Mapi - Pharma Ltd (MAPI)

Mapi - Pharma Ltd was incorporated under the laws of the State of Israel on January 29, 2008. It is a development stage pharmaceutical company, engaged in the development of high-barrier to entry and high-added value generic drugs that include complex active pharmaceutical ingredients or APIs, formulations and life cycle management or LCM products that target large markets. The Company is developing two LCM products for the treatment of multiple sclerosis and neuropathic pain. It is also developing a portfolio of approximately 13 complex APIs. Its LCM portfolio focuses on market product, consisting of Glatiramer Acetate Depot, a once-monthly injection for the treatment of MS, Pregabalin ER, extended release capsules for the treatment of neuropathic pain and epilepsy, and Risperidone LAI, a depot formulation of Risperdal Consta, expected to be developed under the abbreviated new drug application ANDA or 505(b)(2) shortened regulatory pathway. Its competitors in the generic pharmaceutical products and LCM markets includes Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.; Impax Laboratories, Inc.; Alkermes Plc.; Momenta Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; and Andrx Corporation; a private U.S. company. The Company's current patent portfolio contains approximately 20 patent applications for complex APIs, formulations, polymorphs, and routes of synthesis. Its operations are subject to many governmental regulations.