AMED Amedeo Res

RNS No 1118d
CHIROSCIENCE GROUP PLC 
27 July 1999

Not  for  release, publication or distribution in or into the  United  States,
Canada, Australia or Japan

                                       
                           Celltech plc ("Celltech")
                                       
                           Recommended Merger Offer
                                      for
                    Chiroscience Group plc ("Chiroscience")
                                       
              Level of Acceptances and Extension of Merger Offer
                                       
By  3.00 p.m. on 27 July 1999, valid acceptances of the Merger Offer had  been
received   in   respect   of   80,698,978  Chiroscience  Shares,  representing
approximately  71.22  per  cent.  of  the issued  ordinary  share  capital  of
Chiroscience.

The  Board of Celltech announces that the Merger Offer has been extended until
3.00 p.m. on Tuesday, 10 August 1999.

Neither  Celltech nor any person deemed to be acting in concert with  it  held
any  Chiroscience Shares on 14 June 1999, the date immediately  prior  to  the
commencement  of  the Merger Offer Period.  Neither Celltech  nor  any  person
deemed  to be acting in concert with it has acquired or agreed to acquire  any
Chiroscience Shares during the Merger Offer Period.

Enquiries:

Celltech
Dr. Peter Fellner                            Tel : 01753 534 655

Chiroscience
Christine Soden                              Tel : 01223 428 602

Flemings
Simon Gorringe                               Tel : 0171 638 5858
Edward Roskill

Terms  defined  in the Merger Offer Document dated 6 July 1999 have  the  same
meaning in this press release.

Flemings, which is regulated in the UK by The Securities and Futures Authority
Limited, is acting for Celltech and no one else in connection with the  Merger
Offer  and will not be responsible to anyone other than Celltech for providing
the  protections afforded to customers of Flemings or for providing advice  in
relation to the Merger Offer.

This announcement has been approved by Flemings for the purposes of section 57
of the Financial Services Act 1986.

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