Somerset's Eldepryl for Parkinson's will be copromoted by Cocensys.
Executive Summary
SOMERSET's ELDEPRYL WILL BE COPROMOTED BY CONCENSYS and its 70-person CNS field force in place of Sandoz after the end of the first quarter. Somerset Pharmaceuticals, the joint venture of Mylan Labs and Watson Pharmaceuticals, has signed on Cocensys to copromote selegiline for the treatment of Parkinson's disease in the U.S. Sandoz has been marketing the drug since Oct. 1, 1990. The companies agreed in 1995 to terminate that deal after March 31.