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inVentiv Health Reports Financial Results for Third Quarter 2008 

* Third Quarter Total Revenues Up 13% to $289.2mm; Net Revenues Up 14% to $243.4mm * Third Quarter Adjusted EPS of $0.41; GAAP EPS of $0.40 * Strong Cash Flow from Operations of $28.1 mm for the Quarter

inVentiv Health, Inc. (Nasdaq:VTIV), a leading provider of commercialization services to the global pharmaceutical and healthcare industries, today announced financial results for the third quarter 2008.

Third Quarter 2008 Results from Continuing Operations:

  *  Total revenues increased 13% to $289.2 million for the third
     quarter of 2008, compared to $254.9 million for the third
     quarter of 2007.  Net revenues increased 14% to $243.4
     million, compared to $212.7 million for the third quarter
     of 2007.  Adjusted for the impact of acquisitions, pro-forma
     organic net revenue growth for the trailing twelve-month
     period ended September 30, 2008 was 10%, and was 22% on an
     as reported basis.

  *  Adjusted EBITDA increased slightly to $37.3 million for the
     third quarter of 2008, compared to $36.9 million for the
     third quarter of 2007.  GAAP operating income was $27.6
     million for the third quarter of 2008, as compared to $28.8
     million for the third quarter of 2007.

  *  Adjusted operating income decreased 3% to $27.8 million for
     the third quarter of 2008, compared to $28.8 million for the
     third quarter of 2007.

  *  Adjusted income from continuing operations was $13.6 million
     for the third quarter of 2008, compared to $14.3 million for
     the third quarter of 2007.  GAAP income from continuing
     operations was $13.3 million for the third quarter of 2008,
     compared to $14.1 million for the third quarter of 2007.

  *  Adjusted diluted earnings per share (EPS), including stock
     compensation expense, was $0.41 for the third quarter of
     2008, compared to $0.44 for the third quarter of 2007.
     GAAP diluted EPS was $0.40 for the third quarter of 2008,
     compared to $0.43 for the third quarter of 2007.

Segment Results:




  *  inVentiv Clinical reported total revenues of $56.0 million
     during the third quarter of 2008, up 10% from $50.7 million
     during the third quarter of 2007.  While the division was
     impacted by some temporary softening in its staffing
     business, inVentiv Clinical continued to see strong client
     demand and growing momentum in its functional outsourcing
     business.

  *  inVentiv Communications reported total revenues of $84.1
     million during the third quarter of 2008, up 14% from $73.8
     million during the third quarter of 2007.  This segment had
     numerous new business wins in the third quarter, but
     performance continued to be affected by budget cutbacks and
     decisions by clients to delay marketing spend.

  *  inVentiv Commercial reported total revenues of $117.3
     million during the third quarter of 2008, up 12% from
     $104.4 million during the third quarter of 2007, reflecting
     the initial ramp up of the nine new sales teams announced in
     September.

  *  inVentiv Patient Outcomes reported total revenues of $31.8
     million during the third quarter of 2008, up 22% from $26.1
     million during the third quarter of 2007.  The strong
     performance included several new wins in the patient
     compliance businesses, as well as the inclusion of results
     from Patient Marketing Group (PMG) for part of the quarter.

"Our third quarter results were very consistent with our expectations. While we are pleased with our performance, we recognize that we continue to operate in a challenging environment, and as a result, we are taking steps to build additional flexibility and efficiency into our model. We remain confident that, as outsourcing trends in the healthcare industry continue to grow and clients increasingly seek broader and more integrated solutions, no company is positioned better than inVentiv to capitalize on the opportunity in the mid- to long-term," said Mr. Blane Walter, Chief Executive Officer of inVentiv Health.

2008 Financial Targets Update

The Company is at this time reconfirming its 2008 revenue targets of $1.05-$1.15 billion and reconfirming the second half 2008 adjusted earnings per share targets of $0.90 to $0.95.

Adjusted target figures exclude derivative interest income or expense related to the Company's interest rate hedge on its term loan facility, and assumes no additional impairment charges from marketable securities or non-recurring tax adjustments.

Conference Call Information

Thursday, November 6, 2008, 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time Call in number: (800) 358-8448 (Domestic) or (706) 902-2979 (International) Live and archived webcast: www.inVentivHealth.com

A replay of the call will be available immediately following the call through November 13, 2008 at (800) 642-1687 or (706) 645-9291. The conference ID number for the replay is 67662939.

