Director Declaration

8 August 2007

                         THE BIOTECH GROWTH TRUST PLC                          

                                (the "Company")                                

             Notification of Board changes and Directors' details              

Announcement is made in respect of paragraph 9.6.14R of the Listing Rules on
behalf of Peter Keen, Director.

The Company hereby announces that Peter Keen, non-executive Director, was
appointed as a non-executive Director of Prelude Trust plc with effect from 1
August 2007.

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Contact information:

Mark Pope - 020 3 008 4913

Frostrow Capital LLP

Company Secretary