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MAP Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Expanded development agreement for asthma, other respiratory therapies signed

Published in Genetics and Environmental Business Week, August 25th, 2005

MAP Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced that MAP and Elan Corporation, plc (ELN) have agreed to amend their previous agreement, signed in 2004, to seek to apply Elan's proprietary NanoCrystal technology to defined inhalation therapies.

MAP has been collaborating with Elan to develop a nebulized form of budesonide for the treatment of asthma. The agreement provides additional rights to MAP for the use of NanoCrystal technology for the treatment of multiple respiratory diseases, including asthma.

This agreement covers nebulized delivery of budesonide and combinations of budesonide with beta agonists. Budesonide is an anti-inflammatory corticosteroid...

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