September 2005

Tramadol painkiller in Europe

Labopharm Inc. received regulatory approval for its once-daily pain killer, Tramadol, in 22 European countries and will launch the product by the end of the year.

Labopharm has previously secured licensing and distribution agreements for once-daily tramadol with Aventis France for France, Gruppo Angelini for Italy, and Esteve SA for Spain and Portugal.

Labopharm now only needs marketing authorization from the individual countries, which include Germany, Italy, Spain and Portugal. It expects to start gaining that in the next month and into the first half of 2006.

The product has been approved in a daily dose range from 100 mg to 400 mg.

"Our strategy is to launch our product as quickly as possible following........" said Labopharm's chief executive.

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