ASTRAZENECA AND ASPEN COMPLETE ANAESTHETICS DEAL

1 November 2017 07:00 GMT

ASTRAZENECA AND ASPEN COMPLETE AGREEMENT FOR
RESIDUAL RIGHTS TO ANAESTHETIC MEDICINES

AstraZeneca today announced that it has completed the commercialisation agreement (announced 14 September 2017) with Aspen Global Incorporated (AGI), part of the Aspen Group, under which AGI has acquired the residual rights to established anaesthetic medicines comprising of Diprivan, EMLA, Xylocaine/Xylocard/Xyloproct, Marcaine, Naropin, Carbocaine and Citanest.

AstraZeneca initially entered an agreement with AGI in June 2016, under which AGI gained the exclusive commercialisation rights to the medicines in markets outside the US. Under the terms of the new agreement, AGI has now acquired the remaining rights to the intellectual property and manufacturing know-how related to the anaesthetic medicines.

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Adrian Kemp

Company Secretary

AstraZeneca PLC