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Perrigo Deal Makes Extraction-Resistant PSE A Two-Player Competition

 
• By Malcolm Spicer

Via Highland Pharmaceuticals agreement, Perrigo snaps up the only tamper-resistant pseudoephedrine formulation still available for licensing. It now goes up against Bayer – but will beat the pharma giant to market.

Perrigo Co. PLC, gains exclusive rights to a tamper-resistant pseudoephedrine formulation for private label distribution and to market a branded product also made with the technology, under an agreement announced Sept. 27 with Highland Pharmaceuticals LLC.

With the deal, Perrigo obtains the only tamper-resistant PSE formulation still available for licensing in the US. The second firm in the space, Acura Pharmaceuticals Inc., licensed its technology to Bayer HealthCare LLC in June 2015

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