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`Exhibit 1012
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`Press Release, Salix Announces Statistically
`Significant Top-Line Results of a Unique
`Granulated Mesalamine Product
`Registration Study in Ulcerative Colitis:
`December 2007 NDA Submission Targeted
`(Sept. 5, 2007), available at
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`195530/dex992.htm (“Sept. 2007 Press
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`EX99.2 3 dex992.htm PRESS RELEASE
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`Exhibit 99.2
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`FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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`Contact: Adam C. Derbyshire
` Senior Vice President and
` Chief Financial Officer
` 9198621000
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` Mike Freeman
` Executive Director, Investor Relations and
` Corporate Communications
` 9198621000
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`SALIX ANNOUNCES STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT TOP LINE
`RESULTS OF A UNIQUE GRANULATED MESALAMINE
`PRODUCT REGISTRATION STUDY IN ULCERATIVE
`COLITIS
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` December 2007 NDA Submission Targeted
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`RALEIGH, NC, September 5, 2007—Salix Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. (NASDAQ:SLXP) today announced the successful
`completion and outcome of the first of two Phase III registration trials to evaluate the safety and efficacy of the Company’s
`new granulated mesalamine product currently under development for the indication of maintenance of remission in patients
`with ulcerative colitis. Results from the study indicate that a statistically significantly greater proportion of subjects dosed
`onceaday with 1.5 grams of granulated mesalamine remained relapsefree over 6 months of treatment than patients dosed
`with placebo.
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`Commenting on the study, Bill Forbes, Pharm.D., Vice President, Research and Development, Salix Pharmaceuticals, stated,
`“The outcome of this 300subject, multicenter, 6month, doubleblind, randomized, placebocontrolled study demonstrates
`the utility of this delayed and extended release formulation of mesalamine, dosed once a day in this study, to successfully
`maintain remission in ulcerative colitis patients. This granulated mesalamine formulation is unique in that it combines an
`enteric pHdependent coating, which provides for delayed release, and a polymer matrix core, which provides for extended
`release. This formulation is designed to provide for the distribution of the active ingredient beginning in the small bowel and
`continuing throughout the colon. Additionally, granulated mesalamine, if and when approved by the FDA, will be the only
`pHdependent product in its class that begins to release at a pH of 6.0. We believe this combination of delayed followed by
`extended release should result in a very reliable
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`and effective delivery of mesalamine, or 5ASA, beginning in the small bowel and continuing throughout the colon. We
`believe that our novel granulated formulation of mesalamine should improve the convenience of maintenance therapy for
`ulcerative colitis patients. We currently anticipate releasing the top line results of our second Phase III registration trial and
`submitting an NDA during the fourth quarter of 2007.”
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`Salix acquired rights to market granulated mesalamine in the U.S. from Dr. Falk Pharma GmbH of Freiburg, Germany. Dr. Falk
`Pharma markets granulated mesalamine in Germany and other European countries, as well as Australia, under the trade name
`Salofalk GranuStix® . The registration has been submitted for further nonEU countries.
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`Salix Pharmaceuticals, Ltd., headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina, develops and markets prescription pharmaceutical
`products for the treatment of gastrointestinal diseases. Salix’s strategy is to inlicense latestage or marketed proprietary
`therapeutic drugs, complete any required development and regulatory submission of these products, and market them
`through the Company’s 150member gastroenterology specialty sales and marketing team.
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`Salix markets COLAZAL® (balsalazide disodium) Capsules 750 mg, XIFAXAN® (rifaximin) tablets 200 mg , OSMOPREP™
`(sodium phosphate monobasic monohydrate, USP and sodium phosphate dibasic anhydrous, USP) Tablets, MOVIPREP®
`(PEG 3350, Sodium Sulfate, Sodium Chloride, Potassium Chloride, Sodium Ascorbate and Ascorbic Acid for Oral Solution),
`VISICOL® (sodium phosphate monobasic monohydrate, USP, and sodium phosphate dibasic anhydrous, USP) Tablets,
`PEPCID® (famotidine) for Oral Suspension, Oral Suspension DIURIL® (Chlorothiazide), AZASAN® Azathioprine Tablets, USP,
`75/100 mg , ANUSOLHC® 2.5% (Hydrocortisone Cream, USP), ANUSOLHC® 25 mg Suppository (Hydrocortisone Acetate),
`PROCTOCORT® Cream (Hydrocortisone Cream, USP) 1% and PROCTOCORT® Suppository (Hydrocortisone Acetate Rectal
`Suppositories) 30 mg. SANVAR® IR (vapreotide acetate), balsalazide tablet, encapsulated mesalamine granules and rifaximin
`for additional indications are under development.
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`For full prescribing information on Salix products, please visit www.salix.com.
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`Salix trades on the NASDAQ Global Market under the ticker symbol “SLXP”.
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`For more information please visit our web site at www.salix.com or contact the Company at 9198621000. Information on
`our web site is not incorporated in our SEC filings.
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`Please Note: This press release contains forwardlooking statements regarding future events. These statements are just
`predictions and are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause the actual events or results to differ materially.
`These risks and uncertainties include risks of regulatory review and clinical trials, potential generic and other
`competition, market acceptance for approved products, intellectual property risks, the need to acquire additional
`products and management of rapid growth. The reader is referred to the documents that the Company files from time to
`time with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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