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The following is a sample of media coverage highlighting Amira milestones and events.

Date	Publication	Headline
Jun. 16, 2010	Xconomy	How to Find Balance in Biotech, Between Owning It All or Finding a Partner (LINK)
Mar. 29, 2010	BioWorld® Insight	“Hope ‘4-A’ Break in Asthma; FLAP Made Over New Bids” – BioWorld® Insight discusses new treatments being tested for asthma, including Amira’s 5-lipoxygenase activating protein (FLAP) inhibitors (LINK)
Mar. 22, 2010	The Pink Sheet	“InterMune Likely First To Market In IPF, But Other Firms Poised To Follow” – The Pink Sheet summarizes clinical and preclinical programs for treatment of IPF, including Amira’s LPA1 antagonist (LINK)
Jan. 28, 2010	Xconomy	Amira Mixes Small Biotech Irreverence, With Big Pharma Rigor, To Create New Lung Drugs (LINK)
Jan. 15, 2010	Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News	Transforming Inflammatory Disease Therapies Amira's Expertise Lies in Once-Daily Oral Therapies Targeting Bioactive Lipids (LINK)
Dec. 1, 2009	Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation	Developing a New Drug for Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (PDF)
Jan. 12, 2010	Fierce Biotech	Bullish New Year's resolutions debut at the J.P. Morgan event (LINK)
Nov. 11, 2009	Drug Discovery News	Viewing a partnership from both sides of the table (LINK)
Nov. 6, 2009	Pharmawire	Amira expects to finalize partnership deal for DP2 inhibitor program in coming months; to allow company to commercialize IPF compound on its own, CEO says
Sept. 17, 2009	Xconomy	How Biotechs Can Stand Out in the Competition for a Big Pharma Partnership (LINK)
July 6, 2009	Bio Century	Amira’s lipid love affair (PDF)
July 1, 2009	Xconomy	Amira Pharmaceuticals’ Experimental Lung Disease Drug May Have Legs (LINK)
June 30, 2009	Xconomy	Amira Pharmaceuticals Can Breathe Easier After Mouse Study (LINK)
May. 18, 2009	ReachMD XM Radio	Clinician's Roundtable \| In the Wake of 9/11: Research in Pulmonary Fibrosis
May. 4, 2009	ReachMD XM Radio	Focus on Allergy \| Coming Soon: More Targeted Oral Asthma Therapies
Mar. 31, 2009	Pharmawire	Amira seeks global licensing partnership for DP2 inhibitor program for asthma/COPD, CEO says
Mar. 18, 2009	Xconomy	Amira’s Drug Discovery Team, Pioneers of Hit Asthma Treatment, Take Aim at Pulmonary Fibrosis (LINK)
Jul. 8, 2008	Otago Daily Times	Science careers recommended (LINK)
Jun. 16, 2008	Otago Daily Times	Diseases still threat (LINK)
Feb. 5, 2008	BioWorld	Amira Inks $425M FLAP Inhibitor Deal with GSK (PDF)
Oct. 3, 2007	Wall Street Reporter	Interview With: Robert Baltera, Jr.
Mar. 26, 2007	BioWorld	Amira Completes $25M Round to support Emerging Pipeline (PDF)
Nov. 13, 2006	BioCentury	Amira: Beyond Singulair (PDF)
Nov. 13, 2006	New Zealand Herald	Expat Kiwi Scientist’s Drug Quest (PDF)
Feb. 17, 2006	The San Diego Union Tribune	People to Watch : Peppi Prasit (LINK)

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