FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., June 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Synovics Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: SYVC), a specialty pharmaceutical company, today announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, ANDAPharm, LLC (ANDAPharm) signed a contract with a leading pharmaceutical company for the manufacturing and supply of a hormonal prescription drug. The potential annual sales by ANDAPharm with this product, including an earlier contract with a second pharmaceutical company, are between $7.5 million and $8 million.

"ANDAPharm's sales are an outgrowth of our investment in a specialized containment suite at our facility in Ft. Lauderdale for manufacturing and packaging of hormonal and other products requiring specialized facilities and handling," stated John S. Copanos, ANDAPharm's founder and VP of Business Development for Synovics. "We are very pleased with the success of this product and are looking forward to the possibility of further supply contracts for drugs produced in this containment suite. We have several hormonal prescription drugs under various stages of development and view this specialized category as a unique opportunity for our Company. Specifically, we expect to launch our second generic prescription hormonal, subject to anticipated authorization by the FDA, between the third and fourth quarters of this year, and we have our third hormonal drug in bio-studies for submission to the FDA. We are acquiring two additional hormonal drugs via technology transfers and intend to continue to develop and grow our pipeline of these products as we leverage our containment suite capacity and build this business with our productive and experienced staff."

"The Company's specialized containment suite allows us to focus on the development and commercialization of products that have a higher barrier to entry and, therefore, potentially less competition," commented Ronald Howard Lane, Ph.D., Synovics' Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. "Our plans call for the Company to continue to develop niche drug products, both prescription and over-the-counter (OTC), in categories where we have specialized manufacturing or licensing advantages (such as Drug Enforcement Administration, "DEA," licenses). Combined with our advantaged active pharmaceutical ingredient ("API") sourcing, and the new product development and manufacturing capacity we are acquiring through our growing strategic Front-End relationships in India, we believe we have we have unique and profitable opportunities to continue to grow our business."

About Synovics:

Synovics is a specialty pharmaceutical company engaged in the development, manufacturing and commercialization of prescription and OTC drugs. The Company has two operating subsidiaries, Kirk Pharmaceuticals, LLC and ANDAPharm, LLC, which manufactures and sells OTC and prescriptions private label or "store brand" drugs respectively, and Synovics Labs, Inc. a drug development subsidiary that is pursuing generic drug opportunities. Synovics employs approximately 150 people in its Ft. Lauderdale facility of 80,000. Sq Ft. The Company manufactures drug products in specialized containment suites including hormonal prescription drugs and under its Drug Enforcement Administration licenses. The Company has a Front-End strategy based business plan -- a strategy of sourcing lowest cost, highly competitive generic drug products from India, marketed to its US customer through its Ft. Lauderdale operations. Synovics' previously announced strategic partnerships with Maneesh Pharmaceuticals, LTD and Harcharan (Harry) Singh of Glopec International that represent the Company's cornerstone for its Front-End strategy in India. The Company believes cost is the single most important element in the generic drug industry and it is reaching out through its strategic partners to source products and services from a variety of smaller and quite willing independent Indian pharmaceutical companies that have these assets, but also have limited means of accessing the US market.

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