FORM 10-K
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549



[X]        ANNUAL REPORT  PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES
           ACT OF 1934

                  For the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2000

                         Commission file number 0-16005


                           Unigene Laboratories, Inc.
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             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

          Delaware                                          22-2328609
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(State or other jurisdiction of                         (I.R.S. Employer
 incorporation or organization)                       Identification Number)


   110 Little Falls Road, Fairfield, New Jersey                   07004
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    (Address of principal executive offices)                    (Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code:  (973) 882-0860

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:  None

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

Title of each class
Common Stock, $.01 Par Value


Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required
to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during
the  preceding 12 months (or for such  shorter  period that the  registrant  was
required  to file  such  reports),  and  (2) has  been  subject  to such  filing
requirements for the past 90 days. Yes [ X ].    No [   ].

Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent  filers  pursuant to Item 405
of Regulation  S-K is not contained  herein,  and will not be contained,  to the
best of registrant's  knowledge,  in definitive proxy or information  statements
incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this
Form 10-K. [ X ]

State the aggregate market value of the voting and non-voting common equity held
by  non-affiliates  of the  registrant.  The  aggregate  market  value  shall be
computed by reference  to the price at which the stock was sold,  or the average
bid and asked prices of such stock,  as of a specified date within 60 days prior
to the date of filing. Aggregate market value as of April 2, 2001: $23,156,152.

APPLICABLE ONLY TO CORPORATE REGISTRANTS:
Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the registrant's classes of
Common Stock, as of the latest  practicable date. Common Stock, $.01 Par Value--
46,436,940 shares as of April 2, 2001.

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of the Form 10-K into which the document is incorporated:  (1) any annual report
to  security  holders;  (2) any  proxy  or  information  statement;  and (3) any
prospectus  filed  pursuant  to Rule 424(b) or (c) under the  Securities  Act of
1933.  The listed  documents  should be  clearly  described  for  identification
purposes.

None.



PART I

SPECIAL NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

Certain   statements  in  the  items  captioned   "Business"  and  "Management's
Discussion  and Analysis of Financial  Condition and Results of  Operations"  in
this Form 10-K constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the
Private  Securities  Litigation  Reform  Art of 1995 (the  "Reform  Act").  Such
forward-looking  statements  involve known and unknown risks,  uncertainties and
other factors that may cause the actual  results,  performance  or activities of
the Company,  or industry  results,  to be materially  different from any future
results,  performance or activities expressed or implied by such forward-looking
statements.  Such factors include: general economic and business conditions, the
financial  condition of the Company,  competition,  the Company's  dependence on
other  companies  to  commercialize,  manufacture  and sell  products  using the
Company's technologies,  the uncertainty of results of animal and human testing,
the risk of product  liability  and  liability for human  clinical  trials,  the
Company's dependence on patents and other proprietary rights,  dependence on key
management officials,  the availability and cost of capital, the availability of
qualified  personnel,  changes in, or the failure to comply  with,  governmental
regulations,  the  failure  to  obtain  regulatory  approvals  of the  Company's
products, litigation, and other factors discussed in this Form 10-K.



Item 1. Business.

Background

Unigene Laboratories,  Inc. ("Unigene" or "Company"), was incorporated under the
laws of the State of Delaware in 1980.  Unigene is a  biopharmaceutical  company
engaged in the research,  production and delivery of small proteins, referred to
as peptides, that have demonstrated or may have potential medical use. We have a
patented manufacturing technology for producing many peptides  cost-effectively.
We also have patented technology that has been shown to deliver orally medically
useful amounts of various peptides into the  bloodstream.  Our primary focus has
been on the development of Calcitonin products for the treatment of osteoporosis
and  other   indications.   We  have  the  facilities  and  the  technology  for
manufacturing  Calcitonin  in  accordance  with  cGMP  and  have  an  injectable
Calcitonin product that is approved for sale in the European Union for two minor
indications. We are also engaged in the development of oral and nasal Calcitonin
products.

