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AKORN, INC. ANNOUNCES RECEIPT OF REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL FOR CALCIUM-DTPA AND ZINC-DTPA

October 10, 2005

Akorn, Inc. today announced that it has received a written RFP titled "Acquisition of Ca-DTPA and Zn-DTPA to Support a Public Health Emergency Response to a Radiological Nuclear Event" from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The initial order quantities for each antidote product are 360,000 units of Ca-DTPA and 90,000 units of Zn-DTPA. The RFP also contains an option that may be exercised by the U.S. Government during a five-year period to purchase an additional one million units of DTPA.

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