New Findings From ARTEMIS and TITAN Studies Demonstrate Growth of the Tibotec Virology Franchise
Glasgow,U.K.(November 12, 2008) - New data on PREZISTA® (darunavir), a protease inhibitor from Tibotec, will be presented at the Ninth International Congress on Drug Therapy in HIV Infection (HIV9) in Glasgow, U.K., from 09-13 November 2008. The company also presented new data on PREZISTA® at the 48th Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC) in Washington, D.C., from 25-28 October 2008. These presentations follow key regulatory approvals and decisions for PREZISTA® and INTELENCE™ (etravirine), a next-generation non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NNRTI). The company continues to research various compounds in hepatitis C, tuberculosis and HIV.
"The Tibotec data being presented at HIV9 culminate an exciting three months for the company and for the entire HIV community," said Roger Pomerantz, President, Tibotec Research & Development. "The data we've amassed and the regulatory milestones we've achieved this year are signs of our dedication to finding innovative ways to meet the needs of people with HIV."
Recent Regulatory Milestones for Tibotec in HIV
Tibotec Data at ICAAC and HIV9 Data from multiple studies examining the use of darunavir in patients with varying levels of treatment experience were presented at ICAAC and will be presented at HIV9. Highlights include:
The ARTEMIS and TITAN studies are ongoing. Darunavir and etravirine were developed by Tibotec Pharmaceuticals, Cork, Ireland. Tibotec, a division of Janssen-Cilag, is responsible for marketing the brand in Europe.
Please see full Prescribing Information for more details.
About Tibotec PharmaceuticalsTibotec Pharmaceuticals, based in Cork, Ireland, is a pharmaceutical research and development company, with offices in Yardley, PA and main research and development operations/labs in Belgium. Tibotec is dedicated to the discovery and development of innovative HIV/AIDS drugs and anti-infectives for diseases of high unmet medical need.
About Tibotec
Tibotec, a division of Janssen-Cilag, will bring innovative products for HIV/AIDS to patients in Europe, the Middle East and Africa This new division was created within the Janssen-Cilag companies in October 2005 to focus on patients' and healthcare providers' specific needs in this disease domain. The company will also commercialise medicine to combat other viral diseases in the future.
Janssen-Cilag
Janssen-Cilag is a leader in traditional and biological medicines for disorders such as gastroenterology, women's health, mental health and neurology as well as for pain, oncology, haematology and nephrology.
(This press release contains "forward-looking statements" as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements are based on current expectations of future events. If underlying assumptions prove inaccurate or unknown risks or uncertainties materialize, actual results could vary materially from the Company's expectations and projections. Risks and uncertainties include general industry conditions and competition; economic conditions, such as interest rate and currency exchange rate fluctuations; technological advances and patents attained by competitors; challenges inherent in new product development, including obtaining regulatory approvals; domestic and foreign health care reforms and governmental laws and regulations; and trends toward health care cost containment. A further list and description of these risks, uncertainties and other factors can be found in Exhibit 99 of Johnson & Johnson's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 30, 2007. Copies of this Form 10-K, as well as subsequent filings, are available online at http://www.sec.gov, http://www.jnj.com or on request from Johnson & Johnson. The Company does not undertake to update any forward-looking statements as a result of new information or future events or developments.)
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New Findings From ARTEMIS and TITAN Studies Demonstrate Growth of the Tibotec Virology Franchise
Glasgow,U.K.(November 12, 2008) - New data on PREZISTA® (darunavir), a protease inhibitor from Tibotec, will be presented at the Ninth International Congress on Drug Therapy in HIV Infection (HIV9) in Glasgow, U.K., from 09-13 November 2008. The company also presented new data on PREZISTA® at the 48th Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC) in Washington, D.C., from 25-28 October 2008. These presentations follow key regulatory approvals and decisions for PREZISTA® and INTELENCE™ (etravirine), a next-generation non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NNRTI). The company continues to research various compounds in hepatitis C, tuberculosis and HIV.
"The Tibotec data being presented at HIV9 culminate an exciting three months for the company and for the entire HIV community," said Roger Pomerantz, President, Tibotec Research & Development. "The data we've amassed and the regulatory milestones we've achieved this year are signs of our dedication to finding innovative ways to meet the needs of people with HIV."
Recent Regulatory Milestones for Tibotec in HIV
Tibotec Data at ICAAC and HIV9 Data from multiple studies examining the use of darunavir in patients with varying levels of treatment experience were presented at ICAAC and will be presented at HIV9. Highlights include:
The ARTEMIS and TITAN studies are ongoing. Darunavir and etravirine were developed by Tibotec Pharmaceuticals, Cork, Ireland. Tibotec, a division of Janssen-Cilag, is responsible for marketing the brand in Europe.
Please see full Prescribing Information for more details.
About Tibotec PharmaceuticalsTibotec Pharmaceuticals, based in Cork, Ireland, is a pharmaceutical research and development company, with offices in Yardley, PA and main research and development operations/labs in Belgium. Tibotec is dedicated to the discovery and development of innovative HIV/AIDS drugs and anti-infectives for diseases of high unmet medical need.
About Tibotec
Tibotec, a division of Janssen-Cilag, will bring innovative products for HIV/AIDS to patients in Europe, the Middle East and Africa This new division was created within the Janssen-Cilag companies in October 2005 to focus on patients' and healthcare providers' specific needs in this disease domain. The company will also commercialise medicine to combat other viral diseases in the future.
Janssen-Cilag
Janssen-Cilag is a leader in traditional and biological medicines for disorders such as gastroenterology, women's health, mental health and neurology as well as for pain, oncology, haematology and nephrology.
(This press release contains "forward-looking statements" as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements are based on current expectations of future events. If underlying assumptions prove inaccurate or unknown risks or uncertainties materialize, actual results could vary materially from the Company's expectations and projections. Risks and uncertainties include general industry conditions and competition; economic conditions, such as interest rate and currency exchange rate fluctuations; technological advances and patents attained by competitors; challenges inherent in new product development, including obtaining regulatory approvals; domestic and foreign health care reforms and governmental laws and regulations; and trends toward health care cost containment. A further list and description of these risks, uncertainties and other factors can be found in Exhibit 99 of Johnson & Johnson's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 30, 2007. Copies of this Form 10-K, as well as subsequent filings, are available online at http://www.sec.gov, http://www.jnj.com or on request from Johnson & Johnson. The Company does not undertake to update any forward-looking statements as a result of new information or future events or developments.)
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