In concert with the call, information regarding inVentiv Health's historical and recent operational and financial performance will be available at http://www.inventivhealth.com/about_us/ir_investor_decks.aspx. Non-GAAP financial information also can be found in the investor relations section of the web site.

About inVentiv Health

inVentiv Health, Inc. (Nasdaq:VTIV) is an insights-driven global healthcare leader that provides dynamic solutions to deliver customer and patient success. inVentiv delivers its customized clinical, sales, marketing and communications solutions through its four core business segments: inVentiv Clinical, inVentiv Communications, inVentiv Commercial, and inVentiv Patient Outcomes. inVentiv Health's client roster is comprised of more than 350 leading pharmaceutical, biotech, life sciences and healthcare payer companies, including all top 20 global pharmaceutical manufacturers. For more information, visit www.inVentivHealth.com.

(1) USE OF NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES

This press release contains non-GAAP financial measures. The Company's objectives in presenting non-GAAP financial measures are:




  *  To present the financial statements on a more comparable
     period-to-period basis;

  *  To enhance investors' overall understanding of the Company's
     past financial performance and its planning and forecasting
     of future periods; and

  *  To allow investors to assess the Company's financial
     performance using management's analytical approach.

Table 3 below contains reconciliations of the non-GAAP financial measures contained in this press release to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures. The "adjusted" non-GAAP financial measures discussed in this press release are related to the following two factors:




 * Derivative Interest:  In October 2005, the Company engaged in
   an interest rate hedge of its $175 million term loan facility,
   which the Company did not designate for hedge accounting until
   July 2006.  In July 2006, the Company employed a hypothetical
   derivative model to assess ineffectiveness. For the three-months
   ended September 30, 2008 and 2007, the Company recorded $0.3
   million of interest expense (approximately $0.2 million, net
   of taxes), respectively, relating to the ineffectiveness of the
   hedge for each quarter.  Net interest expense was adjusted to
   exclude these adjustments in their respective periods.

 * Other than Temporary Impairment on Marketable Securities:
   During the third quarter of 2008, the Company recorded $0.2
   million ($0.1 million net of taxes) related to an other than
   temporary impairment of the Company's Columbia Strategic Cash
   Portfolio ("CSCP"), which held certain asset-backed securities.
   Consistent with the company's investment policy guidelines,
   the vast majority of holdings within CSCP held by the company
   had AAA/Aaa credit ratings at the time of purchase. With the
   liquidity issues experienced in the global credit and capital
   markets, the CSCP experienced other than temporary losses
   resulting in a change in the net asset value per share from
   its $1 par value.  The other than temporary impairment loss
   was adjusted to exclude this charge for third quarter 2008
   results.

In addition, this press release contains non-GAAP financial measures related to the pro-forma organic net revenue growth rate for 2008. This growth rate is calculated as if all companies acquired by the Company as of September 30, 2008 were owned by it as of January 1, 2007. Finally, this release contains the non-GAAP financial measure Adjusted EBITDA, which is defined as adjusted operating income before depreciation and amortization and excludes minority interest and equity investments.

These non-GAAP measures are not in accordance with, or an alternative for, generally accepted accounting principles and may be different from non-GAAP measures used by other companies. In addition, these non-GAAP measures are not based on any comprehensive set of accounting rules or principles. Non-GAAP measures have limitations in that they do not reflect all of the amounts associated with the Company's results of operations as determined in accordance with GAAP and these measures should only be used to evaluate the Company's results of operations in conjunction with the corresponding GAAP measures. Management believes that the non-GAAP financial measures included herein, when shown in conjunction with the corresponding GAAP measures, is useful to investors for the reasons discussed above. Management uses these non-GAAP financial measures in assessing the performance of the Company's operations on a consistent basis from period to period.

