O2h to Provide Chemistry and ADME Support to Phytopharm

CAMBRIDGE, England, December 6, 2010 - Executives from Phytopharm Plc (Huntingdon,UK) signed an
agreement with O2h (Cambridge, UK, Ahmedabad, India) under which O2h will
provide chemistry and ADME services to support drug discovery initiatives at
Phytopharm.

Tim Sharpington, CEO of Phytopharm said "I have known O2h for a
number of years and am aware of their extensive experience of providing
chemistry and ADME support to virtual companies around the world. I look
forward to this opportunity of working with them to advance our drug
discovery pipeline."

"O2h has its roots in Cambridge, UK and has grown with support from the
UK biotech sector to help accelerate drug discovery efforts of companies in
USA, EU and Japan. It is our privilege to work with the experienced team led
by Tim Sharpington, at Phytopharm." - Sunil Shah, CEO, O2h.

About Oxygen Healthcare Ltd

O2h is a 7 year old discovery services company co-located in Cambridge,
UK and Ahmedabad, India. The Indian operations provide a high level of
chemistry expertise while UK office provides project management support.
Current clients of O2h include several top 20 pharmaceutical and
biotechnology companies in the US, Europe and Japan. O2h adheres to the
highest standards of performance with a particular emphasis on rapid
interactive communications and delivery speed. Services provided by O2h
include FTE-based synthetic chemistry, medicinal chemistry, computational
chemistry, full services lab-units and ADME. Further information on O2h can
be found at www.o2h.com.

About Phytopharm Plc

Phytopharm (LSE:PYM) is a leading UK-based pharmaceutical development
company developing novel therapeutic strategies to combat areas of high unmet
need. Our commercially focused development projects have the potential to
produce significant treatment advances in our target areas. More information
about Phytopharm is available at www.phytopharm.com.

    Contact information:

    Ekta Ahuja PhD
    info@o2h.com
    OXYGEN HEALTHCARE LTD
    23 Cambridge Science Park
    CB4 0EY

    Phytopharm Plc
    Lakeview House
    2 Lakeview Court
    Ermine Business Park
    Huntingdon
    PE29 6UA
    United Kingdom
    info@phytopharm.com

Contact information: Ekta Ahuja PhD, info at o2h.com, OXYGEN HEALTHCARE LTD, 23 Cambridge Science Park, CB4 0EY, +44-1223-437014 ; Phytopharm Plc, Lakeview House, 2 Lakeview Court, Ermine Business Park, Huntingdon, PE29 6UA, United Kingdom, info at phytopharm.com