DETROIT, Sept. 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Caraco Pharmaceutical Laboratories, Ltd. (NYSE Amex: CPD) announced today that the Board appointed F. Folsom Bell to fill the vacancy resulting from the decision by John D. Crissman not to stand for re-election at the 2009 Annual Meeting of Shareholders of the Company. Caraco is thankful for Dr. Crissman's guidance and contributions during his tenure on the Board and wishes him success in his future endeavors. Mr. Bell was appointed to fill the vacancy for a term commencing immediately following the 2009 Annual Meeting of Shareholders and ending following the 2012 Annual Meeting of Shareholders and the election and qualification of his successor. Mr. Bell, age 67, has been a consultant on M&A transactions and involved in real estate development since 2006. From September 2000 to December 2005, Mr. Bell was the Executive Vice-President, Business Development of Perrigo Company, a global healthcare supplier that develops, manufactures and distributes over-the-counter and generic prescription pharmaceuticals, nutritional products, active pharmaceutical ingredients and pharmaceutical and medical diagnostic products. Mr. Bell was also a member of the board of directors of Perrigo Company from January 1981 through February 1986 and from June 1988 to January 2003. While a director of Perrigo Company, Mr. Bell served for six years on its audit committee, including time as chairman. Mr. Bell was a certified public accountant for fifteen years with two major public accounting firms. Mr. Bell's experience including within the pharmaceutical industry will be an invaluable asset to Caraco and the Company is honored to welcome him to the Board. Detroit-based Caraco Pharmaceutical Laboratories, Ltd., develops, manufactures, markets and distributes generic pharmaceuticals to the nation's largest wholesalers, distributors, drugstore chains and managed care providers. Safe Harbor: This news release contains forward-looking statements made pursuant to the safe-harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Without limitation, the words "believe" or "expect" and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Such statements are based on management's current expectations and are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties are contained in the Corporation's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including Part I, Item 1A of our most recent Form 10-K, and include but are not limited to: information of a preliminary nature that may be subject to adjustment, potentially not obtaining or delay in obtaining FDA approval for new products, governmental restrictions on the sale of certain products, development by competitors of new or superior products or less expensive products or new technology for the production of products, the entry into the market of new competitors, market and customer acceptance and demand for new pharmaceutical products, availability of raw materials, timing and success of product development and launches, dependence on few products generating majority of sales, product liability claims for which the Company may be inadequately insured, material litigation from product recalls, the purported class action lawsuits alleging federal securities laws violations, delays in returning the Company's products to market, including loss of market share, increased reserves against the FDA-seized inventory, and other risks identified in this report and from time to time in our periodic reports and registration statements. These forward-looking statements represent our judgment as of the date of this report. We disclaim, however, any intent or obligation to update our forward-looking statements. DATASOURCE: Caraco Pharmaceutical Laboratories, Ltd. CONTACT: Jitendra Doshi, +1-313-871-8400, Thomas Versosky, +1-313-556-4150, both of Caraco Pharmaceutical Laboratories, Ltd. Web Site: http://www.caraco.com/

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