SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                            Washington, D.C. 20549

                                   FORM 10-Q

               QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 (d)
                    OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

                 For the Quarterly Period Ended September 30, 2003March 31, 2004

                         Commission File Number 1-8036

                      WEST PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES, INC.
            (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


              Pennsylvania                             23-1210010
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    (State or other jurisdiction of      (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)
     incorporation or organization)


     101 Gordon Drive, PO Box 645,
             Lionville, PA                             19341-0645
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(Address of principal executive offices)                (Zip Code)




       Registrant's telephone number, including area code 610-594-2900

                                           N/A
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Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report.

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required
to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 194341934 during
the preceding 12twelve months, and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements
for the past 90 days.  Yes XX.  No    .
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an accelerated filer (as defined
in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).  Yes_X_Yes X  No    __

                          September 30, 2003.
                               ---   ---


                          March 31, 2004 - 14,560,59814,824,408

Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer's classes of
common stock, as of the latest practicable date.



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                                          Index

                  Form 10-Q for the Quarter Ended September 30, 2003


                                                                                           PageMarch 31, 2004



Part I -Financial Information

    Item 1.  Financial Statements (Unaudited)                                           Page

             Consolidated Statements of Income for the Quarter and NineThree Months ended September 30,March 31,
             2004 and 2003 and September 30, 2002                                                                 3

             Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets at September 30, 2003March 31, 2004 and December 31,
             20022003                                                                          4

             Consolidated Statement of Shareholders'Shareholder's Equity for the NineThree Months ended
             September 30, 2003March 31, 2004                                                                5

             Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the NineThree Months ended
             September 30,March 31, 2004 and 2003 and September 30, 2002                                                       6

             Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements                          7

    Item 2.  Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
             Operations                                                                   1413

    Item 3.  Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk                   2219

    Item 4.  Controls and Procedures                                                      2219

Part II - Other Information

    Item 6. Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K                                              2320

SIGNATURES                                                                                2421

            Index to Exhibits                                                            F-1
                                                                                            F-2



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Part I.  Financial Information
Item 1.  Financial Statements.Statements

West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. and Subsidiaries
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME (Unaudited)
(in thousands, except per share data)

                                                   Quarter Ended                     NineThree Months Ended
                                            Sept. 30,March 31, 2004       March 31, 2003
Sept. 30, 2002    Sept. 30, 2003  Sept. 30, 2002
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Net sales                                        $ 120,100133,600            $ 104,100         $ 364,300       $ 312,300117,800
Cost of goods and services sold                     84,300          77,800           250,700         224,50093,000               81,400
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    Gross profit                                    35,800          26,300           113,600          87,80040,600               36,400
Selling, general and administrative expenses        27,800          19,100            79,000          60,90029,000               24,400
Costs associated with plant explosion                    net                1,100            -                9,900             -
Restructuring charge                                        -             9,100                -            9,1005,100
Other (income) expense, net                                     800                  400
- 400               500          (2,000)
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   Operating profit                                 (loss)                                6,900          (2,300)           24,200          19,80010,800                6,500
Interest expense, net                                2,000           2,100             5,600           7,0001,900                1,900
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   Income (loss) before income taxes                        4,900          (4,400)           18,600          12,8008,900                4,600
Provision for income taxes                           1,500          (2,800)            5,700           3,2002,900                1,300
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   Income (loss) from consolidated operations               3,400          (1,600)           12,900           9,6006,000                3,300
Equity in net income (loss) of affiliated companies         700            (400)            1,900            (100)1,000                  500
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   Income (loss) from continuing operations               4,100          (2,000)           14,800           9,500
Discontinued operations, net of tax                         -             5,600               -             5,500
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   Net income                                    $   4,1007,000            $   3,600          $ 14,800        $ 15,000
===================================================================================================================3,800
================================================================================

Net income (loss) per share:
   Basic                                         Continuing operations                            $    0.280.47            $    (0.14)         $   1.02        $   0.66
      Discontinued operations                                -             0.39               -              0.38
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                       $   0.28       $    0.25          $   1.02        $   1.04
===================================================================================================================0.26
   Assuming dilution                             Continuing operations                            $    0.280.46            $    (0.14)         $   1.02        $   0.66
      Discontinued operations                                -             0.39               -              0.38
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                       $   0.28       $    0.25          $   1.02        $   1.04
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------0.26

Average common shares outstanding                   14,506          14,463            14,490          14,42014,722               14,480
Average shares assuming dilution                    14,599          14,463            14,497          14,44315,067               14,480

Dividends declared per common share              $    0.21            $    0.20          $   0.61        $   0.58

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.



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West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. and Subsidiaries
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (Unaudited)
(in thousands)

                                                        Sept. 30,March 31,      December 31,
                                                            2004              2003
2002
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ASSETS
Current assets:
     Cash, including cash equivalents                   $  54,50040,600        $  33,20037,800
     Accounts receivable                                   76,300            66,60083,700           73,900
     Inventories                                           45,900            41,300
     Income tax refundable52,200           48,000
     Insurance receivable                                       -           3,60041,000
     Deferred income tax benefits                        5,200             5,200taxes                                  6,000            6,100
     Other current assets                                  11,500            11,90012,300            9,900
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Total current assets                                      193,400           161,800194,800          216,700
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Property, plant and equipment                             524,400           499,600572,700          563,600
Less accumulated depreciation and amortization            (291,500)         (276,300)313,000          307,900
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Net property, plant and equipment                      232,900           223,300----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                          259,700          255,700
Investments in and advances to affiliated companies        20,200            18,00022,900           22,200
Goodwill                                                   38,600            35,50041,200           41,500
Pension asset                                              49,500            53,00049,800           50,500
Deferred income tax benefits                            21,900            19,900
Insurance receivable                                       300                 -taxes                                      20,700           20,500
Patents                                                     6,800             7,300
Other intangibles                                        2,000             1,7007,000            6,900
Other assets                                                10,000             9,1008,700            9,600
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Total Assets                                            $ 575,600604,800        $ 529,600
=================================================================================

LIABILITIES623,600
==================================================================================

LIABILITES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
Current liabilities:
     Current portion of long-term debt              $   11,600        $   11,700
     Notes payable                                      4,600             4,100$   3,600        $   8,000
     Accounts payable                                      25,100            19,20026,600           29,400
     Accrued expenses:
        Salaries, wages and benefits                       23,000            17,00019,900           24,500
        Income taxes payable                               5,900             9,40011,800            8,400
        Restructuring costs                                 5001,400            1,400
        Deferred income taxes                              2,400             2,40016,600           16,600
        Other 31,100            23,000current liabilities                          29,900           30,600
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Total current liabilities                                 104,200            88,200109,800          118,900
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Long-term debt                                            excluding current portion              162,700           159,200148,600          167,000
Deferred income taxes                                      49,400            48,50045,100           44,800
Other long-term liabilities                                33,700            32,20038,200           35,300
Shareholders' equity                                      225,600           201,500263,100          257,600
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Total Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity              $ 575,600604,800        $ 529,600
=================================================================================623,600
==================================================================================

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

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West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. and Subsidiaries
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY (Unaudited)
(in thousands)

                                                                     Accumulated
                                            Capital in                     other
                                    Common   excess of   Retained  comprehensive   Treasury
                                     stock   par value   earnings   income (loss)     Stockstock       Total
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Balance, December 31, 20022003        $  4,300    $ 30,90030,100  $ 261,200281,200       $ (13,400)18,900  $ (81,500)(76,900)  $ 201,500257,600

Net income                                                  14,800                                    14,8007,000                                 7,000

Shares issued under stock plans                   (400)                                     2,200       1,800

Cash dividends(500)                               5,500       5,000

Dividends declared                                         (8,800)                                   (8,800)(3,200)                               (3,200)

Foreign currency translation
adjustment                                                                16,400                   16,400(3,200)                (3,200)

Minimum pension liability
translation adjustment                                                      (200)                    (200)

Fair value of financial instruments
adjustment                                                                            100                      100(100)                  (100)

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Balance, September 30, 2003March 31, 2004           $  4,300    $ 30,50029,600  $ 267,200285,000       $ 2,90015,600  $ (79,300)(71,400)  $ 225,600
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- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------263,100
========================================================================================================

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.




