Pfizer forges alliance

Pfizer forges alliance

JAKARTA (JP): PT Pfizer Indonesia, a subsidiary of Panama's
Pfizer Inc., has agreed to cooperate with PT Dexa Medica in the
manufacturing of Tensivask, with the active ingredient
amlodipine.

Pfizer Indonesia president director Hocine Sidi Said said in a
statement Thursday that Dexa, under the agreement, would
manufacture the medication with amlodipine, a compound
discovered, developed and patented by Pfizer as treatment for
hypertension and angina.

By forming the alliance, he said, both companies had resolved
a potential dispute between them over the patenting of
amlodipine.

Pfizer is a health care company whose products are available
in more than 150 countries.

Dexa is one the leading Indonesian pharmaceutical firms. It
has a medicine manufacturing plant in Palembang, South Sumatra.
(jsk)