Patheon, Inc.

Terry Novak has been appointed president, North American Operations and chief marketing officer, effective February 18, 2008, Patheon Inc. Mr. Novak will be responsible for managing and growing the company’s North American commercial manufacturing operations, a network of five sites that include three plants in Canada, three in PR and one in Cincinnati. Two of the company’s North American sites, York Mills and Carolina, will be sold as part of a previously announced rationalization program.
   
Mr. Novak has more than 28 years of pharmaceutical industry experience, including senior commercial management positions at Bristol-Myers Squibb, Quintiles and Cytogen. Most recently, Mr. Novak was president of DSM Pharmaceuticals Inc., the contract manufacturing business of Netherlands-based Royal DSM, N.V. Mr. Novak is a highly regarded speaker at industry conferences and also serves on the Editorial Advisory Board of Contract Pharma magazine and the North Carolina Biotechnology Advisory Board.  
   
“We are extremely privileged to have Terry as a new member of our executive management team,” said Wesley P. Wheeler, chief executive officer, Patheon Inc. “Terry has a unique perspective on the pharmaceutical manufacturing outsourcing market and has a demonstrated track record of success in this business.”