Forward-Looking Information

This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks that may cause inVentiv Health's performance to differ materially. Such risks include, without limitation: our ability to sufficiently increase our revenues and maintain or decrease expenses and cash capital expenditures to permit us to fund our operations; our ability to continue to comply with the covenants and terms of our credit facility and to access sufficient capital to fund our operations; our ability to grow our existing client relationships, obtain new clients and cross-sell our services; our ability to successfully operate new lines of business; our ability to manage our infrastructure and resources to support our growth; our ability to successfully identify new businesses to acquire, conclude acquisition negotiations and integrate the acquired businesses into our operations; any disruptions, impairments, or malfunctions affecting software as well as excessive costs or delays that may adversely impact our continued investment in and development of software; the potential impact of government regulation on us and on our clients base; our ability to comply with all applicable laws as well as our ability to successfully implement from a timing and cost perspective any changes in applicable laws; our ability to recruit, motivate and retain qualified personnel, including sales representatives; the actual impact of the adoption of certain accounting standards; our ability to maintain technological advantages in a variety of functional areas, including sales force automation, electronic claims surveillance and patient compliance; changes in trends in the healthcare and pharmaceutical industries or in pharmaceutical outsourcing; and our inability to determine the actual time at which the liquidation of the Columbia Strategic Cash Portfolio will be completed or the total losses that we will actually realize from that investment vehicle. Readers of this press release are referred to documents filed from time to time by inVentiv Health, Inc. with the Securities and Exchange Commission for further discussion of these and other factors.




                          INVENTIV HEALTH, INC.
               CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED INCOME STATEMENTS
               (in thousands, except per share amounts)
                            (unaudited)

                            For the                   For the
                       Three-Months Ended        Nine-Months Ended
                         September 30,             September 30,
                     ----------------------    ----------------------
                        2008        2007          2008         2007
                     ----------------------    ----------------------
 Net revenues        $ 243,383    $ 212,650    $ 703,964    $ 582,496
 Reimbursed
  out-of-pockets        45,790       42,263      132,572      126,807
                     ----------------------    ----------------------
   Total revenues      289,173      254,913      836,536      709,303

 Operating expenses:
   Cost of services    153,427      131,575      441,001      371,475
   Reimbursable
    out-of-pocket
    expenses            48,649       42,977      139,083      128,779
   Selling, general
    and
    administrative
    expenses            59,498       51,515      180,983      146,545
                     ----------------------    ----------------------
  Total operating
   expenses            261,574      226,067      761,067      646,799
                     ----------------------    ----------------------

 Operating income       27,599       28,846       75,469       62,504
 Interest expense       (6,443)      (6,574)     (19,134)     (14,020)
 Interest income           438          727        1,684        2,068
                     ----------------------    ----------------------
 Income from
  continuing
  operations before
  income tax
  provision,
  minority interest
  in income of
  subsidiary
  and (loss) income
  from equity
  investments           21,594       22,999       58,019       50,552
 Income tax
  provision             (8,125)      (8,711)     (22,518)     (18,569)
                     ----------------------    ----------------------
 Income from
  continuing
  operations before
  minority
  interest in
  income of
  subsidiary and
  (loss) income
  from equity
  investments           13,469       14,288       35,501       31,983
 Minority interest
  in income of
  subsidiary              (130)        (246)      (1,022)        (736)
 (Loss) income from
  equity investments       (13)          92          (47)         438
                     ----------------------    ----------------------
 Income from
  continuing
  operations            13,326       14,134       34,432       31,685
                     ----------------------    ----------------------

 Income from
  discontinued
  operations:
   (Losses) gains
    on disposals
    of
    discontinued
    operations,
    net of taxes            (3)          90          104          266
                     ----------------------    ----------------------
 Net (loss) income
  from discontinued
  operations                (3)          90          104          266
                     ----------------------    ----------------------

 Net income          $  13,323    $  14,224    $  34,536    $  31,951
                     ======================    ======================


 Earnings per Share:
 Continuing
  operations:
   Basic                 $0.40        $0.44        $1.04        $1.01
   Diluted               $0.40        $0.43        $1.03        $0.99
 Discontinued
  operations:
   Basic                 $0.00        $0.00        $0.01        $0.01
   Diluted               $0.00        $0.00        $0.00        $0.00
 Net income:
   Basic                 $0.40        $0.44        $1.05        $1.02
   Diluted               $0.40        $0.43        $1.03        $0.99
 Weighted average
  common shares
  outstanding:
   Basic                33,215       32,232       32,969       31,331
   Diluted              33,498       32,876       33,429       32,114


                     inVentiv Health, Inc.
                    Selected Financial Data
                        ($'s in 000's)
                         (unaudited)

