Merus Labs Announces Key Milestone for Sintrom® Profit Enhancing Initiative

TORONTO, May 4, 2017 /PRNewswire/ - Merus Labs International Inc. ("Merus" or the "Company") [TSX: MSL, NASDAQ: MSLI] is pleased to announce receipt of full regulatory approval to sell Sintrom® in Spain, our largest market, from their new supply partners.  Merus has now received approvals that represent roughly 80% of our overall targeted tech transfer savings. This benefit is realized once products sourced from prior suppliers are sold. As previously communicated, the Company expects an estimated $4 million of cost savings from Sintrom® to be realized in fiscal 2017.

Today's approval for the Spanish market for the new Sintrom® active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) supplier represents the second of two steps in the tech transfer process. This submission was very complex and consisted of over 60 separate variations.  This milestone in Spain, a market representing approximately 50% of Sintrom® sales, represents almost $2 million of the estimated annualized tech transfer savings of $8 million.

The Company's near-term priority is to continue to optimize the value of our current product portfolio and deliver on key profit enhancing initiatives. 

About Merus Labs

Merus Labs is a specialty pharmaceutical company focused on acquiring and optimizing established and growth products. The Company leverages its expertise and commercial platform in Europe, Canada and select other markets to deliver value.

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