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AMERICAN PHARMACEUTICAL PARTNERS REPORTS ON MELROSE PARK, IL OPERATIONS

August 26, 2005

American Pharmaceutical Partners, Inc. (APP) today said that its program to upgrade the facility and equipment and re-validate production conditions at its Melrose Park, IL manufacturing facility, which is being conducted as part of the company's routine annual maintenance program, will require more time than initially anticipated. The upgrading and validation program at APP's Melrose Park plant is part of a company-wide strategic initiative under which APP has invested more than $120 million to date since 2001 expanding its manufacturing plants, R&D, warehouse facilities and IT infrastructure worldwide.

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