Biota: GlaxoSmithKline To Treble Relenza Output Capacity
23 July 2009 - 9:44AM
Dow Jones News
Biota Holdings Ltd. (BTA.AU), an Australian biotechnology
company, said Thursday that licensee GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) plans to
more than treble its annual output capacity of its influenza
antiviral drug, Relenza, in response to the H1N1 influenza
pandemic.
GSK plans to boost its capacity to 190 million courses by the
end of the calendar year, from 60 million courses, Biota said in a
statement.
Production capacity of Relenza in its standard "diskhaler"
format will be increased to 90 million courses from 60 million, and
a further 100 million courses of extra capacity will be available
as Relenza "rotacaps/rotahaler", the company said.
The alternative treatment was recently granted temporary
approval by Swedish regulators, and hence within the European
Union, for distribution during a pandemic, Biota said.
GSK is in talks with a number of global regulators to secure
further approvals, the company said.
Biota receives a minimum 7% royalty on global sales of Relenza
by GSK and holds patent coverage in the major markets until at
least December 2014.
The expansion and any increase in royalty payments won't affect
Biota's cash position until June 2010 at the earliest, it said.
-By Andrew Harrison, Dow Jones Newswires; 61-3-9292-2095;
andrew.harrison@dowjones.com
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