Cypress Pharmaceutical, Inc. and Standard Chem. & Pharm. Co., Ltd. Enter into Development and Marketing Agreement.MADISON, Miss. -- Cypress Pharmaceutical, Inc., today announced that it has entered into a multiple generic product development and marketing agreement with Standard Chem. & Pharm. Co., Ltd., (TAIWAN:1720), a global pharmaceutical company. The agreement encompasses the development and US commercialization of an estimated 3.4 billion dollars in product market capitalization Market Capitalization A measure of a public company's size. Market capitalization is the total dollar value of all outstanding shares. It's calculated by multiplying the number of shares times the current market price. This term is often referred to as market cap. . Max Draughn, Cypress Pharmaceutical's CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. said, "We are very pleased Standard has chosen to partner with us and utilize Cypress' strong US marketing position. As a seasoned global pharmaceutical company with significant experience in development and manufacturing, Standard is a complementary and compelling partner with Cypress." Under the terms of the agreement, Standard Chem. & Pharm. Co., Ltd., has the exclusive development and manufacturing rights and Cypress Pharmaceutical, Inc., has exclusive US marketing rights of the generic drug generic drug, a drug sold or prescribed under the nonproprietary name of its active ingredients or under a generally descriptive name rather than under a brand or trade name. products. Other financial terms of the agreement have not been disclosed. Cypress Pharmaceutical, Inc. Cypress Pharmaceutical, Inc., founded in 1993, is a specialty pharmaceutical company that develops, markets and distributes generic prescription pharmaceutical products to leading national pharmaceutical wholesalers, chain drug stores, distributors, and other retail merchandisers. In 1999, Cypress established a specialty branded business, Hawthorn Pharmaceuticals, to market a line of internally developed pharmaceutical products directly to physician specialties through its nationwide sales force. Cypress has an aggressive product development pipeline including new drug applications (NDAs) and abbreviated new drug applications abbreviated new drug application Pharmacology An application made in the US by a pharmaceutical company requesting authority to market a 'new' drug for which both its therapeutic indications and formulation were previously approved by the FDA in another similar (ANDAs) with over 35 products in various stages of development. Cypress currently has 7 submissions with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA FDA abbr. Food and Drug Administration FDA, n.pr See Food and Drug Administration. FDA, n.pr the abbreviation for the Food and Drug Administration. ) with up to 20 submissions expected to be filed in 2008. Cypress and Hawthorn have successfully signed several in-licensing agreements with multinational companies in the past several years and will continue to utilize strategic alliances as part if it's overall pharmaceutical pipeline. Additional information about Cypress and Hawthorn is available at www.cypressrx.com and www.hawthornrx.com. Standard Chem. & Pharm. Co., Ltd. Standard Chemical & Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. is vertically integrated, engaged in the manufacture and distribution of active pharmaceutical ingredients, drug products and nutritional supplements Nutritional Supplements Definition Nutritional supplements include vitamins, minerals, herbs, meal supplements, sports nutrition products, natural food supplements, and other related products used to boost the nutritional content of the diet. . Established in 1967 and headquartered in Tainan County Tainan County (Traditional Chinese: 台南縣; Hanyu Pinyin: Táinán Xiàn; Tongyong Pinyin: Táinán Siàn; Wade-Giles: T'ai-nan Hsien; Taiwanese: Tâi-lâm-koān) is a county in Southern Taiwan . The name "Tainan" means simply "Southern Taiwan". in Southern Taiwan, the Company distributes its products within the domestic market and to overseas markets, including mainland China, the Middle East, Southeast Asia, Japan, the Americas and Europe. Standard has subsidiaries and affiliated companies Affiliated Companies A situation that occurs when one company owns a minority interest (less than 50%) in another company. Also refers to companies that are related to each other in some way. Notes: An affiliated company is sometimes referred to as a subsidiary. located in various parts in Asia and the US. |
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