Exhibit 99.2
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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Contact: | | Adam C. Derbyshire Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer 919-862-1000 | | G. Michael Freeman Associate Vice President, Investor Relations and Corporate Communications 919-862-1000 |
SALIX PHARMACEUTICALS ANNOUNCES
3Q2010 FINANCIAL RESULTS
CONFERENCE CALL AND WEBCAST
RALEIGH, NC, October 25, 2010 - Salix Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. (NASDAQ:SLXP) today announced that the Company will report third quarter 2010 financial results following the close of the U.S. financial markets on Monday, November 8, 2010.
The Company will host a conference call at 5:00 p.m. ET, on Monday, November 8, 2010. Interested parties can access the conference call by way of web cast or telephone. The live web cast will be available atwww.salix.com. A replay of the web cast will be available at the same location. The telephone numbers to access the live conference call are (888) 504-7953 (U.S. and Canada) or (719) 457-2632 (international.) The telephone numbers to access the replay of the call are (888) 203-1112 (U.S. and Canada) or (719) 457-0820 (international). The access code for the replay is 3431193.
Salix Pharmaceuticals, Ltd., headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina, develops and markets prescription pharmaceutical products for the prevention and treatment of gastrointestinal diseases. Salix’s strategy is to in-license late-stage or marketed proprietary therapeutic drugs, complete any required development and regulatory submission of these products, and market them through the Company’s gastroenterology specialty sales and marketing team.
Salix markets XIFAXAN® (rifaximin) tablets 200 mg and 550 mg, MOVIPREP® (PEG 3350, Sodium Sulfate, Sodium Chloride, Potassium Chloride, Sodium Ascorbate and Ascorbic Acid for Oral Solution), OSMOPREP® (sodium phosphate monobasic monohydrate, USP and sodium phosphate dibasic anhydrous, USP) Tablets, VISICOL® (sodium phosphate monobasic monohydrate, USP, and sodium phosphate dibasic anhydrous, USP) Tablets, APRISO™ (mesalamine) extended-release capsules 0.375 g., METOZOLV™ ODT (metoclopramide HCl), PEPCID® (famotidine) for Oral Suspension, Oral Suspension DIURIL® (Chlorothiazide), AZASAN® Azathioprine Tablets, USP, 75/100 mg, ANUSOL-HC® 2.5% (Hydrocortisone Cream, USP), ANUSOL-HC® 25 mg Suppository (Hydrocortisone Acetate), PROCTOCORT® Cream (Hydrocortisone Cream, USP) 1% and PROCTOCORT® Suppository (Hydrocortisone Acetate Rectal Suppositories) 30 mg. Crofelemer, budesonide foam and rifaximin for additional indications are under development.
For full prescribing information and important safety information, including BOXED WARNINGS for VISICOL, OSMOPREP and METOZOLV ODT, on Salix products, please visitwww.salix.com where the Company promptly posts press releases, SEC filings and other important information, or contact the Company at 919 862-1000.
Salix trades on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the ticker symbol “SLXP.”
For more information please visit our web site atwww.salix.com. Information on our web site is not incorporated in our SEC filings.
