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Starpharma (ASX: SPL, OTCQX: SPHRY) today announced that regulatory certification has been granted for marketing Starpharma's VivaGel®‐coated condom in Japan, the world's second largest condom market.

Starpharma VivaGel®-coated condom approved for marketing in Japan

Melbourne, Australia | Posted on March 14th, 2014

VivaGel® is licensed to Okamoto Industries (TSE: JP3192800005) as a condom coating for the
Japanese market. Okamoto is the market leader for condoms sold in Japan and has held this
position for many years. Under Starpharma's commercial licence agreement with Okamoto,
Okamoto has exclusive Japanese marketing rights for the VivaGel®‐coated condom.
VivaGel®‐coated condoms sold by Okamoto will carry the VivaGel® brand and Starpharma
will receive royalties based on sales of these condoms.

"This receipt of the world's first marketing approval for a VivaGel®‐coated condom in Japan
marks a major milestone for this product and for our strategically important partnership
with Okamoto. We greatly appreciate Okamoto's support and assistance in achieving this
certification and we look forward to a long and mutually profitable commercial relationship"
said Starpharma CEO, Dr Jackie Fairley.

"Following this certification Starpharma looks forward to the introduction of its innovative,
patented VivaGel®‐coated condom to this key market in partnership with Okamoto, one of
the world's leading condom companies," she added.

Okamoto is Japan's leading marketer of condoms with approximately 60% share of the
Japanese condom market. The value of the Japanese condom market has been estimated to
be in the order of US$500 million.  Okamoto, based in Tokyo, has total revenues of more
than US$740 million and over 1,500 employees.  In addition to its dominant position in the
Japanese condom market, Okamoto also holds strong market positions in several other
Asian markets, including Korea, Taiwan, Malaysia, Singapore and China.

Okamoto's senior managing director Mr. Seiji Takeuchi said in January this year that
condoms with functional coatings and gels represent the next wave of innovation in the
Japanese condom market following on from a decades‐long focus on condom thinness.

Following this initial VivaGel®‐coated condom certification, Mr Takeuchi said, "We are very
pleased to be in a partnership with Starpharma for this product."

Starpharma has a separate licensing agreement with Ansell Limited (ASX: ANN) which
provides marketing rights to a VivaGel®‐coated condom in countries outside Japan and the
company looks forward to further regulatory approvals under that partnership.

VivaGel®

Starpharma's VivaGel® active (SPL7013) has both antibacterial and antiviral properties and in
laboratory studies has been shown to kill 99.9% of HIV, HPV (human papillomavirus) and HSV‐2
(genital herpes virus). VivaGel® is also being separately developed as an applicator‐delivered vaginal
product for the management of bacterial vaginosis.

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About Starpharma Holdings Limited
Starpharma Holdings Limited (ASX:SPL, OTCQX:SPHRY), located in Melbourne Australia, is an ASX 300 company and is a world leader in the development of dendrimer products for pharmaceutical, life science and other applications.

Starpharma’s underlying technology is built around dendrimers – a type of synthetic nanoscale polymer that is highly regular in size and structure and well suited to pharmaceutical uses. Starpharma has three core development programs: VivaGel® portfolio, drug delivery, and agrochemicals with the Company developing a number of products internally and others via commercial partnerships.

Starpharma’s lead product is VivaGel® (SPL7013 Gel), a gel-based formulation of a proprietary dendrimer. VivaGel® is under clinical development for the treatment and prevention of bacterial vaginosis (BV). Starpharma has also signed separate licence agreements with Ansell Limited (ASX:ANN) and Okamoto Industries Inc (Tokyo Stock Exchange) to market a value-added, VivaGel®-coated condom. Ansell manufactures and sells leading condom brands worldwide, including Lifestyles®, ZERO® and SKYN®. Okamoto is the market leader for condoms sold in Japan, the world’s second largest condom market.

In the wider pharmaceutical and life science fields, Starpharma has both partnered and internal programs in Drug Delivery. Drug Delivery partners include GSK, Lilly and AstraZeneca. A number of dendrimer-enhanced, or DEP™ versions of existing drugs are under development. The most advanced of these is DEP™ docetaxel, a dendrimer-enhanced version of docetaxel (Taxotere®) which is in clinical development. In preclinical studies DEP™ docetaxel has shown significant tumour-targeting and superior anti-cancer effects across a range of important cancer types including breast, prostate, lung and ovarian tumour, when compared to Taxotere® (docetaxel).

In agrochemicals Starpharma has a series of partnerships with leading industry players including Nufarm (ASX:NUF) and Makhteshim Agan as well as internal programs including an enhanced version of glyphosate (the active ingredient in Roundup®).

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they will reach any particular level of sales. In particular, management’s expectations regarding the approval and
commercialization of the product candidates could be affected by, among other things, unexpected trial results,
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assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary materially from those described herein as anticipated,
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Chief Executive Office
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Nigel Baade
CFO and Company Secretary