MELBOURNE, Australia, Feb. 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Starpharma Holdings Limited today announced the signing of a new agreement with Eli Lilly and Company under which Starpharma’s dendrimer drug delivery technology will be applied to enhance compounds in Lilly’s human pharmaceutical portfolio.
The agreement announced today relates to the delivery of certain human pharmaceuticals, and is separate and additional to the contract signed in May 2009 in which it was agreed that Starpharma and Elanco (Lilly’s animal health division) would work together to develop new animal health products with enhanced properties. The Elanco collaboration continues in its own right.
About Starpharma
Starpharma Holdings Limited is a world leader in the development of dendrimer technology for pharmaceutical, life-science and other applications. Products based on SPL’s dendrimer technology are already on the market in the form of diagnostic elements and laboratory reagents through licence arrangements with various partners.
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CONTACT: Kyahn Williamson, +61 3 9866 4722, mobile, +61 401 018 828,
kwilliamson@bcg.com.au, or Ellie Papathanasiou, +61 2 9237 2800,
epapathanasiou@bcg.com.au, both of Buchan Consulting for Starpharma; or Dr
Jackie Fairley, Chief Executive Officer, +61 3 8532 2704, or Ben Rogers,
+61 3 8532 2702, ben.rogers@starpharma.com, both of Starpharma
