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XetaPharm™, a Subsidiary of Xechem International, Inc. Introduces VIDA PRAS™, a New Nutraceutical Product

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XetaPharm™, a Subsidiary of Xechem International, Inc. Introduces VIDA PRAS™, a New Nutraceutical Product

That Has Been Used Historically in Indian Ayurvedic Medicine System as an Energy and Immune Booster

NEW JERSEY, NEW BRUNSWICK, Jun. 5 -/E-Wire/-- XetaPharm™, Inc. a subsidiary of Xechem International, Inc. (OTC BB ZKEM) today announced the launch of a new dietary

supplement with anti-oxidant properties called "VIDA PRAS™" in the U.S. market. It is

a granular, Indian herbal blend product known as "chyawanprash" in the Ayurveda with

energy booster and immune builder properties. VIDA PRAS™ is believed by practitioners

of Ayurvedic medicine to be an ideal rejuvenator for the human body and mind which may

help the body to combat the stresses of the modern life style.

According to Dr. Ramesh Pandey, President & CEO, "VIDA PRAS™ is the newest member in

the growing portfolio of XetaPharm's high quality controlled nutraceuticals -

GinkgoOnce®, GarlicOnce®, GinsengOnce®, Gugulon™ and Co-Q10. As it is known in

Ayurveda, chyawanprash has been used in the form of a paste for centuries as a way to

build immunity, stamina and for rejuvenation. Our challenge was to bring this product into the Western market in a form acceptable to the consumer while maintaining the quality and properties of the original product. After working in collaboration for over one year with one of the largest manufacturers of Ayurvedic products in India, we are happy to introduce VIDA PRAS™ for the benefit of the American consumers." All XetaPharm products can be seen and ordered from our website at www.xetapharm.com, at our toll-free number (1-[REDACTED-PHONE]) or through a growing number of pharmacies, health

food and nutritional stores.

Xechem International, Inc., headquartered in New Brunswick, NJ, with subsidiary companies in USA, India and joint venture partners in both Hong Kong and Peoples Republic of China, is a biopharmaceutical company of which Xechem, Inc. (a US subsidiary) is engaged in the research, development and production of generic and

proprietary drugs from natural sources, specializing in the development of niche-generic, difficult to replicate anticancer, antiviral (including Human Immuno-deficiency Virus, HIV), antifungal and anti-infective compounds and screens

extracts and pure compounds from various parts of the world for their therapeutic use.

XetaPharm, Inc., a subsidiary of Xechem, develops quality controlled nutritional products such as GinkgoOnce®, GinsengOnce®, GarlicOnce®, Gugulon™ and Co-Enzyme Q-10

as well as numerous other products under development.

This news release contains certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of

Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, which are intended to be covered by safe

harbors created hereby. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown

risks, uncertainties, including the ability of the Companies to successfully develop

and commercialize their technologies, and other factors that may cause the actual

results, performance or achievements of the Companies to be materially different from

any future results, performance or achievements of the Companies expressed or implied

by such forward-looking statements.

Xechem International, Inc.

http://www.xetapharm.com

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