Penwest Pharmaceutical To Present At 2006 Citigroup Small & Mid-Cap Conference In Las Vegas, NV

DANBURY, Conn., March 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Penwest Pharmaceuticals Co. today announced that Jennifer Good, President and Chief Operating Officer of Penwest, is scheduled to discuss the Company at the 2006 Citigroup Small and Mid-Cap Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada. The conference is being held on March 14 through March 16, 2006, at the Four Seasons at Mandalay Bay.

Ms. Good is scheduled to present on Wednesday, March 15, 2006, at 3:05 p.m.

Penwest Pharmaceuticals

Penwest develops pharmaceutical products based on innovative drug delivery technologies. We are focusing our development efforts principally on products that address diseases of the central nervous system. The foundation of our technology platform is TIMERx(R), an extended release delivery system that is adaptable to soluble and insoluble drugs and that is flexible for a variety of controlled release profiles. We have also developed two additional oral drug delivery systems, Geminex(R) and SyncroDose(TM). Geminex(R) is a dual release rate drug delivery system that is designed to provide independent release of different active ingredients contained in a drug, and SyncroDose(TM) is a drug delivery system that is designed to release the active ingredient of a drug at the desired site and time in the digestive tract.

Contacts: Investors: Media: Diane D’Alessandro Caroline Gentile/Jim Fingeroth (203) 796-3706 Kekst and Company (877) 736-9378 (212) 521-4800

Penwest Pharmaceuticals

CONTACT: Investors: Diane D’Alessandro, +1-203-796-3706, +1-877-736-9378;or Media: Caroline Gentile, Jim Fingeroth both of Kekst and Company,+1-212-521-4800

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