News Release
Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals and Zogenix to End Co-Promotion Agreement
Decision allows company, sales team to focus on current and future
products
ST. LOUIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 9, 2014--
Mallinckrodt
(NYSE: MNK) today announced a mutually-agreed upon end of the company’s
co-promotion agreement with Zogenix (NASDAQ: ZGNX). The co-promotion
agreement covered SUMAVEL® DosePro® (sumatriptan
injection), a prescription medicine given with a needle-free delivery
system to treat adults who have been diagnosed with acute migraine or
cluster headaches. Mallinckrodt’s promotion of SUMAVEL DosePro will end
January 31, 2014.
“The end of our co-promotion agreement with Zogenix will allow our field
sales team to focus on promoting our current and future products in the
pain space,” said Mark Trudeau, Chief Executive Officer and President,
Mallinckrodt. “We have enjoyed a successful collaboration with Zogenix
and wish them continued success with their products.”
Mallinckrodt and Zogenix entered into the co-promotion agreement June 7,
2012. Under terms of the agreement, Mallinckrodt’s U.S. sales force sold
SUMAVEL DosePro to its customer base of prescribers. Zogenix continued
to record all product revenues and Mallinckrodt was compensated based on
a percentage of net sales from prescriptions generated by Mallinckrodt.
The original agreement was to have run through June 30, 2014.
About Mallinckrodt
Mallinckrodt is a global specialty pharmaceutical business that
develops, manufactures, markets and distributes specialty pharmaceutical
products and medical imaging agents. The company’s Specialty
Pharmaceuticals segment includes branded and generic drugs and active
pharmaceutical ingredients, and the Global Medical Imaging segment
includes contrast media and nuclear imaging agents. Mallinckrodt has
approximately 5,500 employees worldwide and commercial presence in
roughly 70 countries. The company’s fiscal 2013 revenue totaled $2.2
billion. To learn more about Mallinckrodt, visit www.mallinckrodt.com.
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
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historical facts may constitute forward-looking statements as that term
is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such
forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements
about future financial condition and operating results, economic,
business, competitive and/or regulatory factors affecting our business.
Any forward-looking statements contained herein are based on our
management's current beliefs and expectations, but are subject to a
number of risks, uncertainties and changes in circumstances, which may
cause actual results or Company actions to differ materially from what
is expressed or implied by these statements. The factors that could
cause actual future results to differ materially from current
expectations include, but are not limited to, our ability to receive
procurement and production quotas granted by the U.S. Drug Enforcement
Administration, our ability to obtain and/or timely transport
molybdenum-99 to our technetium-99m generator production facilities,
customer concentration, cost-containment efforts of customers,
purchasing groups, third-party payors and governmental organizations,
our ability to successfully develop or commercialize new products, our
ability to protect intellectual property rights, competition, our
ability to integrate acquisitions of technology, products and
businesses, product liability losses and other litigation liability, the
reimbursement practices of a small number of large public or private
issuers, complex reporting and payment obligation under healthcare
rebate programs, changes in laws and regulations, conducting business
internationally, foreign exchange rates, material health, safety and
environmental liabilities, litigation and violations, information
technology infrastructure and restructuring activities. These and other
factors are identified and described in more detail in the “Risk
Factors” section of Mallinckrodt’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
fiscal year ended September 27, 2013 . We disclaim any obligation to
update these forward-looking statements other than as required by law.
Source: Mallinckrodt
Mallinckrodt
Lynn Phillips, 314-654-3263
Manager, Media
Relations
lynn.phillips@mallinckrodt.com
or
Meredith
Fischer, 314-654-3318
Senior Vice President, Communications
meredith.fischer@mallinckrodt.com
or
John
Moten, 314-654-6650
Vice President, Investor Relations
john.moten@mallinckrodt.com