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FLEM News Release! Wednesday February 18, 10:06 am Eastern Time Company Press Release Flemington Pharmaceutical Announces Agreement With Altana FLEMINGTON, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--February 18, 1998--Flemington Pharmaceutical Corporation (''Flemington'' or the ''Company'')(OTCBB:''FLEM'') today announced that it has entered into an Agreement with Altana, Inc. of Melville, N.Y. (''Altana''), for the development and marketing of a topical ointment product for the treatment, and immediate relief from the effects, of acute poison ivy inflammation (the ''Product''). Flemington has a patent application pending for the Product. Under the terms of the Agreement, Flemington will conduct a small pilot study, at Flemington's expense, to validate the efficacy of the Product. This pilot study should be completed during the summer of 1998. If Altana is satisfied with the results of the pilot study, Flemington will proceed to conduct clinical trials and file a New Drug Application (NDA) with the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) seeking approval for the Product. The clinical trials and the filing of the NDA will be carried out by Flemington and will be funded by Altana. Upon authorizing the project to proceed, Altana will begin making milestone payments to Flemington, plus, following FDA approval of the Product, paying a royalty on Altana's sales. Altana is the United States subsidiary of Altana, AG, a world-wide pharmaceutical company headquartered in Germany. Altana specializes in the manufacture and marketing of topical pharmaceutical and over-the-counter products, including its Savage(R) and Fougera(R) brands. Flemington is engaged in the development of novel application drug delivery systems for presently marketed prescription and over-the-counter drugs. The novel delivery systems include lingual sprays and soft gelatin bite capsules. The company believes that these delivery systems offer (i) improved drug safety by reducing the required dosage, therefore, reducing side effects (ii) improved dosage reliability; (iii) improved patient convenience and compliance; and (iv) enhanced dosage reliability. The company plans to develop such products through collaborate arrangements with major pharmaceutical companies. For further information, contact Robert F. Schaul, Esq., the company's General Counsel, at 908/782-3431.