Biopharmaceuticals

Expiry of Hart-Scott-Rodino waiting period for JUVISTA (human TGF3)

Published in Drug Law Weekly, September 4th, 2007

Shire plc (LSE: SHP, NASDAQ: SHPGY, TSX: SHQ), the global specialty biopharmaceutical company, announces that the waiting period under Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 with respect to its exclusive license of JUVISTA(R) (human TGF3) from Renovo Group plc (LSE: RNVO) expired on August 10, 2007. In accordance with its terms, the License Agreement became effective on August 15, 2007.

JUVISTA is a novel biopharmaceutical investigational drug and when injected at the time of surgery has been shown in clinical trials to markedly improve subsequent scar appearance in the skin.

Under the terms of the agreement, Shire has the exclusive...

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Source: Drug Law Weekly (2007-09-04)

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