Half-yearly Report

NEWS RELEASE

                                                                1 December 2008

                  FINSBURY WORLDWIDE PHARMACEUTICAL TRUST PLC                  

            Interim Report for the Six Months to 30 September 2008             

Copies of the above document will be posted to shareholders shortly. The Report
will also be available for download from the following websites:

www.finsburywp.com and www.frostrow.com or on request from the Company
Secretary.

For further information please contact:

Mark Pope, Company Secretary

Frostrow Capital LLP

Telephone [phone]

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