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Biodel Inc. Announces the Pricing of its Initial Public Offering of Common Stock

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DANBURY, CT – Biodel Inc. (Nasdaq: BIOD – News) today announced the pricing of its initial public offering of 5,000,000 shares of its common stock at a price to the public of $15.00 per share. All of the 5,000,000 shares being sold in the offering are being sold by Biodel (the “Company”). In addition, the Company has granted to the underwriters a 30-day over-allotment option to purchase up to an additional 750,000 shares of common stock. Great Point Partners invested in Biodel in 2006.

The Company’s common stock will trade on the Nasdaq Global Market on May 11, 2007 under the symbol “BIOD”.

Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated is acting as the sole book-runner and lead manager, Banc of America Securities LLC is acting as co-lead manager, and Leerink Swann & Co., Inc. and Natexis Bleichroeder Inc. are acting as co-managers in the offering.

Copies of the final prospectus relating to the offering may be obtained from the Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated Prospectus Department, 180 Varick Street, New York, NY 10014, Attention: Prospectus Department, by telephone at (866) 718-1649 or by emailing prospectus@morganstanley.com.

A registration statement relating to these securities was declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 10, 2007. This press release does not constitute an offer to sell, or the solicitation of an offer to buy, any of the securities, nor shall there be any sale of these securities, in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.

Biodel is a specialty pharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of innovative treatments for endocrine disorders such as diabetes and osteoporosis.

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