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Oslo, Norway, 18 August 2014: Photocure ASA (OSE: PHO), a specialty
pharmaceutical company focused on photodynamic technologies in dermatology and
cancer, announces today that Photocure and Salix Pharmaceuticals (Salix) have
agreed to terminate the global licensing agreement for Lumacan®, which is in
early stage developmentto increase the detection rate of colorectal cancer
through photodynamic diagnosis.
Following the proposed merger agreement between Salix and Cosmo Pharmaceuticals
S.p.A. (“Cosmo”), under which Salix will combine with Cosmo Technologies
Limited, a subsidiary of Cosmo, Photocure has agreed the termination under the
following terms: Photocure will receive a payment of US$ 5M from Salix and will
regain the global rights and all intellectual property to Lumacan.
Photocure entered into a development and commercialization agreement with Salix
in 2010, granting Salix an exclusive global license for Lumacan.