ANI Pharmaceuticals Announces FDA Approval of Oxycodone Capsules, 5mg

BAUDETTE, Minn., April 5, 2016  -- ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ("ANI") (ANIP) today announced that it has received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ("FDA") of the Abbreviated New Drug Application ("ANDA") for Oxycodone HCl Capsules, 5mg.  Trailing twelve-month sales for the product are $7.5 million according to IMS Health.

 

Arthur S. Przybyl, ANI's President and CEO stated, "When launched, this will be our third commercial Schedule II narcotic product. In addition, we have received a target action date of January 2, 2017 from the FDA for another Schedule II narcotic product. We remain hopeful that we will obtain three additional Schedule II narcotic product approvals within the next 12 months."

About Oxycodone capsules

 

Oxycodone hydrochloride is an opiod agonist indicated for the management of moderate to severe acute and chronic pain where the use of an opiod analgesic is appropriate.

 

About ANI

 

ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the "Company" or "ANI") is an integrated specialty pharmaceutical company developing, manufacturing, and marketing branded and generic prescription pharmaceuticals. The Company's targeted areas of product development currently include narcotics, oncolytics (anti-cancers), hormones and steroids, and complex formulations involving extended release and combination products. For more information, please visit our websitewww.anipharmaceuticals.com.

 

Forward-Looking Statements

 

To the extent any statements made in this release deal with information that is not historical, these are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such statements include, but are not limited to, statements about price increases, the Company's  future operations, products financial position, operating results and prospects , the Company's pipeline or potential markets therefor, and other statements that are not historical in nature, particularly those that utilize terminology such as "anticipates," "will," "expects," "plans," "potential," "future," "believes," "intends," "continue," other words of similar meaning, derivations of such words and the use of future dates.

 

Uncertainties and risks may cause the Company's actual results to be materially different than those expressed in or implied by such forward-looking statements. Uncertainties and risks include, but are not limited to, the risk that the Company may face with respect to importing raw materials; increased competition; acquisitions; delays or failure in obtaining product approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration; general business and economic conditions; market trends; products development; regulatory and other approvals and marketing.

 

More detailed information on these and additional factors that could affect the Company's actual results are described in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its most recent annual report on Form 10-K and quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, as well as its proxy statement. All forward-looking statements in this news release speak only as of the date of this news release and are based on the Company's current beliefs, assumptions, and expectations. The Company undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

 

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