Flamel Technologies Sells Development and Manufacturing

LYON, FRANCE--(Marketwired - Nov 28, 2014) -  Flamel Technologies ( NASDAQ : FLML ) announced today that it has entered into an agreement to divest its development and manufacturing facility located in Pessac, France, to Recipharm AB. Under the agreement, Recipharm will pay Flamel EUR 10.6 million and make an investment of EUR 10.5 million in Flamel's stock upon the closing of deal at a purchase price equal to the trailing 20-day average price. This new partnership allows Flamel to retain access to the development and manufacturing capabilities of Pessac and gain the use of any of Recipharm's other facilities for the development or manufacture of their proprietary pipeline if needed. The Pessac facility is not currently used for the production of Flamel finished products and Flamel intends to continue to outsource to third party contract manufacturing companies like Recipharm.

"Flamel's primary objective is the development of products using the company's proprietary drug delivery platforms. The sale of the Pessac facility frees Flamel from the time-consuming task of running a contract development manufacturing facility," said Michael S. Anderson, Chief Executive Officer. "This sale allows us to continue to call on the Pessac facility for technical aspects of development of our proprietary products using our current drug delivery technologies and the option to utilize Recipharm's commercial manufacturing capabilities elsewhere. Given Recipharm's expertise, the investment in Flamel's stock is a welcome endorsement of Flamel's anticipated success moving forward."

Highlights:

• The purchase price for the Pessac facility and its assets is EUR 10.6 million.
• In a separate transaction, Recipharm AB will also make an investment of EUR 10.5 million into Flamel's stock upon the closing of deal at a purchase price equal to the trailing 20-day average price.
• Flamel and Recipharm will enter into a 5 year service agreement.
• Included in the sale of the facility is the royalty contract for Coreg CR with Glaxo SmithKline.
• Recipharm has an option to negotiate with Flamel for the European rights to any product that Flamel plans to license for sale in the European market.
• Recipharm and Flamel have agreed to negotiate a contract with the intention of further enhancing the economic benefits to both companies whereby Recipharm will incorporate Flamel's drug delivery technologies in its contract development business.

The Pessac facility is located in Bordeaux, France. It is a modern, fully compliant CMP (FDA and ANSM approved) facility for the development and manufacturing of pharmaceuticals. The facility currently manufactures Flamel's Medusa and Micropump proprietary drug delivery technologies. It is equipped with three spray-coating machines, warehousing, analytical and Quality Control laboratories, and equipment for polymer synthesis.

The closing of the transaction is expected to occur before year end 2014, and there are no material conditions to the closing.

About Recipharm - Recipharm is a leading CDMO (Contract Development and Manufacturing Organisation) in the pharmaceutical industry based in Sweden employing some 2,100 employees. Recipharm offers manufacturing services of pharmaceuticals in various dosage forms, production of clinical trial material including API and pharmaceutical product development. Recipharm manufactures more than 400 different products to customers ranging from Big Pharma through to smaller research- and development companies. Recipharm's turnover is approximately SEK 3.2 billion and the Company operates development and manufacturing facilities in Sweden, France, the UK, Germany, Spain, Italy and Portugal and is headquartered in Jordbro, Sweden. The Recipharm B-share (RECI B) is listed on NASDAQ Stockholm. For more information on Recipharm and our services, please visit www.recipharm.com . 

About Flamel Technologies - Flamel Technologies SA's ( NASDAQ : FLML ) business model is to blend high-value internally developed products with its leading drug delivery capabilities. The Company markets Bloxiverz® (neostigmine methylsulfate) and Vazculep™ (phenylephrine hydrochloride) in the US and manufactures Micropump-based microparticles under FDA-audited GMP guidelines for Coreg CR® (carvedilol phosphate), marketed in the USA by GlaxoSmithKline. The Company has a proprietary pipeline of niche specialty pharmaceutical products, while its drug delivery platforms are focused on the goal of developing safer, more efficacious formulations of drugs to address unmet medical needs. Its pipeline includes chemical and biological drugs formulated with its Micropump® (and its applications to the development of liquid formulations LiquiTime® and of abuse-deterrent formulations Trigger Lock™) and Medusa™ proprietary drug delivery platforms. Several Medusa-based products have been successfully tested in clinical trials. The Company is headquartered in Lyon, France and has operations in St. Louis, Missouri, USA, and manufacturing facilities in Pessac, France. Additional information may be found at www.flamel.com . 

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