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AAIPharma Announces Vice President of Clinical Business Development, Europe

Wilmington, N.C., September 3, 2007 -- AAIPharma Inc. announced today the appointment of Dr. Ralf Wulkow M.D. to the position of Vice President of Clinical Business Development, Europe. With over eighteen years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry, Dr Wulkow will be responsible for all clinical business development activities in Europe.

Dr. Wulkow comes to AAIPharma from Quintiles GmbH, where he served as Senior Director, Customer Relationship Management. In this role, he specialized in developing, managing and expanding preferred relationships with mid-sized pharmaceutical and biotech customers. Prior to this, he served as Director, Strategic Clinical Development. His previous leadership positions within Quintiles include Medical Director, Infectious Diseases Business Unit, and Director, Cardiovascular Therapeutics. During his time at Innovex GmbH, he was Head of Clinical Research Germany (Ph II-IV) where he successfully managed the team of 120 CRAs, field based monitors, medical advisors and regulatory specialists.

Dr Wulkow is an M.D. and Clinical Pharmacologist by training. He acted as Principle Investigator in numerous clinical studies for Biodesign GmbH, e.g. pivotal phase III studies in CHF, osteoporosis and renal transplantation.

“I am delighted that Ralf Wulkow is joining our leadership team in Europe,” stated Dr. Ludo Reynders, President and CEO. “His extensive knowledge and experience in international clinical development in terms of both business and operational requirements is extremely important to AAIPharma at this stage in the Company. His skills will be invaluable as we continue to grow our clinical and product development organization.”

About AAIPharma

AAIPharma’s scientific and professional teams have provided best-in-class product development expertise since 1979. Our business is founded on partnership and delivery of value.

We deliver services ranging from a single test to integrated drug development: consulting, preclinical (oncology), pharmaceutical sciences (CMC), clinical trial supplies manufacturing and distribution and Ph I-IV international clinical development.

We focus on medical and clinical relevance from well-founded First-in-Man and Proof of Concept packages through delivery of cost and time effective dose-defining and pivotal trials, to post-registration support.

For more information on the Company, please visit AAIPharma's website at www.aaipharma.com.

Contact:
Victoria Winters
VP, Business Development, Europe
+44 7771 957 740
victoria.winters@aaipharma.com

Ralf Wulkow
VP, Clinical Business Development, Europe
+49 (0)172 7110 443
ralf.wulkow@aaipharma.com