Eurand Issued U.S. Patent for ZENPEP(R) (pancrelipase) Delayed-Release Capsules
February 16 2010 - 7:00AM
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Eurand N.V. (NASDAQ: EURX), a global specialty pharmaceutical
company, announced today the grant of U.S. Patent No. 7,658,918,
titled "STABLE DIGESTIVE ENZYME COMPOSITIONS," by the United States
Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). The patent will provide Eurand
with coverage until at least February 20, 2028 on ZENPEP®
(pancrelipase) Delayed-Release Capsules.
In 2009, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted
ZENPEP five years of marketing exclusivity as a New Chemical
Entity.
About Eurand
Eurand is a specialty pharmaceutical company that develops,
manufactures and commercializes enhanced pharmaceutical and
biopharmaceutical products based on its proprietary pharmaceutical
technologies. Eurand has had six products approved by the FDA since
2001 and has a pipeline of product candidates in development for
itself and its collaboration partners. Its technology platforms
include bioavailability enhancement of poorly soluble drugs, custom
release profiles and taste-masking orally disintegrating tablet
(ODT) formulations.
Eurand is a global company with facilities in the U.S. and
Europe. For more information, visit Eurand's website at
www.eurand.com.
Forward-Looking Statement
This release and oral statements made with respect to
information contained in this release constitute forward-looking
statements. Such forward-looking statements include those which
express plan, anticipation, intent, contingency, goals, targets or
future development and/or otherwise are not statements of
historical fact. The words "expects," "potentially," "anticipates,"
"could," "calls for" and similar expressions also identify
forward-looking statements. These statements are based upon
management's current expectations and are subject to risks and
uncertainties, known and unknown, which could cause actual results
and developments to differ materially from those expressed or
implied in such statements. Factors that could affect actual
results include risks associated with our ability to market,
commercialize and achieve market acceptance for ZENPEP. A
non-exclusive list of important factors that may affect future
results may be found in Eurand's filings with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, including its recently filed Form F-3, annual
report on Form 20-F and periodic reports on Form 6-K. Investors
should evaluate any statement in light of these important factors.
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as of this date, and we undertake no obligation to publicly update
any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new
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materially from those anticipated in the forward-looking
statements.
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