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Integrated
Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Announces New Product Development and
Signs a License and Exclusive Supply Agreement
March
29, 2005
Integrated Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Fitchburg, MA (OTC: PK: INTP)
announced today that it has developed a proprietary technology
for making hot drinks healthier and more nutritious. The new
technology involves a system for providing nutrients such
as calcium in coffee and tea in a manner that does not noticeably
affect the taste or flavor of the beverage. The Company's
patent-pending technology can be applied to several other
applications that will allow beverage companies to deliver
healthy products to consumers at an affordable price
Integrated Pharmaceuticals (IntePharm) also announced that
it has signed a non-exclusive license and an exclusive product
supply agreement with a distributor for the coffee additive.
The agreement permits the distributor to purchase IntePharm's
coffee product and sell it under its own brand name. The agreement
requires the distributor to purchase the product only from
Integrated Pharmaceuticals. The distributor signed the license
agreement after testing coffee product samples and completing
a field application trial. To the best of IntePharm's knowledge,
no other manufacturer has a similar product on the market.
The distributor has told IntePharm that it expects to purchase
approximately $2.5 million of the coffee product in first
year after product launch, which IntePharm expects will occur
during the second quarter of 2005. IntePharm is currently
finalizing arrangements for the packaging of this product,
which the licensee will pay for separately. IntePharm is exploring
other potential licensing opportunities for the beverage products
made possible by its new technology, and hopes that this product
line will be a major contributor to its growth.
"We are excited to have this licensing and sales agreement
signed based on the strong intellectual property portfolio
of the Company" said Dr. Chinmay Chatterjee, CEO of Integrated
Pharmaceuticals. Dr. Chatterjee said further "IntePharm
could achieve this progress only because of the purity of
the products which are manufactured in the Fitchburg facility
in MA using the Company's patented technologies". Integrated
Pharmaceuticals recently commenced production at its facility
in Fitchburg, Massachusetts and expects to begin shipping
product in June pursuant to its previously announced five-year,
$30 million supply agreement with FragChem.
About the Company
IntePharm is an emerging producer of pharmaceuticals, specialty
compounds and chemicals for the pharmaceutical, nutraceutical
and food industries. In addition to making products, IntePharm
discovers and develops more efficient and cost-effective manufacturing
processes. These processes are developed using a comprehensive
technology platform that combines metabolic engineering, cellular
genetics, advanced bioprocess engineering, and computer simulation
science. The company owns several other pending patents for
new products and technologies for immediate commercialization
in food and nutritional products market.
For further information please contact Dr. Chinmay Chatterjee,
Integrated Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (IntePharm), at (978) 696-0020,
or visit http://www.intepharm.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
Certain statements contained in this press release that are
not historical facts constitute "Forward-Looking Statements"
within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform
Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements, in general, predict,
indicate or imply future results, performance or achievements
and generally use words so indicative. Such forward-looking
statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties
and other factors that may cause the actual results or performance
of the Company and its business to be materially different
from that expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements.
Included in those factors are the following: our dependence
on a limited number of potential customers; limited managerial
experience of our executives; possible needs for additional
capital; possible delays in product development and delivery
schedules; deferred or lost sales because of the complex sales
process prevalent in the industries that we seek to serve;
increased competitive pressure; and rapid technological changes.
Forward-looking statements by their very nature are uncertain.
There can be no guarantee that any forward-looking statement
will be fulfilled. The Company assumes no obligation to update
forward-looking statements to reflect actual results or changes
in or additions to the factors affecting such forward-looking
statements.
SOURCE Integrated Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Web Site: http://www.intepharm.com
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