BIGMAR GETS BRAZILIAN APPROVAL TO MARKET FLUOROURACIL.Bigmar Inc. (Nasdaq:BGMR BGMR Bigmar Inc. (stock symbol) ), Johnstown, Ohio Johnstown is a village in Licking County, Ohio, United States. The population was 3,440 at the 2000 census. Johnstown was the home of William A. Ashbrook, an American businessman, newspaper publisher, and Democratic politician from Ohio. , has received approval from Brazil's Agencia Nacional de Vigilancia Sanitaria (ANVS ANVS Agência Nacional de Vigilância Sanitária (National Sanitary Surveillance Agency; Brazil) ANVS Algemene Nederlandse Vereniging van Schuldbemiddelaars (Dutch: Professional diligence in indebtments) ) to market 5-fluorouracil in Brazil. A potent anticancer agent, 5-fluorouracil is used in combination with other drugs to treat ovarian ovarian /ovar·i·an/ (o-var´e-an) pertaining to an ovary or ovaries. ovarian pertaining to an ovary. ovarian agenesis and breast cancer. The ANVS action marks the first oncological product approval received by Bigmar in Brazil. "We intend to market 5-fluorouracil under the Bigmar label," said John G. Tramontana, chairman and chief executive officer. "We anticipate receiving ANVS approvals for additional oncology products during 2000. "The anticancer market in Brazil is growing at a substantial rate," Tramontana added. "We hope to capture a material share of the generic business in the near term." Bigmar is a manufacturer of generic pharmaceutical oncology products and intravenous infusion solutions, which it manufactures at its state-of-the-art facilities in Switzerland. The company markets its products through partnerships of pharmaceutical distributors in Europe and the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and focuses on off-patent oncological pharmaceuticals. For more information, visit the company's Web site, www.bgmr.com or call 740/966-5800. |
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