Novartis to Acquire Majority Stake in Hard to Treat Diseases' (HTDS.PK) China Subsidiary H1N1 Vaccine Partner for US$1...( SHENZHEN China Nov. 9 / Hard To Treat...),Health

SHENZHEN, China, Nov. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Hard To Treat Diseases (HTDS.PK) www.htdsmedical.com, announced today that Novartis, a US$41 billion international healthcare company, is acquiring an 85% stake in HTDS' H1N1 Vaccine partner, Zhejiang Tianyuan Bio-Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., for US$125 million. Novartis of Switzerland will begin a five-year, $1 billion China initiative with two aims: the company will dramatically increase its investment in its China R&D facility, and it will seek to make China one its top three markets worldwide. The comments were made by Novartis' CEO, Daniel Vasella, in an interview with The Wall Street Journal. http://www.chinabiotoday.com/articles/20091103_1

HTDS' Chinese subsidiary, Mellow Hope, is the exclusive agent of Zhejiang Tianyuan Bio-pharmaceutical for International marketing and sales. Zhejiang Tianyuan Bio-pharmaceutical has been granted a H1N1 license on September 24, 2009 by the Chinese government agency, SFDA.

Terry Yuan, HTDS' President/CEO said "We believe that when you start to appreciate what Novartis' commitment to our partner in China fully means, and the see the large financial commitment to our partner just for the China market, you can begin to appreciate the enormous value to HTDS of our exclusive international marketing and sales relationship with Zhejiang Tianyuan Bio-Pharmaceutical. Further, the more you appreciate this value, the more you will find yourself understanding our value to them when they appointed us exclusive agent for international marketing and sales. As Mellow Hope owns all of registrations, clinical trials and brands for Zhejiang Tianyuan's international markets, the new Novartis-Zhejiang-Tianyuan entity will continue to leverage our assets and expertise in its international market. The Novartis purchase was announced by Novartis-Zhejiang-Tianyuan on N
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