Orion - Company Announcement

Orion and Sun settle patent dispute

ORION CORPORATION    STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE    22 JUNE 2010     AT 8.30 a.m. EET


Orion Corporation ("Orion") and Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Limited and
certain other companies belonging to Sun group of companies (together "Sun")
have executed a settlement agreement on lawsuits filed by Orion in the United
States against Sun regarding Sun's submissions of abbreviated new drug
applications ("ANDAs") for generic versions of  Orion's Comtan® and Stalevo®
products. Comtan (entacapone) is indicated as an adjunct to levodopa/carbidopa
to treat patients with idiopathic Parkinson's disease who experience the signs
and symptoms of end-of-dose "wearing-off". Stalevo is a combination of
carbidopa, levodopa and entacapone for the treatment of Parkinson's disease.
Both products contain entacapone, a COMT enzyme inhibiting agent originated and
patented by Orion.

Litigations against Sun have been ongoing by Orion in the U.S. since 2007. The
settlement agreement relates to all lawsuits. Under the terms of the settlement
agreement, Sun will be able to launch generic versions of 25/100/200 mg and
37,5/150/200 mg strengths of Stalevo tablets  in the US on 1 April 2012. In
addition to these strengths, Sun will be able to launch generic versions of
other strengths of Stalevo product on  2 October 2012 and generic versions of
Comtan product on 1 April 2013, unless certain conditions relating to launch are
fulfilled even earlier.  The parties have agreed that Orion will supply said
generic product versions to Sun. The other terms of the settlement are
confidential.

As a consequence of this settlement, Wockhardt, with which Orion executed a
patent dispute settlement on 29 April 2009, can launch other generic versions of
Stalevo except the strengths of 25/100/200 mg and 37,5/150/200mg  in the US
already on 1 April 2012, and the strengths of 25/100/200 mg and 37,5/150/200 mg
 approximately six months after Sun is allowed to market pursuant to license
from Orion, unless certain conditions relating to launch are fulfilled even
earlier.

The settlement with Sun warrants no revision of the full-year 2010 outlook
estimate for the Orion Group provided in the stock exchange release published on
14 June 2010.

Subject to the Court's approval, the cases will be dismissed and the challenged
U.S. Patents No. 5,446,194 and No. 6,500,867 remain in force.

In compliance with the applicable U.S. laws, Orion will file all of the
agreements related to the settlement with the United States Federal Trade
Commission and the United States Department of Justice.


Orion Corporation


Timo Lappalainen          Olli Huotari
President and CEO        SVP, Corporate Functions


Contact persons:
Timo Lappalainen, President and CEO, phone +358 10 426 3692



About Orion
Orion is a European pharmaceuticals and diagnostics company dedicated to
treating and preventing disease by discovering and developing innovative
medicinal treatments and diagnostic tests for global markets. Orion is engaged
in human and veterinary drugs, active pharmaceutical ingredients and diagnostic
tests. In 2009, Orion's net sales were EUR 771.5 million. Operating profit was
EUR 207.0 million, and the company invested EUR 95 million in pharmaceutical
research and development. The number of employees is about 3,100. Orion
corporate headquarters are in Espoo, Finland. Orion is listed on NASDAQ OMX
Helsinki. For more information, please visit:  http://www.orion.fi/en/.



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