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West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. and Subsidiaries
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (Unaudited)
(in thousands)


                                                               NineThree Months Ended
                                                             Sept. 30,     Sept. 30,March 31,     March 31,
                                                                 2004          2003
2002
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Cash flows provided by (used in) operating activities:
     Net income                                              $  14,8007,000      $  15,000
     Income from discontinued operations                           -           (5,500)3,800
     Depreciation and amortization                              24,400        24,4008,300         8,100
     Other non-cash items, net                                  3,500         5,2001,000           900
     Changes in assets and liabilities                         net of effects of
       discontinued operations                                    7,600        (1,800)(8,200)        1,300
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Net cash provided by operating activities                       of continuing operations                                         50,300        37,3008,100        14,100
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Cash flows provided by (used in) provided by investing activities:
     Property, plant and equipment acquired                   (34,800)      (30,200)(16,500)       (7,300)
     Insurance proceeds received for property damage           10,10031,800           500
     Repayment of affiliate loan                                  600             -
     Land acquired under government grant                        (2,000)           -
     Deposit held in trust from sale of assets                       -          4,300
     Customer advances, net of repayments                         1,400        (1,300)
     Loan to affiliate600           100
     Other                                                       (100)            -
(1,000)
     Proceeds from sale of assets                                    - 300
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Net cash used inprovided by (used in) investing activities            of continuing operations                                        (25,300)      (27,900)16,400        (6,700)
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Cash flows (used in) provided by financing activities:
     Net (repayments) borrowings (repayments) under revolving
       credit agreements                                      2,000        (7,900)
     Repayment of industrial revenue bond                            -         (6,100)
     Repayment of subordinated debenture                             -         (4,300)(18,900)        1,200
     Repayment of other long-term debt                              (500)         (400)-          (100)
     Other notes payable, net                                  400        (1,100)(4,600)       (2,600)
     Dividend payments                                         (8,700)       (8,200)(3,100)       (2,900)
     Issuance of common stock                                   300         3,300
     Purchase of treasury stock4,800             -
(100)
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Net cash used in financing activities                         of continuing operations                                         (6,500)      (24,800)(21,800)       (4,400)
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Net cash provided by discontinued operations                        -           8,100
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Effect of exchange rates on cash                                  2,800100           900
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Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents                       21,300        (6,400)2,800         3,900
Cash, including cash equivalents at beginning of period        37,800        33,200
42,100
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Cash, including cash equivalents at end of period            $ 54,50040,600      $ 35,700
======================================================================================37,100
====================================================================================


See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.



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                  West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. and Subsidiaries
          Notes to the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)
                    (in thousands, except share and per share data)
                                    March 31, 2004

1.   The interim consolidated financial statements for the three and nine-month
     periodsthree-month period ended
     September 30, 2003March 31, 2004 should be read in conjunction with the consolidated  financial
     statements and notes thereto of West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. (the Company),
     appearing in the Company's  20022003 Annual Report on Form 10-K.  The year-end condensed
     consolidated balance sheet data was derived from audited financial statements, but
     does not include all disclosures required by generally accepted accounting principles.

     Interim Period Accounting Policy
     --------------------------------
     In the opinion of management, the unaudited condensed consolidated financial
     statements, contain all adjustments, consisting only of normal recurring accruals
     and adjustments, necessary for a fair presentation of the Company's financial
     position as of September 30, 2003March 31, 2004 and the results of operations and cash flows for
     the periods ended September 30, 2003March 31, 2004 and 2002.2003.  The results of operations for any
     interim period are not necessarily indicative of results for the full year.

     Reclassification
     ----------------
     Certain reclassifications were made to prior period financial statements to
     be consistent with the current period reporting presentation.

     Income Taxes
     ------------
     The tax rate used for interim periods is the estimated annual effective consolidated
     tax rate, based on the current estimate of full year results, except that taxes
     related to specific events, and taxes applicable to prior
     year adjustments, if any, are recorded as identified.in the interim period in which
     they occur.

     Stock-Based Compensation
     ------------------------
     The Company accounts for stock-based compensation using the intrinsic value method
     prescribed in Accounting Principles Board (APB) Opinion No. 25, "Accounting for
     Stock Issued to Employees," and related interpretations. Accordingly, compensation
     cost for stock options is measured as the excess, if any, of the quoted market
     price of the Company's stock at the date of the grant over the amount an employee
     must pay to acquire the stock.

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                     West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.The Company has recorded stock-based compensation for employee restricted stock
     awards and Subsidiaries
               Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)
                       (in thousands, except share and per share data)
                                         (continued)for director stock-based compensation. The Company did not record
     compensation cost for stock options for the three months ended March 31, 2004
     and nine-months ended September 30, 2003, and 2002 because stock option grants were madeare at 100% of the fair market value of the
     stock on the grant date. The Company did not record compensation cost for shares
     issued under the noncompensatory employee stock purchase plan. If the fair value
     based method prescribed in SFASStatement of Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS)
     No. 123, "Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation," had been applied to stock
     option grants and shares issued under the employee stock purchase plan, the
     Company's net income and basic and diluted net income per share would have been
     reduced as summarized below:




                                                                          Page 8

        Notes to the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
                                    (continued)

                                                                    Three Months Ended
                                                                   Nine Months Ended
                                                9/30/3/31/04     3/31/03
   9/30/02         9/30/03      9/30/02
   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   Net income, as reported:reported                                        $  4,1007,000     $ 3,600        $ 14,800     $ 15,0003,800

   Add: Stock-based compensation expense included
   in net income, net of tax                                           400         (400)            500            -200        (200)

   Deduct: Total stock-based compensation expense determined
   under the fair value based method for all awards, net of tax           (700)         100          (1,300)      (1,000)
   -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------(500)          -
   -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   Pro forma net income                                           $  3,8006,700     $ 3,300        $ 14,000     $ 14,000
   ===============================================================================================3,600
   =====================================================================================

   Net income per share:

      Basic, as reported                                          $   0.280.47     $  0.25        $   1.02     $   1.040.26
      Basic, pro forma                                            $   0.260.45     $  0.23        $   0.97     $   0.970.25

      Diluted, as reported                                        $   0.280.46     $  0.25        $   1.02     $   1.040.26
      Diluted, pro forma                                          $   0.260.44     $  0.23        $   0.97     $   0.97
   -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------0.25
   =====================================================================================


2.   Inventories at September 30, 2003March 31, 2004 and December 31, 20022003 were as follows:

                                                     9/30/3/31/04      12/31/03
                         12/31/02
                    -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                         Finished goods            $  18,60022,800     $  18,90021,700
                         Work in process              10,300              7,40010,700         8,600
                         Raw materials                17,000             15,000
                    ----------------------------------------------------------18,700        17,700
                         --------------------------------------------------
                                                   $  45,90052,200     $  41,300
                    ==========================================================48,000
                         ==================================================


3.   Comprehensive income (loss) for the three months ended March 31, 2004
     and nine-months ended September 30, 2003
   and September 30, 2002 was as follows:

                                                                  Three Months Ended
                                                                Nine Months Ended
                                             9/30/3/31/04        3/31/03
         9/30/02      9/30/03     9/30/02
   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
         Net income                                            $  4,1007,000       $  3,600     $ 14,800    $ 15,0003,800
         Foreign currency translation adjustments                1,400       (700)      16,400       7,400(3,200)         4,500
         Minimum pension liability translation adjustments         -          -         (200)       (200)
   Fair value adjustment on derivative
     financial instruments                        -       (100)           100
         (100)
   -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
         Comprehensive income                                  $  5,5003,700        $ 2,800     $ 31,100    $  22,100
   =====================================================================================8,400
         ==============================================================================






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        West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. and Subsidiaries
           Notes to the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)
                   (in thousands, except share and per share data)
                                    (continued)

4.   Net sales to external customers and income (loss) before income taxes by reportingreportable
     segment for the three months ended March 31, 2004 and nine-months ended September 30, 2003
     and September 30, 2002 were as follows:

                                                       Three Months Ended
                                                            Nine Months EndedMarch 31
           Net sales:                                 9/30/03    9/30/02       9/30/03      9/30/02
     -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------2004            2003
           ---------------------------------------------------------------
           Pharmaceutical Systems                $ 118,200130,400       $ 102,900      $ 359,600   $ 306,300116,200
           Drug Delivery Systems                     1,900      1,200          4,700       6,000
     -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
     Consolidated total3,200           1,600
           ---------------------------------------------------------------
           Total                                 $ 120,100133,600       $ 104,100      $ 364,300   $ 312,300
     =========================================================================================117,800
           ===============================================================


                                                                Three Months Ended
                                                                     Nine Months EndedMarch 31
           Operating profit (loss):                            9/30/03     9/30/02      9/30/03     9/30/02
     -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------2004            2003
           -------------------------------------------------------------------------
               Pharmaceutical Systems                     $  19,40020,600       $  13,000     $ 65,500    $ 48,40020,900
               Drug Delivery Systems                         (5,000)      (4,100)     (12,200)    (10,400)(2,800)         (3,500)
               Corporate costs                               (4,800)      (2,800)     (14,400)    (12,900)
         Pension income (expense)              (1,600)         700       (4,800)      2,100(5,800)         (4,500)
               U.S. pension expense                          (1,200)         (1,300)
               Costs associated with plant explosion              (1,100)          -          (9,900)       -
         Restructuring charge                       -       (9,100)           -      (9,100)
         Argentina foreign exchange gain            -           -             -       1,700
     -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
     Consolidated operating(5,100)
           -------------------------------------------------------------------------
           Operating profit                                  (loss)       6,900       (2,300)      24,200      19,80010,800           6,500
           Interest expense, net                             (2,000)      (2,100)      (5,600)     (7,000)
     -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
     Consolidated income (loss)(1,900)         (1,900)
           -------------------------------------------------------------------------
           Income before income taxes                     $   4,9008,900       $   (4,400)    $ 18,600    $ 12,800
     =========================================================================================


     During4,600
           =========================================================================

     At December 31, 2003 approximately $10,400 of property, plant and equipment and
     $2,500 of inventoryCorporate assets included a $41,000 insurance receivable.
     The receivable was collected in the Pharmaceutical Systems segmentfirst quarter of 2004 and proceeds of $23,500
     were destroyed in
     a plant explosion (see footnote #11).used to repay debt.  Compared with December 31, 2002,2003, there were no other
     material changes in the amount of assets as of September 30, 2003March 31, 2004 for any other reportingoperating
     segment.

