$BIEL Accomplishments 2/2017 1) Actipatch is now an FDA

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$BIEL Accomplishments 2/2017

1) Actipatch is now an FDA OTC Cleared Medical Device 2/3/2017

2) RecoveryRx is now a component of the B.Braun Hip/Knee Surgical Kit, both Pre-op and Post-op

3) B.Braun/BIEL have submitted an application for RecoveryRx to be included in the UK NHS Drug Tariff

4) Chronic Pain Study being presented 5/10/2016 at the British Pain Society
* Avg 61% Pain decrease and 86% Medication decrease

5) BIEL awarded OTC Best Marketing Small Budget for "7 Day Try and Tell" Marketing Plan
* 7 Day Trial ActiPatch and Social Media Marketing Campaign create brand awareness and demand
in the UK market at a low cost, customer database and product feedback

6) Osteoarthritis Knee Clinical Trial Published by British Society of Rheumatology

7) Oxford University sponsors an ActiPatch Clinical Trial for Low Back Pain
* This is an Oxford designed and paid for trial

8) Costco Canada selling 3 ActiPatch Products Online

9) Showcase Stores Canada selling 7 BIEL Products at 102 Stores and Online, Including 7 Day Trial

10) UK now has over 3,000 Stores selling ActiPatch Products

11) Boots/Walgreens over 1,000 Stores and Online

12) Lloyds Pharmacy over 1,000 Stores and Online

13) Superdrug 432 Stores and Online, Including 7 Day Trial

14) Gordons Chemist 60 Stores and Online

15) H.G.Smith, a 225 year old UK Icon, stocking ActiPatch in 126 Hospital Stores

16) Amazon.com selling ActiPatch in USA, Europe, Canada, Australia, Mexico * Amazon shows ActiPatch consistently among its Best Sellers in the pain relief category

17) FDA Reclassification, BIEL's Products now operate under FDA Class 2 status * Class change took effect 10/13/2015, less regulation to market products

18) Chronic Pain 5000 Patient Study published in Pain Management Journal

19) ActiPatch 510k submitted on 8/6/2015 for FDA OTC clearance

20} Meetings with FDA Management on 5/24/2016, 7/20/2016 and 10/3/2016 to negotiate 510k Clearance

21) 8/22/2016, The Superdrug chain expands from 186 stores to 432 stores

22) 9/13/2016, ActiPatch now available in Sweden at 220 Life Health stores and 400 Pharmacy Heart stores

23) 9/2016 BIEL testing new "Extra Strength ActiPatch" in collaboration with B.Braun

24) 12/12/2016 Chronic Back Pain Study published in peer reviewed Pain Journal

25) BIEL adds EvoMed as Australian Distributor, Over 100 Pharmacies stocking ActiPatch


The Companies BIEL does business with:

B.Braun- $8.7 Billion sales, 54,000 employees, Offices in 50 countries, In Business 177 years
* Braun has been testing RecoveryRx and running clinical trials for the last year, big investment in time and Money

Boots/Walgreens- $105 Billion in sales, 12,000 stores, #1 Health and Beauty retailer in UK
* Boots/Walgreen operates 2,511 stores in the UK
* B/W operates 350 distribution centers delivering products to 200,000 pharmacies and health care facilities in 11 countries
* B/W operates 8,000 US stores
* B/W is acquiring Rite Aid which will add 4,000 stores

Costco - operates 80 stores in Canada
* Costco operates 689 stores in the US and is the 3rd largest retailer

Lloyds Pharmacy- $3.4 Billion in sales, 17,000 employees, 1,700 stores
* Lloyds is owned by Celesio AG which operates 2,200 stores across Europe
* Celesio operates 134 distribution centers that service 65,000 pharmacies and hospitals across Europe
* Celesio is controlled by the McKesson Corp a 180 year old company which had $179 Billion in sales last fiscal year
* McKesson operates 2900 Health Mart Pharmacies in the US
* McKesson distributes pharmaceuticals and health care products to 52% of all US hosptitals

Superdrug - Fastest growing health and beauty company in the UK with 900 stores
* Superdrug is part of the A S Watson Group which operates 12,000 stores
* Watson has been in business for 188 years and is one of the worlds largest retailers
* WH Smith Co - Founded in 1792, First Chain Store in the World
* Operates 1300 stores across the UK
* 14,000 Employees
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