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Update: Cash cushion for cough cold growth

The issue of 80m new shares at 50p/share has raised £40m (gross), which enables Vernalis to focus on executing its operational plan and removes uncertainty over whether it is sufficiently funded through to sustainable profitability in FY19 (on our new forecasts). Near-term investment into the commercial cough cold platform will underpin future sales growth. Ongoing initiatives to improve physician awareness, stocking and formulary coverage should increase Tuzistra’s XR market share in the longer term.
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Vernalis PLC

Vernalis is a holding company. Through its subsidiaries, Co. is a commercial stage pharmaceutical company focused on drug development. Co. has three marketed products: Tuzistra® XR, in the U.S. prescription cough cold market; Moxatag®, the only once-daily amoxicillin approved in the U.S. for tonsillitis and pharyngitis; and frovatriptan, an acute treatment for migraine. In addition, Co.'s nine programs in its new chemical entity development pipeline are: V158866 for central nervous system indications; CP1-444 and V2006 for immuno-oncology indications; AUY922, Tosedostat, Bcl-2, Mcl-1, and V158411 for cancer indications; and RPL554 for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease indications.

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