PORTAGE, Ind., March 8 /PRNewswire/ -- MonoSolRx today announced that it has entered into a binding agreement to purchase a Doyen Medipharm high-speed pouching machine. The Doyen machine will package MonoSolRx's fast dissolve strip doses into unit-dose pouches and box them for final packaging.
MonoSolRx selected Doyen Medipharm (http://www.doyenmedipharm.com/) following an extensive review of prospective equipment suppliers and material trials.
MonoSolRx's Vice President for Pharmaceutical Operations, Dr. Tushar Misra commented: "The selection of Doyen reflects their proven track record in pouching and strict regulatory compliance in this field. Additionally, Doyen is able to provide the flexibility in packaging needed to support our new high loading films."
MonoSolRx's President and Chief Executive Officer, P. Scott Bening observed: "The acquisition of the Doyen equipment is intended to augment our existing packaging relationships and better allow us to serve our growing OTC and RX customer base. This move complements our facilities expansion underway to increase MonoSolRx's film coating capacity."
About MonoSolRx LLC (http://www.monosolrx.com/). MonoSolRx LLC is headquartered in Portage, Indiana. MonoSol Rx is a leading drug delivery company that uses film as a fast-dissolve oral drug delivery platform. MonoSol Rx previously acquired substantially all of the assets of Kosmos Pharma, including its extensive oral film intellectual property portfolio. MonoSolRx's FDTAB film oral dosage form looks like a postage stamp and dissolves readily on the tongue to deliver drugs to a patient, replacing the use of conventional tablets and capsules. MonoSolRx currently markets a variety of products together with its marketing partners, including Healthy Moments products available in Walmart stores (http://www.healthymoments.com/) and TheraBreath (http://www.therabreath.com/).
MonoSolRx LLCCONTACT: P. Scott Bening of MonoSolRx LLC, +1-219-762-3165, orpsbening@monosol.com