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Alliance Pharma PLC
29 April 2010

 For immediate release  29 April 2010


ALLIANCE PHARMA PLC

("Alliance" or the "Company")

Share Options

Alliance Pharma plc (AIM: APH), the speciality pharmaceutical company, announces that on 29 April 2010 it awarded the
following options over ordinary shares of the Company to certain Directors.

 Name               Position                             Number of share options awarded  Exercise price per share  Date
of vesting  Percentage of issued ordinary share capital
 Tony Booley        Director - Alliance Pharmaceuticals  116,500                          34.25p                    29
April 2013    0.05%
 Peter Butterfield  Director - Cambridge Laboratories    115,000                          34.25p                    29
April 2013    0.05%
 Richard Wright     Finance Director                     118,650                          34.25p                    29
April 2013    0.05%


For further information:

 Alliance Pharma plc                             + 44 (0) 1249 466966
 John Dawson, Chief Executive
 Richard Wright, Finance Director
 www.alliancepharma.co.uk

 Buchanan Communications                         + 44 (0) 20 7466 5000
 Mark Court / Stasa Filiplic / Jennie Spivey

 Numis Securities Limited                        + 44 (0) 20 7260 1000
 Nominated Adviser: Michael Meade / Brent Nabbs
 Corporate Broking: David Poutney


Corporate Broking: David Poutney

Notes to editors:

About Alliance

Alliance, founded in 1998, is an AIM listed speciality pharmaceutical company based in Chippenham, Wiltshire, UK. The
Company has a strong track record of acquiring the rights to established niche products and, following the Cambridge
Laboratories acquisition, owns or licenses the rights to more than 50 pharmaceutical products and continues to explore
opportunities to expand the range.

Alliance's products are prescribed in the treatment of a wide range of conditions and include products used in the
treatment of dermatological conditions, in oncology, in childbirth, in the prevention of heart disease, in Parkinson's
disease, in nutrition and in nasal infections.  Alliance's sales are mainly prescription driven.  Its products are
distributed to hospitals directly and to pharmaceutical wholesalers, which service both hospital and retail pharmacies
with
their prescription requirements.

Alliance joined the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange in December 2003 and trades under the symbol APH.

This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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