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News and Press Releases 2008

13 October 2008
DSM invests in incubator to strengthen position in biomedical materials
DSM Venturing, the corporate venturing unit of Royal DSM N.V., today announces that it has made an investment in the new business incubator in the field of medical devices Accelerated Technologies II, L.P. (ATP). The investment further strengthens DSM’s position in the biomedical materials market, one of the Emerging Business Areas defined in its Vision 2010 – Building on Strengths strategy. Financial details will not be disclosed.

26 September 2008
DSM invests in intelligent medication packaging
DSM Venturing, the corporate venturing unit of Royal DSM N.V., today announces that it has made an equity investment in The Compliers Group International B.V. (TCG). The Netherlands-based company focuses on the development of smart pharmaceutical packaging solutions that contain microchips which enable the monitoring of a patient’s therapy compliance. Financial details of the investment will not be disclosed.

27 August 2008
DSM invests in food ingredients developer Provexis plc
DSM Venturing, the corporate venturing unit of Royal DSM N.V., today announces that it has acquired an equity stake of 29.3% in Provexis plc, an AIM listed company that develops and licenses ingredients for the functional food, medical food and dietary supplement market. The investment makes DSM the largest shareholder of Provexis.

6 March 2008
DSM invests in innovative treatment against infectious disease
DSM Venturing, the corporate venturing unit of Royal DSM N.V., today announced that it has made an equity investment in the Dutch company IQ Therapeutics B.V. The company develops antibody based products for biodefense and for the prevention and treatment of infectious diseases. DSM Venturing will hold a significant minority share in IQ Therapeutics.

5 March 2008
DSM invests in development of bio-based materials in China
DSM Venturing, the corporate venturing unit of Royal DSM N.V., today announced that it has participated in a USD 20 million financing round in Tianjin Green Bio-Science Co., Ltd (China). The proceeds will be used to build China’s largest manufacturing plant for Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) in the Tianjin Economic Development Area (TEDA).

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