Chiltern Announces New Offices and Expansion Plans in Asia Pacific

LONDON, May 18, 2010 - Chiltern International Limited (Chiltern), a global contract research
organization (CRO) has announced its expansion plans in Asia Pacific.

Chiltern has established two new offices and launched operations in
Australia and Singapore - with Singapore acting as the hub for its operations
in Southeast Asia. This builds further upon Chiltern's well established
operation in India. Chiltern is also in the process of forming a company and
establishing operations in China.

Chiltern's Asia Pacific operations will be led by Umakanta Sahoo,
Executive Director, Asia Pacific. Commenting on the growth, "Chiltern's
expansion will provide a broad platform from which global pharmaceutical and
biotech Sponsors can expand their geographic reach with confidence and
enhance patient recruitment in the Asia Pacific region," stated Dr. Sahoo.

Dr. Sahoo added, "Chiltern has been serving Asia for 5 years with offices
in India and we recently completed centralizing our workforce into a new
larger office location in Mumbai. We have built a strong foundation in all
areas of clinical development services from which to grow further in the
region."

Glenn Kerkhof, Chiltern CEO, stated, "Asia Pacific is one of the foremost
emerging markets in our industry. With the current expansion of
pharmaceutical R & D needs into the Asia Pacific region, Chiltern is well
positioned to meet the needs this growth entails. We are very pleased to
provide our clients with access to this market while extending our focus on
the delivery of high quality, responsive and better value services to our
customers."

Chiltern is currently recruiting experienced clinical staff and plans to
grow its workforce in the Asia Pacific region to 70 by the end of 2010,
providing full Clinical Development, Biometrics, and Resourcing Solutions
services.

To facilitate this growth, we are pleased to announce the appointment of
Martin Painter as the Asia Pacific region's Manager of Resourcing Solutions,
Chiltern's business unit designed to offer fully integrated solutions to
staffing needs. Martin will launch our recruitment and staffing services in
the region and joins us from a leading life sciences recruitment company in
Singapore.

Company profile

About Chiltern:

Established in 1982, Chiltern is a leading global Contract Research
Organization with extensive experience conducting and staffing international
Phase I to Phase IV clinical trials across a broad range of therapeutic areas
for a wide variety of clients. Chiltern has conducted trials in more than 40
countries, has 24 offices within 21 countries, resources in 37 countries and
employs nearly 1,400 people globally. Chiltern provides Early Phase, Global
Clinical Development, Late Phase, Biometrics, Medical and Regulatory Affairs
and Resourcing Solutions services. Further information:
www.chiltern.com.

    Contact:

    Natalie Chong                   Susan Ojanen
    Marketing Director              Marketing Associate
    Chiltern International Ltd.     Chiltern International Inc.
    UK                              USA
    Tel: +44-(0)-1753-512-000       Tel: +1-423-968-9533
    natalie.chong@chiltern.com      susan.ojanen@chiltern.com

Natalie Chong, Marketing Director, UK, +44-(0)-1753-512-000, natalie.chong at chiltern.com, or Susan Ojanen, Marketing Associate, USA, +1-423-968-9533, susan.ojanen at chiltern.com, both of Chiltern International Inc.