China Jo-Jo Drugstores, Inc. (the "Company") announced today the completion of a reverse merger transaction on September 17, 2009, with Renovation Investment (Hong Kong) Co Ltd ("Renovation"), through which the Company acquired control of Renovation's retail pharmacy chain business in the People's Republic of China.

The pharmacy chain currently operates 20 stores throughout Hangzhou, the provincial capital of the Zhejiang Province, including its most recent addition which opened on September 20, 2009. The stores are staffed by licensed pharmacists, offer both prescription and non-prescription western and traditional Chinese medicine. For fiscal year ended March 31, 2009 (all amounts in USD), the pharmacy chain generated $6.8 million of net income from $44.8 million of revenue, as compared with $3.4 million of net income from $31.3 million of revenue for the same period in fiscal 2008. Net income was $1.6 million for the three months ended June 30, 2009, from revenue of $11.7 million, as compared with $1.7 million of net income from $11.2 million of revenue for the same period in fiscal 2008.

Renovation, through its wholly-owned PRC subsidiary, controls the pharmacy chain and its business operations through contractual arrangements with three PRC operating companies, namely, Hangzhou Jiuzhou Grand Pharmacy Chain Co., Ltd., Hangzhou Jiuzhou Clinic of Integrated Traditional and Western Medicine General Partnership, and Hangzhou Jiuzhou Medical & Public Health Service Co., Ltd.

"We are pleased to be a part of the United States capital markets which will facilitate both our immediate growth plans in the Zhejiang province and our long-term strategy to branch out into other provinces," expressed Dr. Lei Liu, who acceded to Chief Executive Officer of the Company in connection with the reverse merger transaction.

In connection with the reverse merger transaction, the Company changed its corporate name from "Kerrisdale Mining Corporation" to "China Jo-Jo Drugstores, Inc." effective September 24, 2009, to more accurately reflect the business of the Company.

The name change became effective with the Over-the-Counter Bulletin Board at the opening for trading on September 24, 2009 under the new stock symbol "CJJD." The Company's new CUSIP number is 16949A107.

About China Jo-Jo Drugstores, Inc.

China Jo-Jo Drugstores, Inc., through its contractually controlled affiliates Hangzhou Jiuzhou Grand Pharmacy Chain Co., Ltd., Hangzhou Jiuzhou Clinic of Integrated Traditional and Western Medicine General Partnership, and Hangzhou Jiuzhou Medical & Public Health Service Co., Ltd., operates a retail pharmacy chain in the PRC offering both western and traditional Chinese medicine. The chain currently has 20 stores throughout Hangzhou, the provincial capital of Zhejiang Province.

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Source: China Jo-Jo Drugstores, Inc.

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