5.   Common stock issued at September 30, 2003March 31, 2004 was 17,165,141 shares, of which 2,604,5432,340,733
     shares were held in treasury.  Dividends of $.20$.21 per common share were paid in the
     thirdfirst quarter of 20032004 and a dividend of $.21 per share payable NovemberMay 5, 20032004 to
     holders of record on October 22, 2003April 21, 2004 was declared on August 12, 2003.March 26, 2004.

     Below are the calculations of earnings (loss) per share for the three months ended
     March 31, 2004 and nine-months ended September 30, 2003 and 2002.2003.  Options to purchase 805,192 and 2,062,9272,116,011 shares of common stock
     that were outstanding during the quarter ended September 30,March 31, 2003, and 2002, respectively, were not included
     in the computation of diluted earnings per share since the options' exercise
     prices were greater than the average market price of the common shares and,
     therefore, the effect would be antidilutive.  AntidilutiveThere were no antidilutive options
     outstanding during the nine monthsquarter ended September 30, 2003 and 2002 were 2,074,767 and 993,098, respectively.March 31, 2004.



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       West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. and Subsidiaries
           Notes to the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
                                  (Unaudited)
                   (in thousands, except share and per share data)
                                            (continued)

                                                      Three Months Ended
                                                      Nine Months Ended
                                              9/30/3/31/04      3/31/03
         9/30/02      9/30/03   9/30/02
     --------------------------------------- --------- ----------- ---------- -----------
     Net income (loss):
       Income from continuing operations     $  4,100  $ (2,000)   $  14,800  $  9,500
       Discontinued operations                      -     5,600            -     5,500
                                               ------    ------       ------    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
         Net income                                  $  4,1007,000     $  3,600    $  14,800  $ 15,0003,800

         Average common shares outstanding             14,506    14,463       14,490    14,42014,722       14,480
         Add: Dilutive stock options                      93345            -
         7        23
                                               ------    ------       ------    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
         Average shares assuming dilution              14,599    14,463       14,497    14,44315,067       14,480
         ------------------------------------------------------------------

         Basic net income (loss) per share:
       Income from continuing operationsshare                  $   0.280.47     $   (0.14)  $    1.02  $   0.66
       Discontinued operations                      -      0.39           -      0.38
                                               ------    ------      ------    ------
     Net income                              $   0.28  $   0.25   $    1.02  $   1.040.26
         Diluted net income (loss) per share:
       Income from continuing operationsshare                $   0.280.46     $   (0.14)  $    1.02  $   0.66
       Discontinued operations                      -      0.39           -      0.38
                                               ------    ------      ------    ------
     Net income                              $   0.28  $   0.25   $    1.02  $   1.040.26
         ------------------------------------------------------------------

6.   The Company has accrued the estimated cost of environmental compliance expenses
     related to soil or ground water contamination at current and former manufacturing
     facilities.  During the second quarter of 2003, the Company
     accrued $400 for environmental response activities at the Kinston facility,
     of which $300 was paid in the third quarter of 2003.  Based on consultants' estimates of the costs of remediation in
     accordance with applicable regulatory requirements, the Company believes the
     accrued liability of $1,000 at September 30, 2003March 31, 2004 is sufficient to cover the future
     costs of these remedial actions, whichactions.  Although the Company cannot be certain, the
     Company expects that remediation activities at all facilities will be carried out overcompleted
     in 2004, with the next several years.  The Company
     does not anticipate any recovery from insurance or other sources.exception of periodic groundwater compliance monitoring activity.

7.   Goodwill by reportable segment as of September 30, 2003March 31, 2004 and December 31, 20022003 was
     as follows:
                                                           9/30/3/31/04     12/31/03
                         12/31/02
                         --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                         Pharmaceutical Systems           $ 36,60039,200     $ 33,50039,500                                                                                    $
                         Drug Delivery Systems               2,000        2,000
                         --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                          $ 38,60041,200     $ 35,50041,500                                                                                    $
                         ========================================================================================================

     The increasedecrease in the Pharmaceutical Systems segment goodwill balance from
     December 31, 20022003 is solely due to foreign currency translation adjustments.



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                   West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. and Subsidiaries
             Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)
                     (in thousands, except share and per share data)
                                         (continued)

     The cost and respective accumulated amortization for the Company's patents,
     was $11,500$12,100 and $4,700,$5,100, respectively, as of September 30, 2003,March 31, 2004, and $11,400$11,800 and
     $4,100,$4,900, respectively, as of December 31, 2002.2003.  The cost basis of patents
     includes the effects of foreign currency translation adjustments.adjustments of $200 for the quarter ended
     March 31, 2004.  The Company recorded $200 and $600amortization expense of amortization expense$200 for the three
     months ended March 31, 2004 and nine-months
     ended September 30, 2003 and 2002.2003.  Amortization for the full year 20032004 is
     estimated to be $800.  The estimated annual amortization expense for each of the
     next five years is approximately $700$800 per year.



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          Notes to the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
                                     (continued)

8.   The following table details the activity related toThere were no changes in the Company's restructuring reserve which consists of accrued severance, benefits, contract termination
     costs and non-cash write-offs:

                                      Severance            Continuing   Discontinued
                                   and benefits    Other   operations     operations    Total
     ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

     Balance, Decemberfor the quarter
     ended March 31, 2002       $ 800       $  500     $ 1,300      $   100      $ 1,400

     Cash payments                     (400)        (400)       (800)        (100)        (900)
     ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

     Balance, September 30, 2003      $ 400       $  100     $   500      $    -       $   500
     ==========================================================================================

     Reductions to the reserve balance represent severance and benefits payments
     and monthly payments for a terminated information systems contract.2004.  The Company expects to complete all payments of $1,400 within
     the next twelve months.

In the third quarter ended September 30, 2002 the Company recorded a pre-tax
     restructuring charge of $9,100. The charge included a $5,800 write-off of
     construction-in-progress and a $500 accrual for contract termination fees
     related to the termination of the Company's information systems implementation
     project and a $2,800 impairment of its investment in a genetic research
     technology company. These restructuring items generated a $2,300 tax benefit.

9.   In December 2002, the Company sold its consumer healthcare research business,
     previously part of the Drug Delivery Systems segment. The results of this
     business have been reflected as discontinued operations in the accompanying
     consolidated financial statements.  Revenues and pretax profit from the
     discontinued operation were $800 and $(500)Other expense for the three months ended September 30, 2002March 31, 2004 and $4,000 and $0 for the nine months ended
     September 30, 2002. After-tax profit for the discontinued operation2003 was
     $(300) and $0, respectively, for the three and nine-months ended
     September 30, 2002.

     The Company was required to hold $4,300 of the proceeds from the 2001 sale
     of its contract manufacturing and packaging business in trust for the
     repayment of certain debentures that the Company agreed to redeem as part
     of the sale.  These debentures were repaid in the first quarter of 2002
     resulting in a $400, net of tax, charge which was included in discontinued
     operations.  In the third quarter of 2002, the Company recorded a tax benefit
     in income from discontinued operations of $5,900 principally related to a
     tax refund on the disposal of the facility.  See footnote #12.





