Holding(s) in Company

Oxford Biomedica PLC
27 August 2002




                      OXFORD BIOMEDICA PLC ('the Company')


                               HOLDING IN COMPANY


The Company was informed by Legal & General Investment Management Limited
('Legal') that, following the transfer into management of 1,860,200 ordinary
shares of 1p each in the Company ('Ordinary Shares') on 15 August 2002, Legal
held, on that date, 8,389,200 Ordinary Shares representing 3.51 per cent. of the
issued share capital of the Company.


27 August 2002


Further information


Andrew Wood      Oxford Biomedica plc                 01865 783 000

Matthew Wood     Evolution Beeson Gregory Limited     020 7488 4040



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