DUBLIN, Oct. 5, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Perrigo Company plc (NYSE: PRGO; TASE) and Flamel Technologies (NASDAQ: FLML) announced today that they have entered into an exclusive licensing agreement for LiquiTime® extended release suspension. The technology will be utilized in the development of a portfolio of extended release suspension products intended for the U.S. OTC marketplace.
Michael Anderson, CEO Flamel, "We are very pleased to partner with Perrigo on our LiquiTime® technology and look forward to continued successful development programs and commercial launches with Perrigo."
Perrigo's Chairman and CEO Joseph C. Papa stated, "This partnership with Flamel on their innovative LiquiTime® technology demonstrates our continued focus on the 'Base Plus Plus Plus' strategy. This is yet another excellent example of Perrigo's commitment to providing Quality Affordable Healthcare Products® for our customers across the globe."
About Flamel Technologies
Flamel Technologies SA (NASDAQ: FLML) is a specialty pharmaceutical company utilizing its core competencies in formulation development and drug delivery to develop safer and more efficacious pharmaceutical products, addressing unmet medical needs and/or reducing overall healthcare costs. Flamel currently has approvals for and markets two previously Unapproved Marketed Drugs ("UMDs") in the USA, Bloxiverz® (neostigmine methylsulfate injection) and Vazculep® (phenylephrine hydrochloride injection). The Company intends to add to this branded business by creating additional products, focusing on the development of products utilizing Flamel's proprietary drug delivery platforms. Flamel currently has several products in development utilizing Micropump® (oral sustained release microparticles platform) along with its tangent technologies, LiquiTime® and Trigger Lock™. The lead project for Micropump® is sodium oxybate. LiquiTime® allows for the extended-release of liquid medicines (such as ibuprofen and guaifenesin) and Trigger Lock™ is an abuse-resistant iteration of Micropump®, designed specifically for long-acting opioids (such as hydromorphone). Additionally, the Company has developed a long acting injectable platform, Medusa™, a hydrogel depot technology currently being studied with exenatide. Flamel's products are targeting high-value molecules and will utilize either the 505(b)(2) approval process for NDAs or biosimilar pathways ultimately approved by FDA and other regulatory authorities. The Company is headquartered in Lyon, France and has operations in St. Louis, Missouri, USA, and Dublin, Ireland.
Additional information may be found at www.flamel.com
About Perrigo
Perrigo Company plc is a top five global over-the-counter ("OTC") consumer goods and leading specialty pharmaceutical company, offering patients and customers high- quality products at affordable prices. From the Company's beginning in 1887 as a packager of home remedies, it has grown to become the world's largest manufacturer of OTC healthcare products and supplier of infant formulas for the store brand market. The Company is also a leading provider of generic extended topical prescription products, and it receives royalties from sales of the multiple sclerosis drug Tysabri®. The Company provides "Quality Affordable Healthcare Products®" across a wide variety of product categories and geographies, primarily in North America, Europe and Australia, as well as in other markets, including Israel and China. Visit Perrigo online at (http://www.perrigo.com).
Perrigo Forward Looking Statement
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