Elite Pharmaceuticals Announces Commercial Launch of Dantrolene Capsules with Marketing Partner Lannett Company

NORTHVALE, NJ / ACCESSWIRE / June 28, 2019 / Elite Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ("Elite" or the "Company") (OTCQB: ELTP) announced today that marketing partner Lannett Company, Inc. ("Lannett"), has commenced product launch of Elite's generic Dantrolene Capsules.

Elite entered into a license, supply, and distribution agreement ("Agreement") with Lannett for Elite's Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) for Dantrolene Sodium capsules, 25 mg, 50 mg and 100 mg. Elite's product is a generic version of Par Pharmaceutical's (an Endo International Company) Dantrium^® (Dantrolene Sodium) which is indicated for controlling the manifestations of clinical spasticity.

Lannett will be the exclusive U.S. distributor for Dantrolene Sodium capsules for which Elite will receive manufacturing fees and a profit split. According to IQVIA, Dantrium^® and its equivalents had total U.S. sales of $6.4 million for the twelve months ending April 2019.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted approval for the transfer of the manufacturing process for the product to the Company's Northvale facility.

"We are pleased to add Dantrolene to our commercial product portfolio and to have Lannett as our marketing partner," said Nasrat Hakim, President and CEO of Elite.

About Lannett Company, Inc.

Lannett Company, founded in 1942, develops, manufactures, packages, markets and distributes generic pharmaceutical products for a wide range of medical indications. For more information, visit the company's website at www.lannett.com.

About Elite Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Elite Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a specialty pharmaceutical company which is developing a pipeline of proprietary pharmacological abuse-deterrent opioid products as well as niche generic products. Elite specializes in oral sustained and controlled release drug products which have high barriers to entry. Elite owns generic products which have been licensed to TAGI Pharma, Glenmark Pharmaceuticals, Inc., USA., and Lannett Company, Inc. Elite currently has twelve approved generic products, four generic products filed with the FDA, one approved generic products pending manufacturing site transfer, and an NDA filed for SequestOx™. Elite's pipeline products include abuse-deterrent opioids which utilize the Company's patented proprietary technology and a once-daily opioid. These products include sustained release oral formulations of opioids for the treatment of chronic pain. These formulations are intended to address two major limitations of existing oral opioids: the provision of consistent relief of baseline pain levels and deterrence of potential opioid abuse. Elite operates a GMP and DEA registered facility for research, development, and manufacturing located in Northvale, NJ. Learn more at www.elitepharma.com.

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Contact:

For Elite Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Dianne Will, Investor Relations, 518-398-6222
Dianne@elitepharma.com
www.elitepharma.com

SOURCE: Elite Pharmaceuticals, Inc.