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CROATIA'S PLIVA SELLS PROPRIETARY DRUG IN U.S.

September 28, 2005

Croatian pharmaceutical concern Pliva (PLV.xq.L: Quote, Profile, Research) said on Wednesday it had sold a drug from its failed proprietary business in the U.S. for an immediate payment of $32 million and potentially more in the future. Pliva said it had made an agreement to sell VoSpire ER, a drug for the relief of bronchospasm, to a privately held specialty pharmaceutical company, Dava Pharmaceuticals Inc.

Reuters (http://today.reuters.com/investing/financeArticle.aspx?type=mergersNews&storyID=2005-09-28T111325Z_01_L2864952_RTRIDST_0_HEALTH-CROATIA-PLIVA.XML)