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Perrigo Begins Shipments of Famotidine Complete to Customers Nationwide
Date:8/11/2008

ALLEGAN, Mich., Aug. 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Perrigo Company (Nasdaq: PRGO; TASE) announced today that it began shipping Famotidine Complete chewable tablets (famotidine 10 mg; calcium carbonate 800mg; magnesium hydroxide 165 mg) to customers across the U.S. under their store brand labels. Perrigo won a successful patent challenge for Famotidine Complete, the national brand equivalent to Pepcid Complete(R) marketed by Johnson & Johnson - Merck Consumer Pharmaceuticals.

It is estimated that Pepcid Complete(R) has annual sales of approximately $100 million. The new store brand product is indicated for heartburn associated with acid indigestion and sour stomach.

Perrigo's President and CEO Joseph C. Papa stated, "This is another example of Perrigo's investment in new products making quality healthcare more affordable to American consumers. Famotidine Complete is an important new store brand product in the gastrointestinal segment for our retail and wholesale customers and enables them to provide significant savings for the consumer. This is an important addition to our portfolio of products that saves the consumer of over-the-counter (OTC) healthcare products approximately $1 billion annually when compared to the higher priced national brands."

Perrigo Company is a leading global healthcare supplier that develops, manufactures and distributes over-the-counter (OTC) and prescription pharmaceuticals, nutritional products, active pharmaceutical ingredients (API) and consumer products. The Company is the world's largest manufacturer of OTC pharmaceutical products for the store brand market. The Company's primary markets and locations of manufacturing facilities are the United States, Israel, Mexico and the United Kingdo
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