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               West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. and Subsidiaries
         Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)
                 (in thousands, except share and per share data)
                                        (continued)

10.  Other (income) expense for the three and nine-months ended September 30, 2003
     and September 30, 2002 were as follows:

                                                            Three Months Ended
                                                      Nine Months Ended
                                                   9/30/03   9/30/02    9/30/03      9/30/02
      ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------3/31/2004        3/31/2003
                                                     ---------------------------
       Foreign currencyexchange transaction (gains) losses               $  -400           $    -      $ (400)    $ (2,300)
       Loss on sales of equipment and other assets          400              300
       Other                                                  -              100
                                                     100---------------------------
                                                         $  800           100$  400
                                                     ===========================

10.  The components of net pension expense for domestic and international plans for
     the three months ended March 31, 2004 and 2003 was as follows:

                                                                          Other (100)      300retirement
                                                     Pension benefits         benefits
                                                     3/31/04   3/31/03    3/31/04  3/31/03
      ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Service cost                                    $1,300    $1,000       $200     $100
      Interest cost                                    2,900     2,600        100      200
      ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Expected return on assets                       (3,600)   (3,000)         -        -
      Amortization of unrecognized transition asset        -      (100)         -        -
      Amortization of prior service cost                 200       200          -     (100)
      Recognized actuarial losses                        700       800          -        -
      ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Pension expense                                 $1,500    $1,500       $300     $200
      ====================================================================================


                                                      Other retirement
                                 Pension benefits          benefits              Total
                                3/31/04   3/31/03     3/31/04  3/31/03     3/31/04   3/31/03
      --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Domestic plans            $   900    $1,100        $300     $200      $1,200    $1,300
      International plans           600       400           -        -         600       400
      --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                $ 400     $  500     $ (2,000)
     ========================================================================================

     During1,500    $1,500        $300     $200      $1,800    $1,700
      ======================================================================================

11.  In the first quarter of 2002,2004, the Company's Argentina subsidiaryCompany recorded a foreign exchange$600 gain, included in equity
     in net income of $1,700affiliated companies, for its share of the gain on assets denominated in non-peso currencies
     duethe sale of
     property owned by a Mexican affiliate.  The facility was shut down during 2002
     when the affiliate consolidated two of its rubber molding operations.





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        Notes to the devaluation ofUnaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
                                    (continued)

12.  In the Argentine peso.  The foreign currency gain was
     subject to both Argentine federal income taxesquarter ended March 31, 2004 and related U.S. dividend
     withholding taxes.

11.  On January 29, 2003, the Company'sCompany recorded in cost of
     goods and services sold, $3,200 and $1,600, respectively, of additional production
     costs, and in 2004, added start up costs at the new Kinston North Carolina plant suffered
     an explosion and related fire that resulted in six deaths, a number of
     injured personnel and substantial damage to the building, machinery and
     equipment and inventories.facility.  The Company
     also recorded an additional $500 in Kinston related legal costs in selling, general
     and administrative expenses in the first quarter of 2004.

     In addition, in the first quarter of 2003, the Company recognized $1,100 and $9,900$5,100 of direct
     costs associated with the loss in the three and nine-months ended
     September 30, 2003, primarily for potentiallyKinston explosion.  These uninsured costs includingincluded
     insurance policy deductibles, legal and investigational costs, and environmental
     response costs.

     Certain additional costs associated with operating under the
     Company's manufacturing recovery plan, including production inefficiencies,
     additional freight and the use of overtime, are included in the results of
     operations. The Company recorded estimated insurance recoveries related to
     these costs and to margins on lost sales of $2,300 and $4,900, respectively,
     for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2003.  While the Company
     believes that additional costs will be recovered, it is unable to estimate
     the ultimate amount of recovery at this time.

     As of September 30,At December 31, 2003 the Company has recorded a $300 net insurance$41,000 receivable due from its
     insurance provider.  The receivable includes $10,400provider in connection with the settlement of its insurance claim for
     the net book value ofKinston accident.  The Company received the Kinston plant's property, plant and equipment,
     $2,400 for the net book value of the inventory, $4,900 for business
     interruption recoveries and $7,600 of other recoverable costs, offset
     by $25,000$41,000 in cash advances from the Company's insurance provider.

     In the second quarter of 2003 the Company purchased land from Lenoir County,
     North Carolina for $2,000 on which the Company is in the process of rebuilding
     its compression molding operation.  Under the terms of the agreement,
     commencing in 2005, the County will reimburse the purchase price of the land
     in yearly increments of $200 as long as the Company complies with certain
     capital investment and employment conditions.February 2004.

     The Company has been named a defendant in a lawsuit filed in connection with
     the explosion and related fire in which plaintiffs seek unspecified compensatory
     and punitive damages. Because this lawsuit is in its early stages, the Company
     is unable to stateestimate these plaintiffs' alleged damages. The Company believes
     that overall it has sufficient insurance to cover losses from expected litigation
     associated with the incident.

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                  West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. and Subsidiaries
            Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)
                    (in thousands, except share and per share data)
                                        (continued)

12.  In the third quarter of 2002, the Company recorded an $8,300 tax benefit associated
     with the 2001 disposition of its contract manufacturing and packaging business and
     the shutdown of a plastic device manufacturing facility.  Of the $8,300 benefit,
     $5,900 was recorded in discontinued operations with the remaining $2,400 benefit
     reflected in continuing operations.  The tax benefit and the related tax refund
     were a result of a change in U.S. tax law in 2002 related to loss disallowance
     rules.

13.  During the third quarter of 2002, the Company recorded an $800 charge, included
     in equity in net income (loss) of affiliated companies, for its share of the costs
     related to the consolidation of two rubber molding operations for one of its equity
     investments in Mexico.  As of September 30, 2003, all employees have been terminated
     and all related payments have been made.






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Item 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations for the Three Months and Nine Months ended September 30, 2003 versus
September 30, 2002
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Net Sales
- ---------
Consolidated net sales for the third quarter of 2003 were $120.1 million compared to
$104.1 million reported in the third quarter of 2002. Sales increased 15% from the prior
year quarter with 6% of the increase due to the impact of foreign currency translation.
Overall price increases accounted for 1.3% of the sales increase over the quarter ended
September 30, 2002.

Third quarter 2003 sales for the Pharmaceutical Systems segment were $118.2 million,
a $15.3 million or 15% increase from prior year quarter reported sales of $102.9 million.
Approximately 6% of the increase is the result of foreign currency translation. Sales in
all geographic regions increased.  Sales in Europe increased 26% with 14% of the increase
resulting from foreign currency translation.  Increased demand for prefilled syringe
components facilitated by expansions in France and Germany resulted in increased sales
volumes in the European region.  Sales in domestic markets increased 8% from the prior
year quarter, led by demand for the Company's Westar(R)line of ready-to-sterilize components
and pharmaceutical closures incorporating the Company's coating technologies.

Revenues for the quarter ended September 30, 3003 for the Drug Delivery Systems segment,
which includes the clinical services business unit and the drug delivery business unit,
were $1.9 million, compared to $1.2 million in the prior year quarter.  The increase in
revenue is due to improved demand in the clinical services business unit for early phase
clinical trials.  Drug delivery business unit revenues declined slightly from those in
the third quarter of 2002 as there were no significant licensing or developmental milestone
payments realized or recognized in the quarter.

Net sales for the nine months ended September 30, 2003 were $364.3 million compared to
$312.3 million in the prior year period. Sales increased 17% from the prior year with
7% of the increase due to the impact of foreign currency translation. Overall price
increases accounted for 1.7% of the sales increase over the first nine months of 2002.
Pharmaceutical Systems segment sales were $359.6 million in the nine months ended
September 30, 2003, compared to $306.3 million for the nine months of 2002, 17% higher
than the prior year with 7% of the increase resulting from foreign currency translation.
The same factors that influenced the quarterly comparisons affected the nine-month
comparisons.  Drug Delivery Systems' revenues for the nine month period ended
September 30, 2003 decreased $1.3 million to $4.7 million from $6.0 million in the
first nine months of 2002.  The decrease is due to lower revenues in the first half
of 2003 in the Company's clinical services business unit, offset slightly by increased
revenues from contract research services in the Company's drug delivery business
unit.



