Unilife Signs Long-Term Supply Contract With Sanofi
Unilife Corporation recently announced the signing of a long-term supply contract with Sanofi. Unilife has agreed to supply Sanofi with the Unifill Finesse, a customized device from its Unifill platform of prefilled syringes with automatic, needle retraction, for use with the anti-thrombotic therapy Enoxaparin Sodium sold under the brand names Lovenox and Clexane. The contract period can extend up to 2024.
Unilife has granted Sanofi the exclusive use of the Unifill Finesse with anti-thrombotic drugs during the contract period. Following a 4-year ramp-up period after market entry, exclusivity will be maintained, subject to Sanofi purchasing a minimum of 150 million units of the Unifill Finesse or other Unifill syringes per year. Unilife can supply its Unifill syringes, including the Unifill Finesse, to additional customers in all other therapeutic classes outside of anti-thrombotics.
In addition to future revenue from the sale of Unifill Finesse syringes, Unilife may receive up to $15 million from Sanofi in milestone-based payments with $5 million of these payments expected in 2013.
This supply contract replaces and supersedes all other agreements previously signed between both parties regarding the Unifill syringe platform. For commercial purposes and due to confidentiality clauses in the Agreement, additional terms of the contract are to remain confidential.
“Our Unifill syringes set a new standard for the delivery of all prefilled biologics, drugs, and vaccines,” said Alan Shortall, CEO of Unilife. “Like other game-changing products in our broad device portfolio, the distinctive visual, safety, and functional benefits of Unifill can be leveraged by pharmaceutical customers to enhance and differentiate their injectable therapies. We thank the Sanofi Industrial organization for their innovative vision and their support, and look forward to a long-term partnership. The signing of this supply contract reaffirms the business model we have worked so hard in pursuing. The long-term contract provides the customer with continuity of supply. The provision of exclusivity within a drug class also provides the customer with an opportunity to leverage our device’s competitive advantages to drive user preference and differentiate their drug brands against competitors.”
Unilife Corporation is a US-based developer and commercial supplier of injectable drug delivery systems. Unilife’s broad portfolio includes prefilled syringes with automatic needle retraction, drug reconstitution delivery systems, auto-injectors, wearable injectors, ocular delivery systems, and novel devices. For more information, visit www.unilife.com or download the Unilife IRapp on your iPhone, iPad, or Android device.
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