TPI's JCM Updates on Import Registration for International Clients

CHENGDU, China, Jan. 23, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Tianyin Pharmaceutical Inc. (NYSE Amex: TPI), a pharmaceutical company that specializes in the development and sale of patented biopharmaceutical medicine, modernized traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), branded generics and active pharmaceutical ingredients (API) today announced the business and development progress at its Jiangchuan Macrolide Facility (JCM) API operation.

1. Following the September 2014 JCM application (No. 51268) for the import certificate to India via India's Central Drugs Standard Control Organization Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, TPI's JCM successfully passed the preliminary examination on December 30, 2014, and was notified on January 16, 2015 by the Directorate General Of Health Services, Office of Drug Controller General (India) Import and Registration Division regarding the application to import Azithromycin API products and intermediates to send in samples of Azithromycin API from three different lots for analysis. Upon request, the samples were sent to the Central Drug Testing Laboratory (CDTL) in Mumbai, India. Further information regarding India's Central Drugs Standard Control Organization can be found via http://cdsco.nic.in/forms/Default.aspx.

2. In addition to the business and development at India, JCM has developed business with a number of international clients located in Bangladesh, the Philippines and Iran with substantial progress on import status.

3. JCM has also been in negotiation with a subsidiary of a large international (US) pharmaceutical company who specializes in Azithromycin tablets sale worldwide for API orders. 

About Azithromycin and its intermediates

Azithromycin (Azi) is a macrolide antibiotic related to erythromycin. It is used primarily to treat various bacterial infections caused by respiratory pathogens, such as Aerobic gram-positive microorganisms and Aerobic gram-negative microorganisms. Azi prevents bacterial cells from manufacturing specific proteins necessary for their survival. Azi is rapidly absorbed and is widely distributed to tissues and becomes concentrated in cells. Peak plasma concentrations are achieved within 2 to 3 hours. Azi Amine is a close intermediate of Azi and enjoys competitive pricing trends amongst various derivatives of Azi related products. Comprehensive testing and improvement on quality, purity, stereochemistry, stability in compliance with the international standards of Azithromycin API have been conducted at JCM for the past year to develop a sales network with both domestic and international buyers. Previously, JCM had been receiving orders to manufacture one of the major intermediates of Azithromycin, Azithromycin amine (Azi Amine) at a competitive international price. And, the increasing demand for Azithromycin API necessitates the application for a certificate of import.

About TPI

Headquartered at Chengdu, China, TPI is a pharmaceutical company that specializes in the development, manufacturing, marketing and sales of patented biopharmaceutical, modernized traditional Chinese medicines, branded generics and active pharmaceutical ingredients (API). TPI currently manufactures a comprehensive portfolio of 58 products, 24 of which are listed in the highly selective national medicine reimbursement list, 10 are included in the essential drug list of China. TPI's pipeline targets various high incidence healthcare indications. For more information about TPI, please visit:  http://www.tianyinpharma.com

In January 2015, TPI and Buchang Pharmaceutical Co., Inc. (with annual sales over $1.4 billion, www.buchang.com) have formed a strategic alliance --- the Buchang-Tianyin Alliance which will be based on TPI's new Qionglai Tianyin Facility (QLF, 18 miles from the API facility JCM) with the latest technologies and expanded production capacities in mTCM pre-extraction, purification and formulation manufacturing. The Alliance will be established in the form of a joint venture, with the total registered capital for the Alliance of RMB 200 million (approximately $33 million), which TPI's wholly owned subsidiary Chengdu Tianyin Pharmaceutical owns 95% and Buchang Pharma owns 5% with the potential of future adjustment of capital investment and ownership percentages. The registered capital forms the basis of valuing TPI's current portfolio drugs alone at $33 million with possibility of future growth which will lead to further increase of registered capital and ownership percentages. The Alliance will synergize the current TPI's sales force with the Buchang Pharma's network resources (>15,000 hospitals nationwide) to achieve significant improvement on the sales expansion of TPI's product portfolio focusing on TPI's lead revenue driver Gingko Mihuan Oral Liquid (GMOL). TPI's JCM, a wholly owned subsidiary of Chengdu Tianyin, currently valued at $18 million, along with various other assets under TPI, are not included in the Alliance. King & Wood Mallesons participated as an advisor to the establishment of the Alliance.

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