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Item 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations for the Three Months and Nine Months ended September 30, 2003 versus
September 30, 2002
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Operating Profit
- ----------------
The Company recorded operating profit of $6.9 million in the third quarter ended
September 30, 2003, compared to an operating loss of $2.3 million in the prior year
quarter.  Operating profit (loss) by operating segment, including corporate costs, U.S.
pension plan income (expense) and other charges recorded in operating profit, for the
three and nine-months ended September 30, 2003 and September 30, 2002 were as follows:

Operating Profit (Loss)       Three Months Ended                   Nine Months Ended
($ in millions)         Sept. 30, 2003   Sept. 30, 2002    Sept. 30, 2003    Sept. 30, 2002
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Pharmaceutical Systems          $ 19.4           $ 13.0            $ 65.5            $ 48.4
Drug Delivery Systems             (5.0)            (4.1)            (12.2)            (10.4)
Corporate costs                   (4.8)            (2.8)            (14.4)            (12.9)
Pension income (expense)          (1.6)             0.7              (4.8)              2.1
Restructuring charge                -              (9.1)               -               (9.1)
Argentina foreign
exchange gain                       -                -                 -                1.7
Costs associated with plant
explosion                         (1.1)              -               (9.9)               -
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Consolidated Total              $  6.9           $ (2.3)           $ 24.2            $ 19.8
=============================================================================================


Pharmaceutical Systems' segment operating profit for the third quarter ended September 30,
increased by $6.4 million, of which $1.0 million is due to foreign currency translation,
particularly the Euro versus the U.S. dollar.  Improvements in the 2003 third quarter
resulted from increased gross profit generated primarily by sales volume increases.
Gross margins in the Pharmaceutical Systems segment increased to 30.0% in the third
quarter of 2003 compared to 25.7% in the prior year quarter, reflecting improved
production efficiencies in Europe resulting from facility expansion projects in France
and Germany.  The improvements in Europe were partially offset by additional costs
resulting from the transfer of production from our Kinston plant to other manufacturing
locations, including production inefficiencies and the use of overtime.  In the third
quarter of 2003 the Company recorded insurance recoveries of $2.3 million as a reduction
of cost of goods sold, of which $1.7 million related to the additional costs of production
inefficiencies and overtime and $0.6 million related to margins on lost sales.
Approximately $0.4 million of the estimated recovery recorded in the third quarter
pertained to lost sales incurred in the first and second quarters of 2003. For the nine
month period ended September 30, 2003, approximately $4.9 million in insurance recoveries
were recorded.  While the Company believes that other costs incurred in the nine months
ended September 30, 2003 will be subject to further insurance recovery, it is unable to
estimate the ultimate amount of the recovery at this time.  Selling, general and
administrative expenses were approximately 14% of net sales in the third quarter of 2003
compared to 13% in the prior year quarter.  The increase is due to increased selling and
marketing costs in Europe.

Pharmaceutical Systems' segment operating profit for the nine month period ended
September 30, 2003 increased by $17.1 million, of which $4.6 million is due to foreign
currency translation.  The same factors that influenced the quarterly comparisons affected
the nine-month comparisons.
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Item 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations for the Three Months and Nine Months ended September 30, 2003 versus
September 30, 2002
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

In the Drug Delivery Systems' segment, operating losses for the quarter ended
September 30, 2003, increased by $0.9 million from the prior year quarter.  Improvements
in clinical services revenues resulted in breakeven results for the clinical services
business unit.  Modest declines in drug delivery technology revenue as well as increased
research and development and outside services costs for a near term licensing opportunity
led to increased operating losses in the drug delivery business unit.

Drug Delivery Systems' Segment operating losses for the nine months ended September 30, 2003
increased $1.8 million from the prior year period.  The increase in operating losses
is primarily due to decreased sales in the clinical services business unit. The clinical
services business unit suffered from reduced demand and competition from full service
clinical research organizations in the first half of 2003, with some improvement in the
level of demand for early phase clinical trials in the third quarter ended September
30, 2003.  In the drug delivery business unit, the same factors that influenced the
quarterly comparisons affected the nine-month comparisons.

Corporate costs were $4.8 million in the third quarter ended September 30, 2003 up
from $2.8 million in 2002.  The increase in the third quarter 2003 includes a $1.2 million
increase in stock-based directors' compensation resulting from the increase in the
Company's stock price in the third quarter of 2003, versus a decrease in the price
in the third quarter of 2002.  In addition, management incentive compensation increased
$1.1 million reflecting the achievement of performance targets in 2003.  For the
nine-month period ended September 30, 2003, Corporate costs were $14.4 million, up
from the $12.9 million in 2002.  The increase in the nine months ended September 30, 2003
is mainly the result of a $1.6 million increase in incentive compensation and a $0.9
million increase in stock-based directors' compensation partially offset by $1.3 million
decrease in information systems project costs.

U.S. pension plan expenses were $1.6 million in the third quarter ended September 30, 2003
compared to income of $0.7 million in the same period of 2002.  Year-to-date pension
expense was $4.8 million in 2003 compared to income of $2.1 million in 2002.  The
increase in pension expense is due to the continuing impact of lower returns on pension
plan assets through 2002.

In the third quarter ended September 30, 2002, the Company recorded a pre-tax restructuring
charge of $9.1 million ($6.8 million, or $0.47 per share, net of tax).  The charge included
a $5.8 million write-off of construction-in-progress and a $0.5 million accrual for contract
termination fees related to the termination of an information systems implementation project
and a $2.8 million impairment of the Company's investment in a genetic research technology
company.

The nine months ended September 30, 2002 includes a $1.7 million foreign exchange gain
recorded by the Company's subsidiary in Argentina on net assets denominated in non-peso
currencies due to the devaluation of the Argentine peso.

Costs Associated With Plant Explosion
- -------------------------------------
During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2003, the Company recognized
$1.1 million and $9.9 million, respectively, of direct costs associated with the
January 29, 2003 Kinston explosion, primarily for potentially uninsured legal,
investigational, and environmental response costs.


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Item 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations for the Three Months and Nine Months ended September 30, 2003 versus
September 30, 2002
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

The Company expects that it will continue to incur potentially uninsured costs in connection
with ongoing investigations and legal matters associated with the Kinston accident, but
believes that such expenses will continue to decline from current levels in the fourth
quarter of 2003 and in 2004.

Interest Expense, net
- ---------------------
Net interest costs were $2.0 million in the third quarter ended September 30, 2003 compared
to $2.1 million in the prior year quarter.  The modest decrease is due to increased interest
income from customer advances.  For the nine months ended September 30, 2003, net interest
costs were $5.6 million compared to $7.0 million in the prior year period.  The decrease
for the nine month period ended September 30, 2003 is due to increased interest income
from customer advances of $0.8 million and a decrease in interest expense of $0.4 million,
resulting from lower average debt levels and lower interest rates in the current year.
The remaining decrease is due to an increase in interest income from higher cash balances.

Provision for Income Taxes
- --------------------------
The effective tax rate for the third quarter ended September 30, 2003 was a 31% provision
compared to a benefit of 65% in the prior year quarter.  In the third quarter ended
September 30, 2002, the Company recorded a tax benefit of $8.3 million associated with the
2001 disposition of its contract manufacturing and packaging business and the shutdown of
a plastic device manufacturing plant.  Of the total benefit, $2.4 million ($0.17 per share)
was recorded in continuing operations and the remaining $5.9 million ($0.41 per share)
was recorded in discontinued operations.  The tax benefit and related tax refund resulted
from a change in U.S. tax law in 2002 related to loss disallowance rules.  The remaining
difference in the effective rate from the prior year quarter is due to the nondeductible
write-down of the Company's investment in a genetic research company and a change in the
geographic mix of earnings.

For the nine-month period ended September 30, the effective tax rate was 31% compared
to 25% in 2002. The difference in the effective rate from the prior year nine month period
is due to the net effect of the 2002 $2.4 million tax benefit noted above, offset slightly
by the 2002 nondeductible write-down of the Company's investment in a genetic research company.
The 2003 utilization of foreign tax credits offset slightly by an increase in the valuation
allowance on U.K. net operating losses also contributed to the change.

Equity in Net Income of Affiliated Companies
- --------------------------------------------
Earnings in net income of affiliated companies was $0.7 million in the third quarter ended
September 30, 2003 up from a $0.4 million loss in the third quarter of 2002.  Earnings
for the nine-month period compare favorably to the prior year with income of $1.9 million
in 2003 compared to a loss of $0.1 million in 2002.  Earnings from Daikyo Seiko, Ltd.,
a Japanese company in which the Company has a 25% ownership interest, increased $0.4 million
from the prior year quarter as Daikyo continues to experience increases in demand from
its U.S. and European customers as well as improved manufacturing efficiencies.  Full year
results for Daikyo are up $0.9 million from the prior year.

Breakeven results in the third quarter ended September 30, 2003 from the Company's 49%
owned Mexican affiliates were up significantly from the losses incurred in the same period
of 2002.  In the third quarter of 2002, the Company recorded a $0.8 million ($0.06 per
share) charge for its share of the costs related to its Mexican affiliate's consolidation
of two rubber molding operations.  Results for the nine month period for Mexico are
also breakeven, up $1.1 million from the prior year period.

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Item 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations for the Three Months and Nine Months ended September 30, 2003 versus
September 30, 2002
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Discontinued Operations
- -----------------------
In December 2002, the Company sold its consumer healthcare research business located in
Indianapolis, Indiana.  Third quarter 2002 losses for this business of $0.3 million
and breakeven results for the nine-month period of 2002 have been reflected in
discontinued operations in the accompanying consolidated financial statements.

As noted above, the Company recorded a $5.9 million ($0.41 per share) tax benefit
connected with the sale of the contract manufacturing and packaging business.  This
tax benefit was recorded in the third quarter of 2002 and was included in discontinued
operations.

The Company was required to hold $4.3 million of the proceeds of the 2001 sale of
the contract manufacturing and packaging business in trust for the repayment of
certain debentures that the Company agreed to redeem as part of the sale. These
debentures were repaid in the first quarter of 2002 resulting in a $0.4 million
($0.03 per share), net of tax charge, which was included in discontinued operations.

