Malaysian marketing deal for GeneMedix

16 October 2001

UK-based biopharmaceutical firm GeneMedix has entered into two separatedeals with Hovid SDN BhD, one of Malaysia's leading pharmaceutical manufacturers.

Under a sales and distribution agreement, Hovid has been appointed as exclusive distributor and marketer of GeneMedix' products within Malaysia and other countries making up the Association of South East Asian Nations.

Under a separate manufacturing agreement, Hovid will also carry out vialling and packaging operations for the UK firm's first three products, namely granulocyte macrophage-colony stimulating factor, erythropoietin and interferon-alpha. The Malaysian firm will commence the design and construction of a purpose-built, state-of-the-art manufacturing facility immediately. This is expected to be completed in late-2001, with the first sales in the region expected in early-2003.

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