Synovics Pharmaceuticals Announces Continued Growth of Customer Relationships
18 Juin 2008 - 4:40PM
PR Newswire (US)
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., June 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Synovics
Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (OTC:SYVC) (BULLETIN BOARD: SYVC) , a
specialty pharmaceutical company, today announced that its wholly
owned subsidiary, Kirk Pharmaceuticals, LLC (Kirk) during the past
year has added Dollar General and K-Mart to their growing list of
clients that includes Target, Walgreens, Family Dollar, HEB and
many others. The products contracted for by these retailers are all
over-the-counter (OTC) private label or "store brand" drugs.
"Kirk's new customers are the result of a successful ongoing total
effort by our overall Kirk operation working with our sales team to
grow our OTC private label business," stated Stephen Friedman,
Kirk's acting Sr. VP of Marketing and Sales. "Our mission is to
offer our customers a complete range of high-quality, competitively
priced products in the large analgesic, cough, cold and laxative
segments where store brands exceed 30% of their total respective
category sales." Friedman goes on to say that, "Kirk, as an
organization, is highly committed to providing our customers their
three most valued expectations: quality, price and customer
service. We have made a Company-wide effort to build our customer
service level to meet the high standard of service our customers
require and deserve. The success of this effort is now being
reflected in a growth of our private label sales and Company
revenues. We appreciate these companies as valued customers and are
very grateful for the confidence they have shown us. We believe
that with a continuation of this effort we have the promise of even
better results." "We are most pleased with these important new
customer relationships," commented Ronald Howard Lane, Ph.D.,
Synovics' Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. "It is most
rewarding to see the outcome of the commitment and hard work of the
Company's people being reflected in its customer service and
potentially multi-million dollar orders from these companies. With
the new product development and manufacturing capacity we are
acquiring through our growing strategic relationships in India, we
believe we have a very timely opportunity to build our OTC private
label business. The Company's India Front-End strategy has the
prospect to deliver high quality, new products to our customers
while keeping our pricing most competitive." About Synovics:
Synovics is a specialty pharmaceutical company engaged in the
development, manufacturing and commercialization of prescription
and over-the-counter (OTC) drugs. The Company has two operating
subsidiaries, Kirk Pharmaceuticals, LLC and ANDAPharm, LLC, which
manufacture and sell OTC and prescription private label drugs
respectively, and Synovics Labs, Inc. a drug development subsidiary
that is pursuing generic drug opportunities. Synovics employs
approximately 150 people in its Ft. Lauderdale facility of 80,000.
Sq Ft. The Company manufactures drug products in specialized
containment suites including hormonal prescription drugs and under
its Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) licenses. The Company has
a Front-End strategy based business plan - a strategy of sourcing
lowest cost, highly competitive generic drug products from India,
marketed to the Company's U.S. customers through its Ft. Lauderdale
operations. Synovics' previously announced strategic partnerships
with Maneesh Pharmaceuticals, LTD and Harcharan ("Harry") Singh of
Glopec International that represent the Company's cornerstone for
its Front-End India strategy. The Company believes cost is the
single most important element in the generic drug industry and it
is reaching out through its strategic partners to source products
and services from a variety of smaller and quite willing
independent Indian pharmaceutical companies that have these assets,
but also have limited means of accessing the U.S. market. "Safe
Harbor" statements under the Private Securities Litigation Reform
Act of 1995: Except for the historical information contained
herein, the statements made in this press release constitute
forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the
Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934. Forward-looking statements can be identified by their
use of words such as "expects," "plans" "projects," "will," "may,"
"anticipates," "believes," "should," "intends," "estimates" and
other words of similar meaning. Because such statements inherently
involve risks and uncertainties that cannot be predicted or
quantified, actual results may differ materially from those
expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements depending
upon a number of factors affecting the Company's business. These
factors include, among others: the difficulty in predicting the
timing and outcome of product development including biostudies
demonstrating "bioequivalency," outcome of any pending or potential
legal proceedings including an undertaking to recover common stock
held in escrow; any patent-related matters such as patent challenge
settlements and patent infringement cases; the outcome of
litigation arising from challenging the validity or
non-infringement of patents covering its products; the difficulty
of predicting the timing of FDA approvals; court and FDA decisions
on exclusivity periods; the ability of competitors to extend
exclusivity periods for their products; the Company's ability to
complete product development activities in the timeframes and for
the costs it expects; market and customer acceptance and demand for
its products; the Company's possible dependence on revenues from
significant customers; the use of estimates in the preparation of
the Company's financial statements; the potential for competitors
to file ANDAs prior to any filing by the Company pertaining to the
same target brand; the impact of competitive products and pricing
on products, including the launch of authorized generics; the
ability to launch new products in the timeframes it expects; the
availability of raw materials; the availability of any product it
may purchase; the regulatory environment; the Company's exposure to
product liability and other lawsuits and contingencies; the
increasing cost of insurance and the availability of product
liability insurance coverage; the Company's timely and successful
completion of strategic initiatives, including integrating
companies and products it may acquire and implementing its
Front-End India strategy; fluctuations in operating results,
including the effects on such results from spending for research
and development, sales and marketing activities and patent
challenge activities; the inherent uncertainty associated with
financial projections; the outcome of ongoing efforts to improve
Kirks operational efficiency and customer performance; changes in
generally accepted accounting principles, fluctuations in operating
results; capital adequacy; statements of future plans relating to
the Company's capital needs, product development and filings with
the FDA, viability, application or continuation of the Company's
business licenses including Drug, Enforcement and Administrations
licenses for scheduled drugs; business and growth strategies;
statements specifically concerning the successful closing of
acquisitions, and satisfying closing conditions of any current or
future financial transactions including debt or equity
requirements, regulatory requirements; and meeting conditions set
by potential equity investors, reliance on key strategic alliances,
capital markets, and in general risks related to the regulatory
environment and government approval processes, and any other risks
detailed from time to time in the Company's filings with the
Securities and Exchange Commission. The forward-looking statements
contained in this press release speak only as of the date the
statement was made. The Company undertakes no obligation (nor does
it intend) to publicly update or revise any forward-looking
statements, whether as a result of new information, future events
or otherwise, except to the extent required under applicable law.
DATASOURCE: Synovics Pharmaceuticals, Inc. CONTACT: Ronald Howard
Lane, Ph.D., Chairman and CEO of Synovics Pharmaceuticals, Inc.,
+1-954-486-4590 Web site: http://www.synovics.com/
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