Paul M. Bisaro - Impax Laboratories, Inc.
Management
Well, that's a tall order, Elliot, the last two question there. So let me start with the Opana ER settlement. First of all, we're very pleased to have the litigation behind us. I think it's good for both companies to have that over with and moving forward. We see this is a – obviously a good settlement for Impax and Endo, as well as consumers. We maintained an oxymorphone extended release product on the market; it is a generic product. I think our challenge will be to make sure that patients and caregivers understand that, if their patients are on oxymorphone extended release product because they prefer that, that that product remains available. And that was what we will focus our efforts on is continuing to do that. We will be the only product in the marketplace with the extended release oxymorphone, and provided there's no disruption in the Endo patent portfolio, we would expect that protection to continue through 2029. So I think for both parties it was a win-win, and again it was a win for patients, because the product remains available, and it's priced as a generic. Then, with respect to your consolidation in the marketplace, I do think consolidation will continue to some degree. I also think the mega-companies, as you described them, do have the ability to – they have some abilities that smaller companies don't have. Smaller companies are only nimble and effective when they have differentiated product portfolios like we have. And that's what makes us a solid performer right now. We do have a differentiated portfolio, and therefore we can maintain ourselves through these ups and downs maybe better than other companies of our size. But I do think consolidation will naturally continue, because there's only three or four buyers. If you're the sixth or seventh product to the market, you're stuck with a different equation than you used to be stuck with, and that is, do I even bother to launch because who do I sell to? And I think what has to be fixed in this process is the distribution network, at the moment. And by that I mean there will necessarily need to be new distribution channels. As the buyers consolidate it, they will naturally force us to look for other avenues to get our products to market. And it'll take a little while, but I suspect people will find creative ways to do that. We're certainly looking at creative ways to do that. Because with only three people out there, you're going to have limited access. Again, I will not go as far as to say the FTC missed one, but I think they missed one.