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BOSTON, July 14, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- EPIRUS Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq:EPRS) and Polpharma Group today announced the signing of a multi-product, multi-region profit-sharing collaboration for select EPIRUS biosimilars, including BOW015 (infliximab, reference biologic Remicade®), BOW050 (adalimumab, reference biologic Humira®) and BOW070 (tocilizumab, reference biologic Actemra®), representing $6 billion in innovator sales in the specified territoriesi. Polpharma Group is a leading generics company based in Poland with annual sales of approximately $1 billion and a strong commercial infrastructure, including a salesforce of over 1,700 employees globally.
With EPIRUS leading the global product development and clinical programs, both parties will jointly fund clinical development and collaborate on regulatory filings in the specified territories. EPIRUS will also be responsible for process development, scale-up and manufacturing, with Polpharma Group overseeing commercialization across the territories. Clinical development costs and eventual operating profit will be split 51 percent Polpharma Group and 49 percent EPIRUS. Polpharma Group will contribute approximately $30 million towards clinical development costs, as well as cover product launch costs across all three programs.