Royalty Pharma Acquires a Portion of Northwestern University's Royalty Interest in Lyrica(R) for $7...(wns a diversified portfolio of royalty i...),Health

Date:12/18/2007

wns a diversified portfolio of royalty interests in several high-quality blockbuster biopharmaceutical products, including Abbott's Humira(R), J&J/Centocor's Remicade(R), Amgen's Neupogen(R) and Neulasta(R), Genentech's Rituxan(R), Gilead's Emtriva(R), Truvada(R) and Atripla(R), and Celgene's Thalomid(R).

The company has a ten year history of providing value to holders of royalty interests, including its $650 million purchase of the Remicade(R) royalty from New York University, its $700 million purchase of the Humira(R) royalty from AstraZeneca plc, its joint $525 million acquisition with Gilead Sciences of Emory University's emtricitabine royalty interest and its acquisitions of approximately 80% of Memorial Sloan Kettering's U.S. and international royalty interests in Neupogen(R) and Neulasta(R) for over $400 million.
More information on Royalty Pharma is available at http://www.royaltypharma.com

Contacts

Northwestern University Royalty Pharma

Alan Cubbage Pablo Legorreta, Chief Executive

Department of University Relations Officer

847-491-4886 Susannah Gray, Executive Vice

a-cubbage@northwestern.edu President and Chief Financial

Officer

Alexander Kwit, Executive Vice

President and General Counsel

Mike Herman, Vice President,

Investments

212-883-0200

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