Perrigo Announces FDA Final Approval And Launch Of The Store Brand Equivalent To Zegerid OTC® Capsules

DUBLIN, July 18, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Perrigo Company plc (NYSE: PRGO; TASE) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the company's ANDA for omeprazole and sodium bicarbonate capsules, 20mg/1100mg.  This approval will initiate the first store brand launch of an equivalent product to Zegerid OTC® capsules. This product will be packaged and marketed as a store brand or retailer 'own label' brands and provides consumers with a high-quality, value alternative to Zegerid OTC®. Shipments to retail customers have already commenced.

Zegerid OTC® (omeprazole and sodium bicarbonate capsules, 20mg/1100mg) is indicated for the treatment of frequent heartburn. National brand sales for the twelve months ending June 2016 were $27 million.

Perrigo's CEO John T. Hendrickson stated, "This OTC product approval and launch illustrates Perrigo's commitment to providing customers and consumers with high quality value alternatives in important treatment categories. Important product launches like the store brand version of Zegerid OTC® are what drive Perrigo's ability to provide Quality Affordable Healthcare Products® to customers and consumers around the world."

About Perrigo

Perrigo Company plc, a top five global over-the-counter ("OTC") consumer goods and pharmaceutical company, offers patients and customers high quality products at affordable prices. From its beginnings in 1887 as a packager of generic home remedies, Perrigo, headquartered in Ireland, has grown to become the world's largest manufacturer of OTC products and supplier of infant formulas for the store brand market. The Company is also a leading provider of generic extended topical prescription products and receives royalties from Multiple Sclerosis drug Tysabri®. Perrigo provides Quality Affordable Healthcare Products® across a wide variety of product categories and geographies primarily in North America, Europe, and Australia, as well as other markets, including Israel, China and Latin America. Visit Perrigo online at (http://www.perrigo.com).

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