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                                 SCIOS INC.
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                               RANDAL J. KIRK
                                RJK, L.L.C.
                             KIRKFIELD, L.L.C.
                      THE KIRK FAMILY INVESTMENT PLAN
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                  RANDAL J. KIRK, MAJOR SCIOS STOCKHOLDER,
                PREPARED TO MEET WITH SCIOS BOARD FORTHWITH

        -- URGES SCIOS TO BE CONCERNED WITH STOCKHOLDER VALUE RATHER
        THAN THE HYPING OF THE 'CREDENTIALS OF ITS BOARD MEMBERS --

 RADFORD, VA,  JANUARY 20, 2000 -- Randal J. Kirk, a major stockholder of
 Scios Inc. (NASDAQ: SCIO), today stated, "In response to my proposal to
 build Scios stockholder value, both over the immediate-and-long-term, I am
 pleased that the Scios Board has accepted my offer to meet and has
 committed, according to its own communications to stockholders, to do so
 'as soon a meeting can be arranged'.  For my part, I am prepared and
 available to meet immediately with the Scios Board so that, working
 together, there can be in place, for a change, a bona fide feasible plan to
 achieve stockholder value at Scios.  There is absolutely no reason, if the
 Scios Board is really sincere, that such a meeting cannot be arranged
 forthwith.

 "I am not surprised at the attempted public relations spin by Scios'
 Chairman Donald Rice and its CEO Richard Brewer that the incumbent Scios
 Board should be re-elected over the slate of nominees I am proposing
 because of its 'impressive credentials', which are debatable.  The fact is,
 that, under this ostensibly stellar Board, Scios' stock trades in the $5.00
 range, has lost approximately 58% of its market value since last May, and
 has failed to commercialize a single product, including Natrecor, for which
 it failed to obtain FDA approval last Spring.

 "I do find it odd, however, that Scios' Board finds it necessary 'to spend
 corporate assets' to 'protect' its stockholders against my actions, given
 my good-faith offer to meet with them and reach a compromise.  All I seek
 from my compromise offer is to create stockholder value for all of Scios'
 stockholders and to be assured that such a compromise will be carried out
 through minority Board representation.  It is a board's duty to serve its
 stockholders and act in their best interest.  Given this Board's treatment
 of me, as Scios' largest stockholder, I question whether this Board is
 fulfilling its duty.

 "I hope that the meeting will be about performance and not about the
 supposedly illustrious pasts of the incumbent Board and I shall attend the
 meeting with the expectation that the Board is ready to talk seriously
 about how to unlock the currently hidden value of Scios.  The company has
 such outstanding potential but the current share price proves that that
 potential is not being realized under any currently active management
 plan," Mr. Kirk said.