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HOLISTA COLLTECH LIMITED Board/Management Information 2007

Oct 18, 2007

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ASX/ MEDIA RELEASE: 19 OCTOBER 2007

CAU APPOINTS DR DEBORAH COOPER AS GENERAL MANAGER

The Board of Directors of CollTech Australia Limited today announced the appointment[1] of Dr. Deborah Cooper as the company’s General Manager and the resignation[1] of Mr Michael Pixley as the company’s CEO.

Dr Cooper remarked, ”I am delighted to be given this opportunity of leading CollTech into its next phase of growth. With a solid year of sales visits and market development in 2007, I am confident that 2008 will bring CollTech the rewards we have all been working toward”.

“I am committed to CollTech becoming a leading global supplier of high quality collagen, establishing strategic alliances to develop and commercialise collagen-based cosmetic and medical products that advance healthcare and build shareholder value”, Dr. Cooper remarked.

Dr Cooper has been the company’s Acting General Manager since January this year and has been performing the role of the company’s Chief Scientific Officer since November 2005.

The Board would sincerely like to thank Mr Pixley for his substantive effort and commitment since 2003 in guiding the development of CollTech Australia into a globally focused, world-class producer of the world’s only supply of sheep sourced collagen. Mr Michael Pixley will continue to be involved as a Director of the company and fully endorses the appointment of Dr. Cooper to the role of General Manager.

The Board and Dr. Cooper are confident of CollTech continuing to achieve its R&D milestones toward producing a medical grade collagen in 2008 that will enter the highly the lucrative collagen based Biomaterials markets and of growing the company’s emerging sales in the cosmetics and toiletries industry.

CONTACT INFORMATION

For more information:

Deborah Cooper General Manager P +618 9426 3900 (Australia) Glen Brune CFO/Company Secretary F +618 9426 3909 E [email protected] W www.colltech.com.au

ABOUT COLLTECH

CollTech Australia Limited (ASX: CAU) is an Australian listed bio-industrial company specialising in the development and commercialisation of ovine collagen products. CollTech’s Australian-produced OVICOLL[®] ovine collagen is a safe and culturally acceptable collagen source that is fully traceable and unaffected by the issue of Mad Cow Disease. The company currently markets OVICOLL[®] |C and OVICOLL[®] |Clear for cosmetic applications and has several products in development for research and medical applications.

ABOUT DR. COOPER

Dr Cooper has more than fifteen years R&D experience in biotech and academia, including clinical manufacturing affairs and Quality Assurance. She has previously worked for tissue engineering companies such as Clinical Cell Culture (C3) and Verigen Australia (Genzyme subsidiary). Dr Cooper holds a Bachelor of Science awarded with Honours from London University, a Master of Science in Immunology from Birmingham University and a PhD in cellular immunology from Cambridge University.

1 THESE CHANGES ARE TO TAKE EFFECT FROM 1 NOVEMBER 2007.

CollTech Australia Ltd ABN 24 094 515 992 G/ 76 Kings Park Rd West Perth WA 6005 Australia PO Box 1264 West Perth WA 6872 Australia

P +618 9426 3900 F +618 9426 3909 W www.colltech.com.au E [email protected] Sales +618 9426 3999 Freecall +800 COLLTECH .Mon-Fri 8:30-5:00 GMT +8:00 ®Registered trademark of CollTech Australia Ltd│ASX - 071019 - Appoint General Manager