DRAXIS and Isotope Products Laboratories Sign Distribution Agreement.

Business Editors/Health/Medical Writers

MISSISSAUGA, Ontario--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 22, 2004

DRAXIMAGE Inc., the radiopharmaceutical subsidiary of DRAXIS Health Inc. (Nasdaq:DRAX) (TSX:DAX), has concluded a distribution agreement with Isotope Products Laboratories (IPL), a California based producer of radioactive sources for Nuclear Medicine and radiography. DRAXIMAGE will market the full line of IPL medical products in Canada, including calibration references for imaging applications plus calibration sources for PET (Positron Emission Tomography) and SPET (Single Photon Emission Tomography), all well-established modes of diagnostic medical imaging. DRAXIMAGE will also introduce the Perflexion(TM), IPL's new flexible Cobalt-57 flood source, in Canada during the second quarter of 2004.

About IPL

IPL, based in Southern California, operates two manufacturing facilities employing professional staff, primarily chemists and engineers, and sells its products in over 30 countries around the world. IPL was founded in 1967 and operated as a privately held company for 32 years, specializing in radiation source production and custom source design. The company was acquired in 1999 by Eckert & Ziegler AG, of Berlin, Germany; a holding company involved in the development and production of low level radiation source products for industrial and medical applications and whose holdings include sister radiation source manufacturers, Bebig GmbH and Eurotope mbH.

About DRAXMAGE Inc.

DRAXIMAGE discovers, develops, manufactures and markets diagnostic imaging and therapeutic radiopharmaceuticals for the global marketplace. Products currently marketed by DRAXIMAGE include a line of lyophilized technetium-99m kits used in nuclear imaging procedures, a line of imaging and therapeutic products labeled with a variety of isotopes including radioiodine, and BrachySeed(TM), a next-generation brachytherapy implant for treating prostate cancer. DRAXIMAGE has several products in late-stage development, including three technetium-99m-based diagnostic imaging products: Fibrimage(R) for imaging deep vein thrombosis currently in Phase III, Amiscan(TM) for the early diagnosis of acute myocardial infarct currently in Phase II, and INFECTON(TM) for imaging infection, currently in Phase II.

About DRAXIS Health Inc.

DRAXIS Health Inc. (www.draxis.com) is a specialty pharmaceutical company involved in the development, production, marketing and distribution of therapeutic and diagnostic radiopharmaceuticals through DRAXIMAGE Inc. and in the provision of pharmaceutical contract manufacturing services, specializing in liquid and freeze-dried injectables and other sterile products through DRAXIS Pharma Inc. DRAXIS Health employs nearly 400 staff and reported revenues in 2003 in excess of US$49 million.

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