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Date:3/10/2008

f Labopharm's twice-daily tramadol-acetaminophen combination product to placebo in the treatment of acute low back pain. The study, which is being conducted at more than 20 centers in the U.S. and Canada, has a treatment period of approximately one week and is expected to include more than 250 patients.

About the Acute Pain Prescription Market

The number of prescriptions written for acute pain products (mild-opioids, tramadol, COX-2 inhibitors, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and combinations forms of these products) in the U.S. alone in 2007 grew to 290 million and accounted for sales of US$9.0 billion.

About Tramadol-Acetaminophen Combination Products

Tramadol-acetaminophen combination products offer the analgesic strength of tramadol and the rapid analgesia of acetaminophen in a single tablet. Tramadol-acetaminophen combination products were first launched in 2001 in the United States and in 2003 in other major markets and are indicated for the short-term (five days or less) management of acute pain in the US and the symptomatic treatment of moderate to severe pain in the rest of the world. Tramadol-acetaminophen combination products are currently available only in formulations that must be administered four- to six-times per day.

About Labopharm Inc.

Labopharm is an emerging leader in optimizing the performance of existing small molecule drugs using its proprietary controlled-release technologies. The Company's lead product, a unique once-daily formulation of tramadol, is being commercially launched in key markets globally. The Company also has a robust pipeline of follow-on products in both pre-clinical and clinical development. Labopharm's vision is to become a fully integrated, international, specialty pharmaceutical company with the capability to internally develop and commercialize its own products. For more information, please visit http://www.labopharm.com
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