October 2011

Bausch Advanced Technology Group and BioPharma Systems LLC Announce Distribution Partnership

BAUSCH ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY GROUP (BATG) has appointed BIOPHARMA SYSTEMS LLC (BPS) as its exclusive Distributor in the Sates of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, New York, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Florida. Effective September 1st, BPS will be responsible for the sales of all BATG products within this demographic area.

Bausch Advanced Technology Group includes companies located in Switzerland, Germany, the USA (Clinton, CT) and Brazil and also benefits from a large distribution network covering many countries worldwide. The group combines an extensive experience of over 30 years of engineering and manufacturing of machinery dedicated to the pharmaceutical industry. It offers complete pharmaceutical packaging lines for syringes, cartridges, vials, bottles, ampoules and I.V. bags such as bag making machines, washing machines, sterilization tunnels, filling and closing machines, tray loaders, Nesters / de-nesters, buffers, laminar flow units and safety device assembly machines for pre-filled syringes.

Oliver W. Bausch, President of BATG stated: "Although we have experienced rapid growth and captured a significant market share internationally, we have only recently focused our efforts on the massive Eastern US markets. By partnering with an experienced organization like BPS, already well established in the pharmaceutical market, we expect to duplicate our success in North America and beyond."

BPS, located both in North Carolina and Pennsylvania is the exclusive North American  Agents for a number of major manufacturers such as:

o Telstar Life Sciences and their containment + aseptic systems,

o PalPharma/Palamatic for their range of cGMP materials handling equipment

o PBSC. Manufacturers of clean room architectural products and decontamination systems.