Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and BioCon Limited Enter a Global Development and Commercialization Agreement for a Novel Peptide Hybrid Program will Focus on the Potential Treatment of Diabetes

SAN DIEGO and BANGALORE, India, Sept. 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: AMLN) and Biocon, Limited (NSE: BIOCON) announced today that they have entered into an exclusive agreement to jointly develop, commercialize and manufacture a novel peptide therapeutic for the potential treatment of diabetes. Amylin and Biocon will collaborate to develop the therapeutic potential of the compound and share development costs. Research will center on Amylin's "phybrid" technology. A phybrid is a peptide hybrid molecule that combines the pharmacological effects of two peptide hormones into a single molecular entity.

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