Our Accomplishments

        Among our major accomplishments are:

o Development of a Proprietary Peptide Production Process.  One of our principal
scientific  accomplishments  is our  success in  developing  a highly  efficient
biotechnology-based peptide production process. Several patents relating to this
process have issued. We believe that these  proprietary  processes are key steps
in the more  efficient  and  economical  commercial  production of peptides with
various  medical  applications.  Many of these peptides  cannot be produced at a
reasonable cost in sufficient  quantities for human testing or commercial use by
currently available production processes. Using our proprietary process, we have
produced  laboratory-scale  quantities of various peptides.  We have constructed
and are operating a  manufacturing  facility  employing  this process to produce
Calcitonin.

o  Development  of  Proprietary  Technology  for  Oral  Delivery.  We have  also
developed and patented a formulation that has orally  delivered  Calcitonin into
the  bloodstream  of human  subjects.  We and our  collaborators  have  shown in
repeated  human  studies that this  formulation  regularly  delivers  measurable
quantities  of the  peptide  into the human  bloodstream.  We believe  that this
formulation  may  accelerate  the  regulatory   approval  process  for  an  oral
Calcitonin  product  because it should be easier to establish its performance as
compared to a  formulation  that does not produce  measurable  Calcitonin  blood

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levels.  We believe that the  components  of our patented  oral product also can
enable  the  delivery  of  other  peptides  and we  have  initiated  studies  to
investigate this possibility internally and in collaboration with others.

Strategy

        Our business strategy is to develop  proprietary  products and processes
with  applications in human health care to generate  revenues from license fees,
royalties on  third-party  sales and direct sales of bulk or finished  products.
Generally, we fund our internal research activities and rely on licensees, which
are likely to be established  pharmaceutical  companies,  to provide development
funding.   We  also  generally  expect  to  rely  on  these  licensees  to  take
responsibility for obtaining appropriate  regulatory  approvals,  human testing,
and marketing of products derived from our research activities. However, we may,
in some cases, retain the responsibility for human testing and for obtaining the
required regulatory approvals for a particular product.

        o Pfizer License  Agreement.  In July 1997, we entered into an agreement
under which we granted to the  Parke-Davis  division of  Warner-Lambert  Company
(which  merged with Pfizer in June  2000),  a worldwide  license to use our oral
Calcitonin  technology.  Upon signing the  agreement,  we received $6 million in
payments from Warner-Lambert,  consisting of a $3 million licensing fee and a $3
million  equity  investment  by  Warner-Lambert.  Through  December 31, 2000, we
recognized  an aggregate of $16.5 million in revenue due to the  achievement  of
specified  milestones,  including $2 million in 2000.  Pfizer began a Phase I/II
human study in April 2000 and patient  dosing was  completed  in December  2000.
Pfizer  analyzed the results of the study and informed us in March 2001 that the
study did not achieve Pfizer's desired  results.  Pfizer  terminated the license
agreement  citing this  conclusion.  We believe that this study, in which an FDA
approved  product also did not work and which produced  results contrary to many
published  studies,  was not capable of determining  the performance of our oral
Calcitonin  product.  We believe that if patients in the study had also received
calcium supplements,  in addition to the Calcitonin, the results would have been
more  favorable.  Therefore,  we intend to continue the  development of our oral
Calcitonin  product as a treatment of osteoporosis,  and have begun  discussions
with potential  licensees in the U.S. and other countries.  In addition,  due to
the  termination  of the Pfizer  agreement,  we no longer have  restrictions  on
selling bulk Calcitonin.

