Total Voting Rights

8 December 2006

                  FINSBURY WORLDWIDE PHARMACEUTICAL TRUST PLC                  

                                (the "Company")                                

In conformity with the Transparency Directive's transitional provision 6, we
would like to notify the market of the following:

The Company's issued capital consists of 57,604,881 Ordinary shares of 25p each
of a total authorised capital of 178,000,000 Ordinary shares of 25p each all
with voting rights and 10,773,367 Warrants without voting rights. No shares
were held in treasury at the date of announcement.

Therefore, the total number of current voting rights in the Company is
57,604,881.

The above figure (57,604,881 Ordinary shares) may be used by shareholders as
the denominator for the calculation by which they will determine if they are
required to notify their interest in, or a change to there interest in, the
Company under the FSA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

Further information:

Tracey Lago - 020 7426 6219

Senior Company Secretary