Shire US Inc. Chooses Benchworks as Preferred Marketing Services Provider

Friday, February 25th - 2005

WORTON, MD--Benchworks is providing branded premiums and fulfillment services as part of a new agreement with Shire US Inc. Benchworks provides product selection services for various marketing campaigns, sources and produces branded products, and provides fulfillment services from its e-Commerce Warehouse located in Worton, Maryland.

Shire Pharmaceuticals Group plc (Shire) is a global specialty pharmaceutical company with a strategic focus on meeting the needs of the specialist physician and currently focuses on developing projects and marketing products in the areas of central nervous system (CNS), gastrointestinal (GI), and renal diseases. However, there is a significant emphasis on the treatment of CNS disorders. Marketed products for such disorders include ADDERALL(R) and ADDERALL XR (TM), for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), REMINYL for Alzheimer's, co-marketed with Johnson and Johnson and CARBATROL(R) for epilepsy. Together these products contributed over 50% of the company's revenues in the year 2002.

Shire has operations in the world's key pharmaceutical markets (US, Canada, UK, France, Italy, Spain and Germany) as well as a specialist drug delivery unit in the US. Founded in 1986, Shire Pharmaceuticals Group plc reported revenues for the full year 2003 of $1,237.1 million and an operating income of $394.6 million. Shire US Inc. is located in Wayne, Pennsylvania.