                                       September 30,      December 31,
                                           2008               2007
                                      -------------------------------

 Cash                                     $86,880           $50,973
 Restricted Cash and Marketable
  Securities (1)                          $17,870           $47,164
 Accounts Receivable, Net                $148,301          $162,198
 Unbilled Services                       $105,653           $89,384
 Total assets                          $1,135,177        $1,110,856
 Client Advances & Unearned
  Revenue                                 $73,691           $76,696
 Working Capital (2)                     $182,041          $130,852
 Long-term debt (3)                      $325,875          $328,350
 Capital Lease Obligations (3)            $44,186           $38,409
 Depreciation (4)                         $15,196           $18,169
 Amortization (4)                         $11,302           $10,939
 Days Sales Outstanding (5)                    74                79

 (1) Includes $5.1 million long term marketable securities currently
     classified as Deposits and Other Assets.

 (2) Working Capital is defined as total current assets less total
     current liabilities.

 (3) Liabilities are both current and noncurrent.

 (4) Depreciation and amortization are reported on a year-to-date
     basis.

 (5) Days Sales Outstanding ("DSO") is measured using the combined
     amounts of Accounts Receivable and Unbilled Services (excluding
     work-in-progress, which does not affect calculation) outstanding
     as of the Balance Sheet date, against Revenues for the trailing
     3-month period then ended, excluding the PMG acquisition for the
     September 30, 2008 calculation.


                         inVentiv Health, Inc.
                         ---------------------
                Non-GAAP Income Statement Reconciliation
                -----------------------------------------
          For the Three Months Ended September 30, 2008 and 2007
          ------------------------------------------------------
                              (unaudited)
                               ----------


 Reconciliation  of Adjusted              Three-Months Ended
  Operating  Income and Adjusted EBITDA     September 30,
 --------------------------------------  --------------------
 (in millions)                           2008           2007
                                         --------------------
 Operating income, as reported           $27.6         $28.8
 Other than temporary impairment of
  marketable securities                    0.2            --
                                         --------------------
 Operating income, as adjusted           $27.8         $28.8
 Add:  Depreciation                        5.7           4.7
 Add: Amortization                         3.8           3.4
                                         --------------------
 Adjusted EBITDA *                       $37.3         $36.9
                                         --------------------
 * before minority interest in income of subsidiary and income
   from equity investments


 Reconciliation of Income from
  Continuing Operations
 -----------------------------           Three-Months Ended
 (in millions)                              September 30,
                                         -------------------
 (Subtract) Add                          2008          2007
                                         -------------------
 Income from continuing operations,
  as reported                            $13.3         $14.1
 Other than temporary impairment of
  marketable securities, net of taxes      0.1            --

 Derivative interest, net of taxes         0.2           0.2
                                         -------------------
 Income from continuing operations,
  as adjusted                            $13.6         $14.3
                                         -------------------


 Reconciliation of Earnings per Share
 ------------------------------------    Three-Months Ended
                                            September 30,
                                         -------------------
 (Subtract) Add                          2008          2007
                                         -------------------
 Diluted earnings per share from
  continuing operations, as reported     $0.40         $0.43
 Derivative interest, net of taxes        0.01          0.01
                                         -------------------
 Diluted earnings per share from
  continuing operations, as adjusted     $0.41         $0.44
                                         -------------------


 2008 Financial Targets Reconciliation
  (unaudited)                                  Targets
 -------------------------------------   -------------------
                                         2nd Half of 2008
                                         -------------------
 Diluted earnings per share from
  continuing operations                       $0.88 - $0.93
 Derivative interest, net of taxes                     0.02
                                         -------------------
 Diluted earnings per share from
  continuing operations, as adjusted          $0.90 - $0.95
                                         -------------------


 Proforma Growth Rate on a Net
  Revenue Basis                             Twelve-Months
 -----------------------------           Ended September 30,
                                         -------------------
 (unaudited)                                 2008 vs 2007
 -----------                             -------------------
 Growth rate, as reported                              22%
 Less: Acquisition Growth Rate                        (12%)
                                         -------------------
 Growth rate, proforma                                 10%
                                         -------------------

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