Northbank Helps Clients Achieve Success

We thought you might like to know that over the last year alone, Northbank has successfully delivered communications programmes that have helped our life sciences clients raise over €275 million in private equity financings, over €550 million in partnering deals and facilitated two major acquisitions by blue chip pharma companies.

Venture Financing




€40m Series C Financing	€22m Series A Financing	€42m Series B Financing
Corp & Fin Comms Worldwide	Corp & Fin Comms Worldwide	Media Relations Across Europe





€30m Series B Financing	€22m Series C Financing	€20m Series B Financing
Media Relations Across Europe	Corp & Fin Comms Worldwide	Corp Comms Worldwide





€25m Series B Financing	€15m Series A Financing	£20m Series B Financing
Corp & Fin Comms Worldwide	Corp, Fin & Commercial PR Worldwide	Corp & Fin Comms Worldwide

Deals




$265m Deal with Boehringer Ingelheim	$213m Deal with Wyeth	Acquisition by GE Healthcare
Corp & Fin Comms Worldwide	Corp & Fin Comms Worldwide	Marketing Comms Worldwide





$190m Deal with Genentech	Spin-out from ABN AMRO CLS	$690m Deal with Sanofi-Aventis
Corp Comms Worldwide	Media Relations Worldwide	Corp Image & Commercial PR Worldwide





Acquisition by Pfizer	Joint License Deal with GSK	Acquisition by Illumina
Corp, Fin & Healthcare Comms Prior to Pfizer Acquisition	Marketing Comms Worldwide	Marketing Comms Worldwide

If you would like further information on how Northbank can help you, or your portfolio companies, achieve similar success please contact:

Katja Stout:
Tel: +44 (0)207 268 3244
Email: k.stout@northbankcommunications.com

Sue Charles:
Tel: +44 (0)207 268 3248
Email: s.charles@northbankcommunications.com
Web: www.northbankcommunications.com

30th April 2007