"Cytisine has been available in the former socialist economy countries of eastern Europe since 1964. Made by the Bulgarian drug company Sopharma AD and sold as Tabex, it has never been available to most of the rest of the world. A new study from New Zealand reported in the Dec. 18 New England Journal of Medicine compared the cessation results of cytisine to varenicline." http://www.winonadailynews.com Tobacco is likely the most addictive chemical we humans encounter (except maybe for Oreo cookies.

SOPHARMA AD (the “Company”) hereby informs that from 17 April 2014 up to and including 23 April 2014 the Company bought 1 500 own shares representing 0.0011% of the share capital of the Company, to the total value of 6 575 BGN on the Bulgarian Stock Exchange, the average price per share was 4.38 BGN.

The trading of treasury shares is pursuant to decision by the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders from 23 June 2010.

The total number of treasury shares after these transactions is 4 988 435, representing 3.78% of the share capital of the Company.