.

Additional information and investor kits are available upon request from Kendle, 441 Vine Street, Suite 1200, Cincinnati, OH 45202 or from the Company's Web site at http://www.kendle.com .

Certain statements contained in this press release may be deemed to be forward-looking statements under federal securities laws, and Kendle intends that such forward-looking statements be subject to the safe-harbor created thereby. Such forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, sales, revenue and earnings expectations for the fourth quarter and entire year of 2008. Kendle cautions that these statements are qualified by important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those reflected by the forward-looking statements contained herein. Such factors include (a) continued fluctuation in the exchange rate of the U.S. dollar; (b) changes in the markets for the Company's service offerings; (c) changes in the market for customers' products; and (d) other risks as detailed from time to time in Kendle's SEC reports, including its Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, Current Reports on Form 8-K, and Annual Reports on Form 10-K.