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Ronald Norton Appointed to Lead AAIPharma's Expanded North American Exploratory Development Services

Wilmington, N.C., February 5, 2008 -- Ronald Norton joins AAIPharma to lead the Company's expanded North American Exploratory Development Services group which includes phase I-IIA clinical pharmacology, bioequivalence and bioanalytical services. Ronald brings over 20 years of industry experience at both Pharmaceutical and Contract Research companies. In previous roles with Glaxo Wellcome and MDS Pharma Services, Ronald was responsible for the oversight of both phase I and late phase clinical trials across a variety of therapeutic areas. His focus and experience in early clinical drug development are in pharmacokinetics, drug metabolism, and pharmacogenetics as well as personnel, operational, and financial management. During 2007 AAIPharma expanded its phase I capacity in Morrisville, NC opening a new custom built 60 bed clinic specializing in first in human studies adding to the existing capacity of 158 beds in Morrisville, NC and the 80 bed clinical pharmacology unit in Neu-Ulm, Germany. AAIPharma is uniquely placed to provide best in class early development services to customers” said Ronald Norton VP Exploratory Development. The expansion of our Morrisville clinic provides us with additional scheduling flexibility and allows AAIPharma to deliver first in human studies in both Europe and North America. Our personalized partnership approach to working with customers combined with our full service offerings from manufacturing and formulation through to biostatistics and medical writing is a key factor in our customers accomplishing their drug development goals and adding value to experimental products. 

About AAIPharma
AAIPharma Inc. is an global pharmaceutical services provider of product development and support services to the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical device industries. AAIPharma's service offerings include: analytical services, product development services, drug delivery technologies, contract manufacturing (solids and parenterals), clinical services (Phase I-IV), clinical packaging and distribution and bioanalytical services. For more information on the Company, please visit AAIPharma's website at www.aaipharma.com. Contact: Kim Emory: Kimbelyn.Emory@aaipharma.com