Net Income
- ----------
Net income for the third quarter ended September 30, 2003 was $4.1 million, or
$0.28 per share, compared to $3.6 million, or $0.25 per share, in the third quarter
of 2002.  Net income for the third quarter ended September 30, 2003 included
$1.1 million of pre-tax costs ($0.7 million, or $0.05 per share, net of tax) related
to the explosion at the Kinston facility.  Net income for the third quarter ended
September 30, 2002 included a pre-tax restructuring charge of $9.1 million
($6.8 million, or $0.47 per share, net of tax), a one-time tax benefit due to a
change in tax law of $2.4 million ($0.17 per share) and income from discontinued
operations of $5.6 million, or $0.39 per share, net of tax.

Net income for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2003 was $14.8 million,
or $1.02 per share, compared to $15.0 million, or $1.04 per share, for the 2002
period.  2003 results include $9.9 million of pre-tax costs ($6.5 million, or
$0.45 per share, net of tax) related to the Kinston explosion.  In addition to the
restructuring and one-time tax benefit noted above, 2002 results include a
$1.7 million foreign exchange gain ($0.8 million, or $0.05 per share, net of tax)
related to the devaluation of the Argentine peso and income from discontinued
operations of $5.5 million, or $0.38 per share, net of tax.

Liquidity and Capital Resources
- -------------------------------
Working capital at September 30, 2003 was $89.2 million compared with $73.6 million
at December 31, 2002.  The working capital ratio at September 30, 2003 was 1.9 to 1.
Accounts receivable increased significantly, reflecting the increase in September 2003
sales levels versus December 2002.  Days sales outstanding was 52 days improving
slightly from the 53 days in 2002. Cash flows from operations were $50.3 million
for the nine months ended September 30, 2003, an increase of $13.0 million from
the prior year.  The increase is due mainly to strong operating results in the
Company's Pharmaceutical Systems segment.  Timing of accounts payable and payroll
payments also contributed to increased operating cash flow in the quarter.



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Item 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations for the Three Months and Nine Months ended September 30, 2003 versus
September 30, 2002
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

As a result of the Kinston explosion, the Company has recorded a net insurance
receivable of $0.3 million as of September 30, 2003.  The receivable includes
$12.8 million for the net book value of property, plant, and equipment and
inventory destroyed in the explosion as well as $12.5 million of recoverable
costs and business interruption recoveries.  These costs were offset by
$25.0 million in advances from the Company's insurance carrier.  The Company's
property and business interruption insurance coverage provides for a maximum
insurance recovery of $66.0 million.

Capital spending for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2003 was
$34.8 million.  Expenditures include new equipment purchases and equipment
upgrades used in the production of the Company's existing product lines, as
well as expenditures focused on new products and expansion activities,
including the expansion of the Company's primary production facility for
Westar products located in Jersey Shore, PA and expansions at various European
facilities.  As a result of the Kinston accident, the Company has spent
approximately $5.6 million in capital related to expanding production capacity
at several plants as well as the construction of a new compression molding
operation in Kinston.   Full year 2003 capital spending is projected to be
approximately $65.2 million, which includes $16.9 million related to the
replacement of the damaged Kinston facility.

The Company expects that the Kinston construction project will be largely financed
by replacement cost coverage provided by the Company's property insurance policy.
In the second quarter of 2003, the Company purchased land under an economic
development grant with Lenoir County, North Carolina.  Under the terms of the
agreement, the County will reimburse the purchase price in yearly increments as
long as the Company maintains minimum capital investment and workforce conditions.

The Company paid cash dividends totaling $8.7 million ($0.60 per share) during
the nine month period ended September 30, 2003.

Debt as a percentage of total invested capital at September 30, 2003 was 44.2%
compared to 46.5% at December 31, 2002.  Total shareholders' equity was
$225.6 million at September 30, 2003 compared to $201.5 million at December 31, 2002.
The increase in equity was due to positive foreign currency translation adjustments,
current year net income and employee stock option exercises, partially offset by
dividend payments.

The Company believes that its financial condition, current capitalization and
expected income from operations will be sufficient to meet the Company's future
expected cash requirements, at least through July 2005, at which time the Company's
revolving credit facility expires.  The Company fully expects to obtain similar
credit facilities at that time.  The Company reviews its financing requirements
and alternatives on a regular basis and, if market conditions are sufficiently
attractive, the Company may consider issuing equity securities in order to
strengthen its balance sheet and to provide greater flexibility to achieve its
core Pharmaceutical Systems business objectives.

The Company is subject to certain risks and uncertainties connected with the
explosion at the Company's Kinston, NC plant.  See the text under the caption
"Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Information."




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Item 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations for the Three Months and Nine Months ended September 30, 2003 versus
September 30, 2002
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

New Accounting Standards
- ------------------------
In November 2002, the Emerging Issues Task Force ("EITF") reached a consensus
opinion on EITF 00-21, "Revenue Arrangements with Multiple Deliverables."  The
consensus provides guidance on accounting by a vendor for arrangements under
which it will perform multiple revenue-generating activities.  Specifically, the
consensus addresses how to determine whether an arrangement involving multiple
deliverables contains more than one unit of accounting.  EITF 00-21 is effective
for revenue arrangements entered into in fiscal periods beginning after
June 15, 2003. EITF 00-21 did not have a material effect on the Company's
consolidated financial position or results of operations.  In January 2003, the FASB released Interpretation No. 46, "Consolidation of
     Variable Interest Entities, an Interpretation of Accounting Research Bulletin
     No. 51" (FIN 46).  FIN 46 requires a company to consolidate a variable interest
     entity if the company has a variable interest that will absorb the majority of
     the entity's expected losses if they occur, receive a majority of the entity's
     expected residual returns if they occur, or both.  The new interpretation was
     effective immediately at the time of its release for variable interest entities
     created after January 31, 2003.  In October
2003, the FASB deferred the effective date of FIN 46 for variable interest entities
in which a company holds a variable interest that it acquired before February 1, 2003 and issued an exposure draft to amend FIN 46.  The amended FIN 46 is expected to be effective in the first interim or annual period
     beginning after December 15, 2003, for variable interest entities in which the
     company holds a variable interest that it acquired before February 1, 2003.  The
     Company adopted FIN 46 on January 1, 2004. FIN 46 did not have an impact on the
     Company's financial position or results of operations.





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Item 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
        Operations for the Three Months ended March 31, 2004 versus March 31, 2003

Net Sales
- ---------
Consolidated net sales for the first quarter of 2004 were $133.6 million compared
to $117.8 million reported in the first quarter of 2003. Sales increased 13% from
the prior year quarter with 7% of the increase due to the impact of foreign currency
translation.  Overall price increases accounted for 0.7% of the sales increase over
the quarter ended March 31, 2003.

First quarter 2004 sales for the Pharmaceutical Systems segment were $130.4 million,
a $14.2 million or 12% increase from prior year quarter reported sales of $116.2
million.  Approximately 8% of the increase is the result of foreign currency
translation. Sales in Europe, Asia and South America increased 24% from the prior
year quarter with 16% of the increase due to foreign exchange, while sales in domestic
regions were essentially the same as prior year.  Continued demand for prefilled
syringe components in Europe as well as increased sales of lyo and serum stoppers
in all international regions resulted in the increase in sales compared to the prior
year.

Revenues for the quarter ended March 31, 2004 for the Drug Delivery Systems segment,
which includes the clinical services business unit and the drug delivery business
unit, were $3.2 million, compared to $1.6 million in the prior year quarter.  The
increase in revenue is due primarily to improved demand in the clinical services
business unit.

Operating Profit
- ----------------
The Company recorded operating profit of $10.8 million in the first quarter ended
March 31, 2004, compared to operating profit of $6.5 million in the prior year
quarter.  Operating profit (loss) for the three months ended March 31, 2004 and
2003 was as follows:

                                                 Three Months Ended
                                             3/31/04             3/31/03
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------
Pharmaceutical Systems                         $20.6               $20.9
Drug Delivery Systems                           (2.8)               (3.5)
Corporate costs                                 (5.8)               (4.5)
U.S. pension expense                            (1.2)               (1.3)
Costs associated with plant explosion              -                (5.1)
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Operating profit                             $10.8                $6.5
=========================================================================

Pharmaceutical Systems' segment operating profit for the first quarter of 2004
decreased by $0.3 million from the prior year quarter. The loss of production
capacity due to the 2003 explosion at the Kinston plant was addressed by increasing
output at other Company facilities resulting in additional production costs and,
in 2004, added start up costs at a new Kinston facility, totaling $3.2 million and
$1.6 million in the first quarters of 2004 and 2003,



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Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
for the Three Months ended March 31, 2004 versus March 31, 2003

respectively.  Related insurance recoveries were recognized only as those amounts
became reasonably estimable, in the second and third quarters of 2003, with a final
settlement recorded in the fourth quarter of 2003. As a result of the insurance
settlement in 2003, no additional amounts are recoverable with regard to continuing
business interruption losses that will be incurred in 2004. These increased production
costs and an unfavorable sales mix in North America led to a decline in gross margins
for the Pharmaceutical Systems segment to 30.3% in the first quarter of 2004 compared
to 31.2% in the prior year quarter. The decline in margins was largely offset by the
continued strength of the Euro and other currencies versus the U.S. dollar, resulting
in a $1.6 million favorable translation variance in comparing first quarter 2004
operating profit versus first quarter 2003.  Selling, general and administrative
expenses were approximately 14% of net sales in the first quarter of 2004 compared
to 13% in the prior year quarter.  The increase is due mainly to increased severance,
sales incentives and other compensation costs.

