MEDIA ALERT: MAC AIDS Fund Survey Exposes Startlingly ‘No-Risk’ Attitude Amongst UK Women – 73 Percent Admit to Never Being Tested for HIV/AIDS

LONDON, March 1, 2010 – A new UK study from the MAC AIDS Fund (MAF), the philanthropic arm of
Estee Lauder-owned (NYSE: EL) MAC Cosmetics, shockingly reveals prevalent
risky behavior amongst British women due to significant gaps in HIV awareness
and education. Almost three quarters (73 percent) of women in the UK admit
they've never been tested for [...]

Shire Supports Rare Disease Day 2010

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts and BASINGSTOKE, England, March 1, 2010 – Shire plc (LSE: SHP, NASDAQ: SHPGY), the global specialty
biopharmaceutical company, today announced it will actively support Rare
Disease Day across the world by generating media coverage in many countries
to raise awareness and understanding of rare diseases.

Rare Disease Day seeks to call attention [...]