AZ completes agreement for Rhinocort Aqua rights

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AstraZeneca PLC

05 December 2016

 

05 December 2016 07:00

ASTRAZENECA COMPLETES AGREEMENT WITH

CILAG GMBH INTERNATIONAL FOR RIGHTS

TO RHINOCORT AQUA OUTSIDE THE US

AstraZeneca today announced that it has completed the agreement with Cilag GmbH International, an affiliate of Johnson & Johnson, for the divestment of the rights to Rhinocort Aqua outside the US. Rhinocort Aqua is a nasal spray indicated for allergic and non-allergic rhinitis (inflammation of the inside of the nose), and for the treatment of nasal polyps (swelling of the nasal lining). 

Under the terms of the agreement, AstraZeneca has received a payment of $330 million from Cilag GmbH International for the rights to the medicine outside the US. As AstraZeneca will not maintain a significant ongoing interest in Rhinocort Aqua, the payment will be recognised as Other Operating Income in the Company's financial statements, and will be booked in the fourth quarter of 2016.

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