ALLEGAN, Mich., May 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Perrigo Company
(Nasdaq: PRGO; TASE) today announced that it has received approval from the
U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market over-the-counter coated
nicotine polacrilex gum USP, 2 mg (coated fruit) and 4 mg (coated fruit).
The product will be marketed under store brand labels and is comparable
to GlaxoSmithKline's Nicorette(R) Fruit Chill(TM) coated gum, which is an
aid to smoking cessation. "This first store brand approval of coated fruit
nicotine gum extends our leading store brand position. The expanded range
of smoking cessation products also includes coated mint-flavored gum,
uncoated gum and lozenges," said Joseph C. Papa, Perrigo's President and
Chief Executive Officer. Nicorette(R) Fruit Chill(TM) gum is selling at an
annual rate estimated at over $70 million at all retail outlets. First
shipments are expected within the first quarter of fiscal 2008.
The 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 market. 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
prescription generic drugs, active pharmaceutical ingredients and consumer
products, and operates manufacturing facilities in the United States,
Israel, United Kingdom, Mexico, Germany and China. 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 particular, statements about the Company's expectations,
beliefs, plans, objectives, assumptions or future events or performance
contained in this press release are 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 the negative of
those terms or other comparable terminology. The Company has based these
forward-looking statements on its current expectations, assumptions,
estimates and projections. While the Company believes these expectations,
assumptions, estimates and projections are reasonable, such forward-looking
statements are only predictions and involve known and unknown risks and
uncertainties, many of which are beyond the Company's control. These and
other important factors, including those discussed under "Risk Factors" in
the Company's Form 10-K for the year ended July 1, 2006, as well as the
Company's subsequent filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
may cause actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially
from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. The
forward-looking statements in this press release are made only as of the
date hereof, and 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 The Perrigo Company
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Related links:
http://www.perrigo.com/
CONTACT:
Arthur J. Shannon, Vice President, Investor
Relations and Communication, +1-269-686-1709,
ajshannon@perrigo.com, or Ernest J. Schenk, Manager, Investor
Relations and Communication, +1-269-673-9212,
eschenk@perrigo.com, both of The Perrigo Company
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