Advanced Stage Palliative Prostate Cancer Treatment to Be Offered with West Pharmaceutical Services' Clip'n'Ject? Reconstitution System

Advanced Stage Palliative Prostate Cancer Treatment to Be Offered with West Pharmaceutical Services' Clip'n'Ject? Reconstitution System
April 11, 2005
PR Newswire
LIONVILLE, Pa., April 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. today announced it has signed a supply agreement with Watson Laboratories, Inc., a subsidiary of Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc., to offer the Clip'n'Ject(R) reconstitution system with TRELSTAR(R) DEPOT and TRELSTAR(R) LA (triptorelin pamoate for injectable suspension) for the palliative treatment of advanced prostate cancer when orchiectomy (surgical removal of the testicles) or estrogen administration are either not indicated or are unacceptable to the patient. TRELSTAR(R), together with the Clip'n'Ject(R) reconstitution system, was made available in the U.S. on April 4, 2005.
"This agreement to supply Clip'n'Ject as the reconstitution and delivery system for TRELSTAR(R) DEPOT and TRELSTAR(R) LA demonstrates our level of confidence in the precision, accuracy and safety of our reconstitution system," said Bill O'Dell, vice president, sales and marketing, West Pharmaceutical Services. "The freeze-drying process of complex drugs creates the additional demand to reconstitute at the point-of-care. We believe Clip'n'Ject simplifies the reconstitution process and as a result improves patient care."
Manufactured by West Pharmaceutical Services, the Clip'n'Ject reconstitution system components are sterilized and packed in a sealed thermoform tray. The system consists of a plastic connector and prefilled diluent syringe that clips to the drug vial. Clip'n'Ject eliminates some of the steps traditionally required for reconstituting a drug at the point-of- care.
West Pharmaceutical Services markets the Clip'n'Ject system for a broad range of therapeutic delivery applications and manufactures the system at its facility in Montgomery, Pa.
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