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Neil Herskowitz Joins Board of INNOVIVE Pharmaceuticals; Company Now Filing Public Reports...

Publication: Business Wire
Date: Tuesday, May 9 2006

NEW YORK -- INNOVIVE Pharmaceuticals Inc., a Manhattan-based biopharmaceutical company, announced today that Neil Herskowitz has been appointed to its board of directors.

"We welcome Neil Herskowitz as a director and look forward to the guidance that will come from his wealth of

knowledge and experience," said Steven Kelly, president and CEO, INNOVIVE Pharmaceuticals Inc.

Herskowitz is a managing member of ReGen Partners LLC, a New York investment fund, as well as president of its affiliate, Riverside Claims LLC. He serves as a member of the board of directors for Manhattan Pharmaceuticals Inc. and Chelsea Therapeutics Inc., both publicly traded specialty pharmaceutical development companies. He also serves on the board of directors of Starting Point Services for Children, a not-for-profit corporation. Herskowitz holds a B.B.A. in finance from Bernard M. Baruch College.

INNOVIVE also announced the registration of its common stock with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. As a result, INNOVIVE will file current, quarterly, and annual reports with the SEC as a publicly reporting company.

About INNOVIVE

INNOVIVE Pharmaceuticals Inc. is a privately held publicly reporting biopharmaceutical company headquartered in New York. The company's mission is to acquire, develop and commercialize novel therapeutics addressing significant unmet medical needs in the fields of oncology and hematology. For additional information visit www.innovivepharma.com.

This press release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties that could cause INNOVIVE's actual results to differ materially from the anticipated results and expectations expressed in these forward-looking statements. These statements are based on current expectations, forecasts and assumptions that are subject to risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual outcomes and results to differ materially from these statements. Among other things, there can be no assurances that any of INNOVIVE's development efforts relating to its product candidates will be successful. Other risks that may affect forward-looking information contained in this press release include the possibility of being unable to obtain regulatory approval of INNOVIVE's product candidates, the risk that the results of clinical trials may not support INNOVIVE's claims, INNOVIVE's reliance on third party researchers to develop its product candidates and its lack of experience in developing pharmaceutical products. These and other risks are discussed in INNOVIVE'S Registration Statement on Form 10 filed with the SEC. INNOVIVE assumes no obligation to update these forward-looking statements, except as required by law.

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