In the first quarter of 2003, the Company recognized $5.1 million of direct costs
associated with the Kinston plant explosion.  These uninsured costs included insurance
policy deductibles, legal and investigational costs, and environmental response costs.

In the first quarter of 2004 the Company decided to shut down its plastic device plant
located in Lewes, England, for which an impairment charge was recorded in the fourth
quarter of 2003. The Company is currently assessingworking with its customers to transfer
portions of the impactremaining production to other plants and expects to cease all production
and finalize shut down of the facility by the end of the fourth quarter of 2004.

In the Drug Delivery Systems segment, operating losses for the quarter ended
March 31, 2004, decreased by $0.7 million from the prior year quarter.  Significant
improvements in clinical services revenues resulted in increased operating profit
for the business unit.  This was offset slightly by increased research and development
expense in the drug delivery business unit.

Corporate costs were $5.8 million in the first quarter ended March 31, 2004 up from
$4.5 million in 2003.  The increase in the first quarter 2004 includes a $1.3 million
increase in outside services, including $0.5 million of legal costs related to the
Kinston incident, $0.3 million in FDA regulatory compliance costs and $0.2 million
of additional Sarbanes-Oxley compliance costs.  Director stock-based compensation
increased $0.6 million resulting from the increase in the Company's stock price in
the first quarter of 2004, versus a decrease in the price in the first quarter of 2003.
These increases were slightly offset by a $0.3 million decrease in information systems
project costs.

U.S. pension plan expenses were $1.2 million in the first quarter ended March 31, 2004
compared to $1.3 million in the prior year quarter.  The slight decrease in pension
expense is due to the 2003 recovery of the U.S. stock market which resulted in
unrealized gains that reduced current year expense.  The Company expects full year
2004 U.S. pension expense to be $5.0 million.

Interest Expense, net
- ---------------------
Net interest costs were $1.9 million in both the first quarter ended March 31, 2004
and 2003.  A decrease in interest expense of $0.3 million, resulting from decreased
debt levels in the current year, was offset by a $0.3 million reduction in interest
income from customer advances.



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Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
for the Three Months ended March 31, 2004 versus March 31, 2003

Provision for Income Taxes
- --------------------------
The effective tax rate for the first quarter ended March 31, 2004 was 32.8% compared
to 28.7% in the prior year quarter.  The increase in the effective rate from the
prior year quarter is due to a change in the geographic mix of earnings.

Equity in Net Income of Affiliated Companies
- --------------------------------------------
Earnings in net income of affiliated companies was $1.0 million in the first quarter
ended March 31, 2004, up from the $0.5 million in the first quarter of 2003.  Earnings
from the Company's 49% owned Mexican affiliates were up $0.7 million from the prior
year quarter.  In the first quarter of 2004, the Company recorded $0.6 million for
its share of the gain on the sale of property owned by its Mexican affiliate.  The
facility was shut down during 2002 when the affiliate consolidated two of its rubber
molding operations.  Results in the first quarter ended March 31, 2004 from Daikyo
Seiko, Ltd., a Japanese company in which the Company has a 25% ownership interest,
decreased approximately $0.2 million from the prior year quarter as export sales were
down slightly from the prior year quarter.

Net Income
- ----------
Net income for the first quarter ended March 31, 2004 was $7.0 million, or $0.46 per
diluted share, compared to $3.8 million, or $0.26 per diluted share, in the first
quarter of 2003.  Net income for the first quarter of 2004 included $3.7 million
($2.5 million, or $0.17 per diluted share, net of tax) of additional production and
selling, general and administrative costs related to the explosion at the Kinston
facility.  Net income for the first quarter of 2004 also includes a $0.6 million,
or $0.04 per diluted share, gain on the sale of property by the Company's equity
affiliate in Mexico.  Net income for the first quarter of 2003 included $5.1 million
of uninsured costs associated with the Kinston plant explosion and an additional
$1.6 million of business interruption losses, totaling $6.7 million ($4.3 million,
or $0.30 per diluted share, net of tax).

Liquidity and Capital Resources
- -------------------------------
Working capital at March 31, 2004 was $85.0 million compared with $97.8 million at
December 31, 2003.  The working capital ratio at March 31, 2004 was 1.8 to 1.
Accounts receivable increased significantly, mostly due to the increase in March 2004
sales levels versus December 2003.  Days sales outstanding was 52.8 days, increasing
slightly from the 51.3 days in 2003. Cash flows provided by operations were $8.1
million for the three months ended March 31, 2004 compared to $14.1 million in the
prior year quarter. The decrease in operating cash flow resulted from increases in
accounts receivable, inventory and other assets which were mostly offset by the $9.2
million in operating cash flow provided by the Kinston insurance settlement.





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Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
for the Three Months ended March 31, 2004 versus March 31, 2003

At December 31, 2003 the Company recorded a $41.0 million receivable due from its
insurance provider in connection with the settlement of its insurance claim for the
Kinston accident.  The Company received the $41.0 million in February 2004.  Of the
$41.0 million received, $31.8 million was included in investing cash flows and
the remaining $9.2 million was included in operating cash flow as it related to
recoveries for business interruption and other out-of-pocket Kinston related costs.

Capital spending for the quarter ended March 31, 2004 was $16.5 million.  Expenditures
included $8.1 million related to the construction of the new compression molding
facility in Kinston, $2.0 million for the expansion of the facility in Stolberg,
Germany and $1.1 million for the expansion at the Westar facility in Jersey Shore,
Pennsylvania.  The remaining expenditures were for new equipment purchases and
equipment upgrades.  Full year 2004 capital spending is projected to be approximately
$60 million, which includes $12 million related to the replacement of the Kinston
facility.  The Company expects that the new Kinston facility will be completed by the
end of the third quarter of 2004.

Cash flows from investing activities also included the $0.6 million repayment of an
advance the Company had made to its equity affiliate in Mexico and $0.6 million in
collections of advances made to customers.

The Company paid cash dividends totaling $3.1 million ($0.21 per share) during the
three month period ended March 31, 2004 and received $4.8 million in proceeds from
employee stock option exercises.

Debt as a percentage of total invested capital at March 31, 2004 was 36.6% compared
to 40.5% at December 31, 2003.  Debt was $152.2 million at March 31, 2004, versus
the $175.0 million at December 31, 2003.  The decrease in debt was made possible
by the collection of the insurance receivable in the first quarter of 2004.  Total
shareholders' equity was $263.1 million at March 31, 2004 compared to $257.6 million
at December 31, 2003.  The increase in equity was due to current year net income and
employee stock option exercises, partially offset by dividend payments and negative
foreign currency translation adjustments.

The Company relies on operating cash flow, short-term lines of credit, and a long-term
revolving credit facility to provide for working capital needs and capital expenditures.
The Company's multi-currency revolving credit agreement consists of a $70.0 million
five year revolving credit facility and a $55.0 million 364-day line of credit.  As
of March 31, 2004 the Company had borrowed $48.5 million under the five-year facility.

The Company believes that its financial condition, capitalization structure and
expected income from operations will be sufficient to meet the Company's future cash
requirements, at least through July 2005, at which time the Company's revolving credit
facility expires.  The Company anticipates refinancing the existing facilities in the
second quarter of 2004.

The Company is subject to certain risks and uncertainties connected with the explosion
at the Company's Kinston, NC plant.  See the text under the caption "Cautionary
Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Information."




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Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
for the Three Months ended March 31, 2004 versus March 31, 2003

New Accounting Standards
- ------------------------
In January 2003, the FASB released Interpretation No. 46, "Consolidation of Variable
Interest Entities, an Interpretation of Accounting Research Bulletin No. 51" (FIN 46).
FIN 46 requires a company to consolidate a variable interest entity if the company
has a variable interest that will absorb the majority of the entity's expected losses
if they occur, receive a majority of the entity's expected residual returns if they
occur, or both.  The new interpretation was effective immediately at the time of its
release for variable interest entities created after January 31, 2003 and effective
in the first interim or annual period beginning after December 15, 2003, for variable
interest entities in which the company holds a variable interest that it acquired
before February 1, 2003.  The Company adopted FIN 46 on January 1, 2004.  FIN 46 did
not have an impact on itsthe Company's financial statements.position or results of operations.

