WEST CHESTER, Pennsylvania, September 20 /PRNewswire/ --

VWR Funding, Inc. (formerly CDRV Investors, Inc.), the parent company of
VWR International, LLC, a leader in the global research laboratory industry,
today announced the appointments of six new members to the Company's Board of
Directors. VWR Funding was acquired on June 29, 2007 by affiliates of Madison
Dearborn Partners, LLC, a leading private equity investor.

Elected to the Board are Robert L. Barchi, currently the President of
Thomas Jefferson University, a director of Covance, Inc. and a trustee of
Ursinus College; Edward A. Blechschmidt, currently a director of HealthSouth
Corporation, Lionbridge Technologies and Columbia Laboratories, Inc., and
previously served as an executive officer for several companies including
Novelis, Inc.; Thompson Dean, a Co-Managing Partner and the Chief Executive
Officer of Avista Capital Partners, a private equity firm, and currently on
the boards of Nycomed International Management, NextPharma Technologies, The
Star Tribune Company and IWCO Corporation; Dr. Robert P. DeCresce, a Harriet
B. Borland Professor and Chair of the Department of Pathology at Rush Medical
College in Chicago as well as an Associate Vice President for Ancillary
Services at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago; Carlos del Salto,
recently retired from Baxter World Trade Corporation as Senior Vice President
where he was responsible for managing the Company's Intercontinental and Asia
Pacific operations; and Robert J. Zollars, who currently serves as the
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Vocera Communications, Inc. and also
serves as a director of Reliant Technologies, Inc. and Diamond Foods, Inc.
Both Mr. Barchi and Mr. Zollars are rejoining VWR's Board of Directors.
Including the new appointments, the Company's Board of Directors will have
ten members.

John Ballbach, VWR's Chairman, President and CEO, commented, "We are very
pleased to make this announcement today regarding our new Board of Directors.
The strength and diversity of talent, experience and knowledge that each of
these new members bring to the Board of Directors will be invaluable to the
Company. I look forward to working with all of the new Board members and
leveraging their knowledge and expertise to continue to grow the Company's
business."

About VWR International, LLC

VWR International is a leader in the global research laboratory industry
with worldwide sales in excess of $3.3 billion US dollars. VWR's business is
highly diversified across products and services, geographic regions and
customer segments. The company offers products from a wide range of
manufacturers, to a large number of customers primarily in North America,
Europe and other locations. VWR's principal customers are major
pharmaceutical, biotechnology, chemical, technology, clinical, food
processing and consumer product companies, universities and research
institutes, governmental agencies, environmental testing organizations, and
primary and secondary schools. VWR distributes a diversified product mix,
including chemicals, glassware and plasticware, equipment and instruments,
furniture, protective apparel, production and safety products, and other life
science and laboratory products and supplies. VWR supports its customers by
providing storeroom management, product procurement, supply chain systems
integration, technical services and laboratory bench top delivery. VWR
maintains operations in over 20 countries and employs over 6,000 people
worldwide. VWR International is headquartered in West Chester, Pennsylvania.
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For more information on VWR International, phone +1-800-932-5000, visit
www.vwr.com, or write, VWR International, 1310 Goshen Parkway, P.O. Box 2656,
West Chester, PA 19380-0906.

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Web site: http://www.vwr.com