Notice of Results

Stem Cell Sciences plc 01 March 2006 For Immediate Release 1 March 2006 Stem Cell Sciences plc Notice of Preliminary Results Stem Cell Sciences plc, the global stem cell company focused on the application of stem cell technologies to cell culture media, cell based drug screens and novel cell therapies, will be announcing its preliminary results for the year ended 31 December 2005 on Thursday 30 March 2006. - Ends - For further information please contact: Weber Shandwick Square Mile 020 7067 0725 Yvonne Alexander Notes to Editor Stem Cell Sciences plc (SCS) is a global biotechnology company focused on the development of stem cell technologies. The Company has established a leading intellectual property (IP) and technology portfolio that enables the commercial application of stem cells in pharmaceutical and biotechnology drug discovery, providing the Company with an early-stage revenue stream. In the longer term, the Company is developing regenerative, cell-based therapies. Stem Cell Sciences has four business units focused on key sustainable business strategies. SC Proven provides serum free, cell culture media and reagents that enable the growth of stem cells. The first commercially available product, a mouse embryonic stem cell growth medium, has been exclusively licensed for manufacture and marketing to Chemicon, a division of Serologicals Inc. SC Licensing licenses its proprietary technologies such as Internal Ribosome Entry Site (IRES) and Stem Cell Selection for application in laboratory-based research and discovery. SC Services will provide cell production for research and high-throughput drug screening. SC Therapies first program is being undertaken by SCS's Japanese affiliate, which recently announced the exclusive licensing of human multipotent adipocyte-derived (hMADS) for use in an experimental cell based therapy programme against Duchene's Muscular Dystrophy form the basis for a degenerative diseases focused pre-clinical programme. SCS plc is a global Group with operations in the UK, Australia and Japan. Each company is affiliated with academic stem cell centres of excellence in order to access and commercialize new IP developing in the field. These include the Institute of Stem Cell Research, Edinburgh, UK; RIKEN Centre for Development Biology, Japan and the Australian Stem Cell Centre, Melbourne, Australia. SCS, which listed on the London Alternative Investment Market in July 2005, was founded in 1994 to commercialize findings from the Institute of Stem Cell Research at the University of Edinburgh, UK, and Monash University, Melbourne, Australia. The Company is a participant in two research projects under the European Union's Framework Six Programme for Research and Technology Development and is a contributor to the UK Stem Cells Initiative. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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