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Mundipharma announces sales and distribution collaboration of ISODINE brand

09 December 2015 | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau

Mundipharma announces sales and distribution collaboration of ISODINE brand

This new contract succeeds the relationship with former partner Meiji Seika Pharma

This new contract succeeds the relationship with former partner Meiji Seika Pharma

Singapore: Mundipharma and Shionogi has announced a new exclusive sales collaboration contract for its ISODINE brand in Japan. Under the contract, Shionogi will exclusively sell and distribute ISODINE OTC products. This new contract succeeds the relationship with former partner Meiji Seika Pharma.

Following this agreement, Mundipharma retains the rights to the following items OTC drugs ISODINE Ugaigusuri, ISODINE Ugaigusuri P, ISODINE Ugaigusuri C, ISODINE Nodo Fresh F, ISODINE Wash, ISODINE Vulnerary and ISODINE Nankou. These items will be sold and distributed in Japan by a new company "Shionogi Healthcare" (begin business from April 1st, 2016) responsible for Shionogi's consumer health business.

In addition, a basic agreement with Shionogi to sell and distribute ISODINE brand ethical products has been reached. The details of the agreement will be disclosed subsequently.

"Mundipharma has been offering povidone-iodine preparations on overseas markets for over 5 decades and ISODINE known in other markets as BETADINE, is currently sold in 30 countries worldwide," said Mr Shosuke Kimura, president and representative director of Mundipharma. On the partnership with Shionogi, He added, "We expect Shionogi's experience in infectious disease prevention, which complements our own, will realize further contribution to infection control measures."

Mr Isao Teshirogi, president and CEO of Shionogi said, "Shionogi has a history of conducting the research, development and sales of innovative anti-infective agents for over 50 years. Positioning "infectious disease" as the priority disease area, we have been contributing to the treatment of infectious disease with our wide-ranged product lines including therapeutic agents for HIV or influenza virus infection for medical use, antibacterial agents, non-prescription antipyretic analgesics and general cold drugs. This sales collaboration for ISODINE brand products allows us to offer products from prevention to treatment of infectious disease consistently and we are expecting to realize further contribution to the improvement of the quality of life (QOL) of patients and customers."

 

 

 

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