Market Risk
- -----------
The Company is exposed to various market risk factors such as fluctuating interest
rates and foreign currency rate fluctuations. These risk factors can impact results
of operations, cash flows and financial position. These risks are managed periodically
with the use of derivative financial instruments such as interest rate swaps and
forward exchange contracts. In accordance with Company policy, derivative financial
instruments are not used for speculation or trading purposes.

In order to minimize the exposure to foreign currency fluctuations, theThe Company borrowed 10.0 million British Pound Sterling (BPS) in 2002 and designated the
borrowing as a hedge of the Company's net investment in its U.K. subsidiaries.
Due to unfavorable interest rates, the 10.0 million BPS debt was repaid in the
first quarter of 2003.  The mark-to-market currency adjustments recorded as a
cumulative translation adjustment to shareholders' equity will remain there until
the disposal of the investment.

Due to continuing fluctuations in the Japanese Yen, in January 2003, the Company
entered into an arrangementperiodically uses forward contracts to hedge its net investment in Daikyo Seiko, Ltd., a
Japanese company in which thecertain transactions or to
neutralize month-end balance sheet exposures on cross currency intercompany loans.
The Company has a 25% ownership interest.  The Company's
strategy isnumber of forward contracts with fair values totaling $0.1 million
as of March 31, 2004 to minimize the exposure to foreign currency fluctuations by employing
borrowingspurchase various currencies in the functional currency of the investment.  The Company borrowed
1.7 billion Yen under its five-year revolving credit facilityEurope and has designated
the borrowing as a hedge of its net investment in the Company's investment in Daikyo.

In September 2003, the Company entered into a forward contract in order to hedge
foreign currency exposure on a cross currency intercompany loan.  The forward
contract, which is designated as a fair value hedge, terminated in October 2003
when the intercompany loan was repaid.  The notional amount for the forward
contract taken out by a subsidiary with a BPS functional currency was 10.8 million
Danish Krone.Asia.



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Item 2.18


Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
for the Three Months and Nine Months ended September 30,March 31, 2004 versus March 31, 2003 versus
September 30, 2002
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Information
- ----------------------------------------------------------

Certain statements contained in this Report or in other company documents and certain
statements that are not historical are "forward
looking statements" withinmay be made by management of the meaning ofCompany orally may contain
forward-looking statements as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform
Act of 1995. TheThese statements can be identified by the fact that they do not relate
strictly to historic or current facts. They use words such as "estimate," "expect,"
"intend", "believe""intend," "believe," "plan," "anticipate" and other words and terms of similar
expressionsmeaning in connection with any discussion of future operating or financial
performance or condition. In particular, these include statements concerning future
actions, future performance or results of current and anticipated products, sales
efforts, expenses, the outcome of contingencies such as legal proceedings and
financial results.

Because actual results are intended to identify forward-looking statements. These forward-looking
statements involve known and unknownaffected by risks and uncertainties. The Company'suncertainties, the Company cautions
investors that actual results may differ materially from those expressed or implied
in any forward looking statementforward-looking statement.

It is not possible to predict or identify all such risks and are dependent on a number ofuncertainties, but
factors including,that could cause the actual results to differ materially from expected and
historical results include, but are not limited to: sales demand, timing of customers'
projects; successful development of proprietary drug delivery technologies, systems
and systems;products, including but not limited to risks associated with clinical trials and
with the creation, use and defense of intellectual property; regulatory, licensee
and/or market acceptance of products based on those technologies;technologies or generic versions
of commercial products; competitive pressures; the strength or weakness of the
U.S. dollar; inflation; the cost and availability of raw materials; the availability
of credit facilities; and, statutory tax rates.

With respect to the explosion and fire at the Company's Kinston, NC plant, the
following risks and uncertaintiesfactors should also be taken into consideration: the timely replacementcompletion
of the new production facility at Kinston and customers approval of the facility
and products produced there, and achieving cost efficient levels of production capacity;in the
adequacy and timing of insurance recoveries for property losses
and/or liability to third parties and related costs;new facility; the costs associated with business interruption losses; the
unpredictability of existing and future possible litigation related to the explosion
and the adequacy of insurance recoveries for costs associated with such litigation;
government actions or investigations affecting the Company; the ability of the Company
to successfully
shiftcontinue to meet production and compounding capacity torequirements from other plant sites and third parties
in a timely manner,
including the successful integration of experienced personnel to other production
sites;manner; the extent of uninsured costs for, among other things, legal
and investigation services and incremental insurance; and regulatory approvals and
customer acceptance of goods from alternate sites.

The Company assumes no obligation to update forward-looking statements as circumstances
change. Investors are advised, however, to consult any further disclosures the Company
makes on related subjects in the Company's 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K reports.






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Item 3.  Quantitative and Qualitative DisclosuresDisclosure about Market Risk.
         ---------------------------------------------------------
         The information called for by this item is included in the text under the
         caption "Market Risk" in Item 2. "Management's Discussion and Analysis of
         Financial Condition and Results of Operations" and should be read in
         conjunction with the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K filed for the year
         ended December 31, 2002.2003.


Item 4.  Controls and Procedures.
         ------------------------
         The Company has established disclosure controls and procedures (as defined
         under SEC Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) that are designed to, among other
         things, ensure that information required to be disclosed in the Company's
         periodic reports is recorded, processed, summarized and reported on a timely
         basis and that such information is made known to the Company's Chief Executive
         Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions
         regarding required disclosure.

         The Certifying Officers haveCompany's management, with the participation of the Chief Executive
         Officer and the Chief Financial Officer, has evaluated the effectiveness
         of the Company's disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the
         period covered by this quarterly report, and based on such evaluation, have
         concluded that such disclosure controls and procedures are effective.

         Additionally, based on their evaluationthe Company's management, with the participation of the Chief
         Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer, has evaluated the Company's
         internal control over financial reporting, the Certifying Officers have alsoand based on such evaluation, has
         concluded that there has been no change during the period covered by this report
         to the Company's internal control
         over financial reporting that occurred during the quarter ended March 31, 2004
         that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect,
         these internal controls.





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Part II - Other Information


Item 6.  Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K

(a)      See Index to Exhibits on pagespage F-1 and F-2 of this Report.

(b)      On July 22, 2003,February 17, 2004, the Company filed a Current Report on Form 8-K.
         Under Item 12 of that Report, the Company furnished to the Commission
         the press release dated July 22, 2003.

                  On August 20, 2003, the Company filed a Current Report on
                  Form 8-K.  Under Item 5 of that Report, the Company furnished
                  to the Commission two press releases dated August 18, 2003.February 17, 2004.







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                            SIGNATURES






Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant
has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto
duly authorized.




                                  WEST PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES, INC.
                                  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                  (Registrant)


November 10, 2003May 5, 2004                       /s/ William J. Federici
- -----------------                 -------------------------------------------------                      ---------------------------------------------
Date                              William J. Federici
                                  Vice President and Chief Financial Officer





                                INDEX TO EXHIBITS

Exhibit
Number

(2)      NoneNone.

(3) (a)  Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Company through
         January 4, 1999 incorporated by reference to Exhibit (3)(a) of the Company's
         Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1998
         (File No. 1-8036).

(3) (b)  Bylaws of the Company, as amended through October 27, 1998,
             incorporated by reference to Exhibit (3)(b) to the Company's
             Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 1998 (File No.1-8036).March 6, 2004.

(4) (a)  Form of stock certificate for common stock incorporated by reference to
         Exhibit (4) (a) of the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year
         ended December 31, 1998 (File No. 1-8036)No.1-8036).

(4)(a)(1) (b)  Article 5, 6, 8(c) and 9 of the Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation
         of the Company, incorporated by reference to Exhibit (3)(a) of the  Company's
         Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1998
        (File No. 1-8036).

(4)(a)(2) (c)  Article I and V of the Bylaws of the Company, as amended incorporated by reference to Exhibit (3)(b) to the Company's
             Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 1998 (File No. 1-8036).through March 6, 2004.

(10)     None.

(11)     Non applicable.Applicable.

(15)     None.

(18)     None.

(19)     None.

(22)     None.

(23)     Non Applicable.

(24)     None.



                                   F - 1


                               INDEX TO EXHIBITS

Exhibit
Number

(31) (a) Section 302 Certification by Donald E. Morel, Jr., Ph.D.

(31) (b) Section 302 Certification by William J. Federici.

(32) (a) Certification by Donald E.  Morel, Jr., Ph.D., pursuant to 18 U.S.C.
         Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley
         Act of 2002.

(32) (b) Certification by William J. Federici, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350,
         as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

(99)     None.

                                              F-2F - 1