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Perrigo Company Announces FDA Approval For Mometasone Furoate Topical Solution
PRNewswire-FirstCall
ALLEGAN, Mich.

The Perrigo Company (NASDAQ: PRGO)(TASE: PRGO) today announced that its Agis Industries subsidiary has received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to manufacture and market Mometasone Furoate Topical Solution USP, 0.1% (Lotion).

The product is the AB-rated equivalent to Schering-Plough's Elocon® Topical Lotion, indicated for the relief of inflammatory skin conditions. Annual sales for the brand are approximately $10 million. Agis was the first applicant to file a complete ANDA with a Paragraph IV certification and has been granted 180 days of market exclusivity.

Perrigo Company is a leading global healthcare supplier and the world's largest manufacturer of over-the-counter (OTC) pharmaceutical and nutritional products for the store brand and contract manufacturing markets. Store brand products are sold by food, drug, mass merchandise, dollar store and club store retailers under their own labels. The Company also develops, manufactures and markets topical OTC pharmaceuticals, prescription generic drugs, active pharmaceutical ingredients and consumer products, and operates manufacturing and logistics facilities in the United States, Israel, United Kingdom, Mexico, and Germany. Visit Perrigo on the Internet (http://www.perrigo.com/ ).

Note: Certain statements in this press release are forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and are subject to the safe harbor created thereby. These statements relate to future events or the Company's future financial performance and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements of the Company or its industry to be materially different from those expressed or implied by any forward-looking statements. In some cases, forward-looking statements can be identified by terminology such as "may," "will," "could," "would," "should," "expect," "plan," "anticipate," "intend," "believe," "estimate," "predict," "potential" or other comparable terminology.

Please see the "Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements" on pages 27 - 33 of the Company's Form 10-K for the year ended June 26, 2004 for a discussion of certain important factors that relate to forward-looking statements contained in this press release. Although the Company believes that the expectations reflected in these forward-looking statements are reasonable, it can give no assurance that such expectations will prove to be correct. Unless otherwise required by applicable securities laws, the Company disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

SOURCE: Perrigo Company

CONTACT: Ernest J. Schenk, Manager, Investor Relations and Communication
of Perrigo Company, +1-269-673-9212, E-mail: Investor@perrigo.com

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