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    The projected timeline for construction of the new facility includes the following milestones:
    1.) the completion of clean rooms for equipment installation and a temporary occupancy permit for manufacturing / warehouse by the end of October 2010;

    2.) an unrestricted occupancy permits for manufacturing / warehouse and office space by the end of December 2010;

    3.) transfer and consolidation of all US-based staff / manufacturing systems from Lewisberry facilities (approximately five miles apart) beginning in early 2011.

    In addition, the centralization of production activities within Central PA will reduce the Company's operational costs, further optimize its supply chain activities, and place Unilife in a more favorable international location to supply its safety syringes to all of its anticipated customers while leveraging upon the Company's strong, mutually beneficial relationship with the PA government due to the generation of high quality jobs. In late October, Unilife announced the acceptance of a US$5.2 million offer of assistance from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to support the creation of 241 new jobs within York County as part of the Company's relocation of its global headquarters and manufacturing facilities to Central PA.

    Unilife plans to finance development of the new facility from a combination of existing cash reserves ($9 million) and external financing ($17 million), which may include a commercial bank loan, government agencies, and / or other lending institutions. The Company estimates that it saved $2-3 million in upfront development costs and will save approximately $400,000 annually in estimated loan financing payments for the new facility compared to lease payments at the current facility. The following are some key milestones that Unilife expects to achieve during 2010:

    1.) the commercial release of Unitract 1mL plastic safety syringes in early 2010;

    2.) complete negotiations with Sanofi-Aventis (NYSE: SNY) by end of February for Unifill therapeutic class exclusivity;

    3.) subject to the SEC declaring registration statement effective and NASDAQ approval for listing application, Unilife expects NASDAQ: UNIS trading to begin in mid-February

    4.) complete the Unifill industrialization program by the end of 2010 (one year ahead of original plan) with initial production goal of 60 million units per year and a projected increases to approximately 150 million units annually by 2012; and

    5.) agreement(s) are possible as early as mid-2010 with additional pharmaceutical companies for Unifill pre-filled syringes outside of the exclusive therapeutic categories that are pending final negotiations with SNY.

    More than 2 billion prefilled syringes are currently used each year on a global basis and pharmaceutical companies are making the switch to products such as Unilife's safety syringe which are compliant with needle-stick prevention laws (e.g. Federal Needlestick Prevention Act, 2000) in the U.S. (enforced by OSHA) with Europe expected to follow with similar regulations by 2012 based on the model that is currently enforced in Germany
 
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