Futura Medical PLC - Board Change

RNS Number:1046R
Futura Medical PLC
31 March 2008

For immediate release 31 March 2008

Futura Medical Plc
("Futura" or "the Company")

Board Changes

Futura Medical plc (AIM: FUM), the pharmaceutical group that develops innovative
products for the consumer healthcare market, is pleased to announce the
appointment as a Non-Executive Director of Lisa Arnold, who has extensive
experience of the investment and healthcare sectors.

Lisa, age 45, worked in the investment banking industry from 1984 to 2001,
holding senior positions in healthcare at Commerzbank and UBS. Since 2001, Lisa
has worked in non-executive and consultancy roles predominantly in the pensions,
healthcare and technology sectors.

Lisa is currently a Non-Executive Director of the UK's Medicines & Healthcare
Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), where she chairs the Risk and Audit
Committee, and an adviser to the Allied Domecq Pension Funds and the Kraft UK
Pension Fund (Trustees).

On Lisa's appointment, Andrew Slater retires as a Non-Executive Director.

James Barder, Futura's Chief Executive, said: "I am delighted to welcome Lisa to
Futura's Board as a Non-Executive Director. Her vast experience of the
healthcare and banking sectors will be of great value in the future development
of the Company. Also, on behalf of the Company, I would like to express our
gratitude to Andrew for his significant contribution to Futura during the past
five years and to wish him well for his retirement."

For any further information please contact:

Futura Medical plc
James Barder, Chief Executive Tel: +44 (0) 1483 685 670
mail to: james.barder@futuramedical.co.uk www.futuramedical.co.uk

Canaccord Adams Tel: +44 (0) 20 7050 6500
Ryan Gaffney / Adria Da Breo

For any media enquiries please contact:

Buchanan Communications Tel: +44 (0) 020 7466 5000
Mark Court / Rebecca Skye Dietrich / Catherine Breen

Director disclosures

Lisa Arnold currently holds no other company directorships or partnerships. Her
previous directorships or partnerships held in the five years preceding her
appointment at Futura Medical are as follows:

Previous Directorships Previous Partnerships
RAFT Trustees Limited GALA films

There are no other matters to be disclosed in relation to Schedule 2 paragraph
(g) and (i) of the AIM Rules.

Notes

Futura Medical plc

Futura Medical is a pharmaceutical group that develops innovative products for
consumer healthcare. The Company is developing a portfolio of products and its
strategy is to license their manufacture and distribution to major
pharmaceutical and healthcare groups.

Futura is based in Guildford, Surrey, and its shares trade on the AIM market of
the London Stock Exchange.

www.futuramedical.co.uk

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