SAN DIEGO, Jan 4, 2002 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Discovery Partners International, Inc. (Nasdaq: DPII) announced today that Riccardo Pigliucci, Chief Executive Officer of Discovery Partners, will be presenting at the JPMorgan H&Q 20th Annual Healthcare Conference being held in San Francisco on Monday, January 7, 2002 at 9:00 a.m. Pacific Time.
The presentation will be simultaneously webcast on the JPMorgan website at http://www.jpmorgan.com . A copy of the presentation can be viewed through a link provided via the company's website at http://www.discoverypartners.com . The presentation will be archived for 30 days at DPII's website.

About Discovery Partners

Discovery Partners International, Inc. has become a leader in drug discovery collaborations by offering integrated services and products that span the drug discovery continuum including target characterization, high throughput screening, lead generation, lead optimization, high throughput synthesis automation, and gene expression analysis. DPII is headquartered in San Diego, California and has operations in the United States and Europe. For more information on Discovery Partners International, Inc., please visit the company's Web site at http://www.discoverypartners.com .

Statements in this press release that are not strictly historical are "forward-looking" statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and involve a high degree of risk and uncertainty. Discovery Partners' actual results may differ materially from those projected in the forward looking statements due to risks and uncertainties that exist in the Discovery Partners' operations, development efforts and business environment, including integration of acquired businesses, the trend toward consolidation of the pharmaceutical industry, quarterly sales variability, technological advances by competitors, and other risks and uncertainties more fully described in Discovery Partners' annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2000 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and Discovery Partners' other SEC reports.

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CONTACT:
Riccardo Pigliucci, Chief Executive Officer of Discovery Partners International, Inc., +1-858-552-3639, ir@discoverypartners.com

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