PATHEON ANNOUNCES DATE OF SECOND QUARTER FISCAL 2011 FINANCIAL RESULTS

TORONTO, May 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Patheon Inc. (TSX: PTI), a leading provider of contract development and manufacturing services to the global pharmaceutical industry, announced today that it will report its second quarter fiscal 2011 financial results on Friday, June 10, 2011.

In conjunction with its financial results announcement, Patheon will host a conference call with financial analysts on Friday, June 10, 2011 at 10:00 a.m. (EDT).  The financial results news release will be issued at approximately 7:00 a.m. (EDT) on Friday, June 10, 2011.

Interested parties are invited to access the live meeting and conference call, via telephone, in listen-only mode, toll free at 1-888-231-8191 (U.S., including Puerto Rico) and 1-647-427-7450 (Canada and International).  Listeners are encouraged to dial in five to fifteen minutes in advance to avoid delays. A live audio will also be available via the web at http://www.patheon.com. (Please note that Windows Media Player or RealPlayer is required).

A telephone replay of the conference call will be available between Friday, June 10, 2011 and Friday, June 17, 2011 by dialling 1-800-642-1687 (toll free) or 1-403-451-9481, and by entering identification number 68566376, followed by the number key.  The conference call will also be archived at http://www.patheon.com.

ABOUT PATHEON
Patheon Inc. (TSX: PTI) is a leading global provider of contract development and manufacturing services to the global pharmaceutical industry.  The company provides the highest quality products and services to approximately 300 of the world's leading pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies.  Its services range from preclinical development through commercial manufacturing of a full array of dosage forms including parenteral, solid, semi-solid and liquid forms.  Patheon uses many innovative technologies including single-use disposables, liquid-filled hard capsules and a variety of modified release technologies.

The company's comprehensive range of fully integrated Pharmaceutical Development Services includes pre-formulation, formulation, analytical development, clinical manufacturing, scale-up and commercialization.  Patheon can take customers direct to clinic with global clinical packaging and distribution services and Patheon's Quick to Clinic™ programs can accelerate early phase development projects to clinical trials while minimizing the consumption of valuable API.  The company's integrated development and manufacturing network of 10 manufacturing facilities, and eight development centers and one clinical trial material packaging facility across North America and Europe, enables customer products to be launched with confidence anywhere in the world.

SOURCE Patheon Inc.