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Date:10/30/2007

oduct sales) for Vancocin increased to over 95 percent in the 2007 periods as compared to 91 percent and 87 percent for the third quarter and nine months of 2006, respectively. The increase is the result of the price increases and lower cost of sales per unit. This lower cost primarily results from the sale of units during the first half of 2007, which were manufactured by NPI Pharmaceuticals (formerly OSG Norwich) and carried a lower inventory cost than the units sold during the first half of 2006 that were manufactured by Eli Lilly & Co.

The total remaining costs and expenses associated with operating income were $21.0 million and $15.9 million, for the third quarter of 2007 and 2006, respectively, and $52.4 million and $37.9 million, for the nine months of 2007 and 2006, respectively. These increases are primarily due to research and development costs, increased medical education and legal costs as well as an increase in stock compensation expense.

The Company's effective income tax rate was 36.4 percent and 37.3 percent for the quarters ended September 30, 2007 and 2006, respectively, and 32.3 percent and 38.1 percent for the nine months ended September 30, 2007 and 2006, respectively. Income tax expense includes federal, state and foreign income tax at statutory rates and the effects of various permanent differences. The decrease in the 2007 rate as compared to 2006 is primarily due to our current estimate of the impact of orphan drug credit for Camvia. The Company currently anticipates an effective tax rate of approximately 33 percent for the year ended December 31, 2007, which includes an estimate related to Camvia's orphan drug credit based upon estimates of qualified expenses and excludes the impact of discrete items. The Company continues to evaluate our qualified expenses and, to the extent that actual qualified expenses vary significantly from our estimates, our effective tax rate will be impacted.

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