News

July 1, 2011
Med Coat AB and Actor Pharma (PTY) LTD have signed a Distributorship Agreement for the sales and marketing of MedCoat® in South Africa.


April 27, 2011
Med Coat AB and Jadran Galenski Laboratorij d.o.o. have signed a Distributorship Agreement for the sales and marketing of MedCoat® in Russia.


January 1, 2011
Med Coat AB and Pamex Limited have signed a Distributorship Agreement for the sales and marketing of MedCoat® in Ireland. Pamex Limited is a successful Irish company selling niche pharmaceutical products and will undertake the marketing and promotion of MedCoat® within Ireland.


August 23, 2010
Med Coat AB and Astimex Pharma AB have signed a Distributorship Agreement for the sales and marketing of MedCoat® on the Swedish market.


August 1, 2010
A clinical study of MedCoat® has been published in Pharmacy World & Science, volume 32, number 4, page 420-423. The title of the study was “A randomized cross-over study to evaluate the swallow-enhancing and taste-masking properties of a novel coating for oral tablets”. Totally 41 subjects with difficulty swallowing tablets were enrolled in the study. On average 98 % of the subjects in the study stated that it was easier to swallow tablets coated with MedCoat® compared to identical uncoated tablets. All subjects stated that MedCoat® completely masked the bitter taste of a bitter flavoured tablet.

Read more about the study at: http://www.springerlink.com/content/l12735734h573228/


June 7, 2010
Med Coat AB and Unigroup ApS have signed a Distributorship Agreement for the sales and marketing of MedCoat® on the Danish market.


May 28, 2009
Tor Bonnier has joined the Board of Directors of Med Coat AB. Tor Bonnier is the CEO of Reload Design AB.


April 24, 2009
Med Coat AB’s production facility has been completed and approved for production. The production facility is located in Karlshamn, Sweden.


May 17, 2007
Med Coat AB has signed a contract with Maskin Innovatörerna i Carlshamn AB concerning the construction of an automatic production line for the manufacturing of MedCoat®.


January 4, 2007
Med Coat AB and Orion Corporation Orion Pharma have signed a Supply and Distribution Agreement for MedCoat® on the Finnish market.


October 3, 2006
The trademark "MedCoat" has been registered with the Norwegian Patent Office.


February 22, 2006
Med Coat AB and Limedika UAB have signed a Letter of Intent regarding the distribution and marketing of MedCoat® on the Lithuanian market.


January 18, 2006
Henrik Mickos has joined Med Coat AB’s Advisory Board. Henrik is currently the Managing Director of Stiftelsen Vetenskapstaden and has previously held different management positions within the confectionery manufacturer, Aroma AB. Henrik holds a PhD in Chemistry from the Stockholm University. Henrik will contribute with expertise regarding the production and manufacturing of Med Coat AB’s products.


November 14, 2005
The Community Trademark “MedCoat” has been registered at the OHIM.


September 9, 2005
Jan Litborn and Kjell Jegefors have joined the Board of Directors of Med Coat AB. Jan Litborn is a lawyer and partner at the Swedish law firm Glimstedt. Kjell Jegefors currently serves as Executive Officer of Forum for Innovation Management. Kjell is also Chairman of the Board of Directors of Teknikhöjden-Royal Institute of Technology-Foundation and a board member of Aktietorget AB and Stockholm Technology Park- Teknikhöjden AB.


March 30, 2005
Johan Staël von Holstein has joined Med Coat AB’s Advisory Board. Johan co-founded Icon Medialab AB in 1996, after working at Kinnevik. Johan is also co-fonder of LetsBuyIt, Interactive Television and Speed Ventures. Johan will assist Med Coat AB in the areas of business strategies and financing.


February 24, 2005
Med Coat AB’s European patent for MedCoat® has been validated in, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark and Finland.


January 10, 2005
Med Coat AB and Orion Corporation Orion Pharma have signed a letter of intent regarding the distribution rights for MedCoat® on the Finnish market. Orion Pharma is Finland's leading pharmaceutical company.


January 7, 2005
To verify that there are no risks for interaction between drugs and any of the ingredients in MedCoat® an extensive literature study has been performed at the Drug Research and Information Center (DRIC) at the Karolinska University Hospital. The study was directed by professor emeritus Folke Sjöqvist, at the Division of Clinical Pharmacology at the Karolinska Institute. Folke Sjöqvist is also the author of the drug interaction chapter in FASS (Pharmaceutical Specialties in Sweden). In the study no risk for interaction was found.


January 4, 2005
The trademark "MedCoat" has been registered at the United States Patent and Trademark Office.


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