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Althea Technologies Receives Fast Growth Honors: Deloitte Technology Fast 50 and San Diego Business Journal Fast 100 Awards for the Fifth Consecutive Year

Tuesday, October 14, 2008 General News
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SAN DIEGO, Oct. 14 Althea Technologies, Inc., a leadingprovider of innovative technologies and services for pharmaceuticaldevelopment and manufacturing, announced today that it has been honored toreceive two fast growth awards, Deloitte LLP's San Diego Technology Fast 50and the San Diego Business Journal 100 Fastest Growing Private Companies, forthe fifth consecutive year. The Deloitte Technology Fast 50 is an annualranking of the 50 fastest growing technology, media, telecommunications, andlife sciences companies in the area based on a percentage revenue growth overa five year period. The San Diego Business Journal bases its award on revenuegrowth over three years.
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Althea supports new biopharmaceutical developers and pharmaceutical firms,who require specialized facilities and expertise to manufacture their productsunder exacting conditions. While year-on-year revenue growth has been drivenprimarily by its manufacturing services, Althea also provides specializedtesting, biomarker development services and has recently launched AltheaDx, aspin-out targeting oncology diagnostics and services.
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To qualify for the Deloitte Technology Fast 50, companies must have hadoperating revenues of at least $50,000 in 2003 and $5,000,000 in 2007, beheadquartered in North America, and be a company that owns proprietarytechnology or proprietary intellectual property that contributes to asignificant portion of the company's operating revenues; or devotes asignificant proportion of revenues to the research and development oftechnology.

The San Diego Business Journal selection process included percent revenuegrowth achieved from 2005 to 2007, required that the company be privatelyheld, based in San Diego County and have a minimum revenue of $200,000 in 2005in order to be considered for the list.

President and Co-CEO of Althea, Dr. Magda Marquet, added, "ReceivingDeloitte's Fast 50 award and the San Diego Business Journal's Fast 100 awardfor the fifth year in a row is affirmation that we are continuing to listen toour pharmaceutical and biotechnology clients' requests and meet their demandsfor flexibility, compliance and service in advancing their exciting products.We are grateful for the confidence our growing client base has placed in us, aconfidence earned through the dedication and hard work of our employees."

About Althea Technologies, Inc.

Althea Technologies, a leading San Diego-based pharmaceutical servicesfirm, provides critical manufacturing services that support researchersworldwide in their advancement of novel therapies and efforts to apply newgenomic information. Althea's services include cGMP contract manufacturing ofrecombinant proteins, DNA-based therapeutics and vaccines, and asepticfilling. For more information, visit http://www.altheatech.com.

About Deloitte

As used in this document, "Deloitte" means Deloitte LLP. Please seehttp://www.deloitte.com/us/about for a detailed description of the legalstructure of Deloitte LLP and its subsidiaries.

About The San Diego Business Journal

The San Diego Business Journal is the area's number one source for local,late breaking business news. For over 29 years, the Business Journal hasprovided in-depth coverage of the banking and finance, real estate,technology, tourism, life sciences and local government sectors, with ahealthy dose of small business coverage as well. For more information pleasevisit http://www.sdbj.com.

SOURCE Althea Technologies, Inc.
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