o China  Joint  Venture.  In June 2000,  we entered  into a joint  venture  with
Shijiazhuang  Pharmaceutical  Group  ("SPG"),  a  pharmaceutical  company in the
People's  Republic of China.  The joint venture will  manufacture and distribute
injectable and nasal  Calcitonin  products in China (and possibly other selected
Asian  markets)  for the  treatment  of  osteoporosis.  We own 45% of the  joint
venture and will have a 45% interest in the joint venture profits and losses. In
the  first  phase  of  the  collaboration,  SPG  will  contribute  its  existing
injectable  Calcitonin license to the joint venture,  which will allow the joint
venture to sell our product in China.  The joint venture will need to file a New
Drug  Application in China for its injectable and nasal  products.  In addition,
the joint venture may be required to conduct  brief local human  trials.  If the
product is  successful,  the joint  venture may establish a facility in China to
fill injectable and nasal Calcitonin  products using bulk Calcitonin produced at
our Boonton, New Jersey plant.  Eventually the joint venture may manufacture the
bulk  Calcitonin  in China at a new facility  that would be  constructed  by the
joint  venture.  This would require local  financing by the joint  venture.  The
joint venture has not yet begun operations as of December 31, 2000.

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o Other License or Distribution  Arrangements.  In addition to the joint venture
with SPG,  we have  entered  into  distribution  agreements  for our  injectable
Calcitonin  product in the United  Kingdom,  Ireland and Israel.  We continue to
seek other licensing or distribution  agreements with  pharmaceutical  companies
for both the injectable and nasal Calcitonin  products,  as well as various oral
peptide products.  However,  we may not be successful in our efforts to sign any
additional revenue generating agreements.

Competition

        Our  primary  business  activity  has been  biotechnology  research  and
development.  Biotechnology research is highly competitive,  particularly in the
field of human health care. We compete with specialized biotechnology companies,
major  pharmaceutical and chemical companies,  universities and other non-profit
research organizations,  many of which can devote considerably greater financial
resources to research activities.

        In  1996,   we  began   manufacturing   cGMP   Calcitonin   for  use  in
pharmaceutical  products.  In the  development,  manufacture and sale of peptide
products,  we  compete  with  contract  laboratories  and  major  pharmaceutical
companies.  Many of our competitors can devote  considerably  greater  financial
resources to these  activities.  Major  competitors in the field of osteoporosis
include  Novartis,  American Home Products,  Merck,  Eli Lilly,  and Procter and
Gamble.  We believe  that the unique  safety and  effectiveness  of  Calcitonin,
combined with our patented peptide  manufacturing  process and our patented oral
formulation, will enable us to compete with products marketed by these and other
companies.

        We believe that success in  competing  with others in the  biotechnology
industry will be based  primarily upon  scientific  expertise and  technological
superiority.  We also  believe  that  success  will be based on the  ability  to
identify  and  to  pursue   scientifically   feasible  and  commercially  viable
opportunities and to obtain  proprietary  protection for research  achievements.
Our success will further depend on our ability to obtain adequate funding and on
developing, testing, protecting,  producing and marketing products and obtaining
their timely regulatory approval.  We are always at risk that others may develop
superior  processes  or products  that would  render our  processes  or products
noncompetitive or obsolete.

Product Manufacture

        We have been producing  salmon  Calcitonin  since 1992. We constructed a
cGMP facility for the  production of  Calcitonin at leased  premises  located in
Boonton,  New Jersey.  The facility began producing salmon Calcitonin under cGMP
guidelines in 1996. The facility also produces our proprietary  amidating enzyme
for use in producing Calcitonin. The current production level of the facility is
between one and two kilograms of bulk  Calcitonin  per year,  and is expected to
increase significantly in 2001.

        The facility can be modified to increase Calcitonin production capacity.
However, if we are successful in our efforts to commercialize an oral Calcitonin
product,  we  expect  that we may  incur  additional  expenditures  to expand or
upgrade our manufacturing operations. Although the facility initially is devoted
exclusively to Calcitonin  production,  it also is suitable for producing  other
peptide products.

        We are following  conventional  procedures to secure the approval of the
facility by regulatory agencies to allow us to manufacture  Calcitonin for human
use. European health  authorities  inspected the facility in connection with the
filing of our  injectable  Calcitonin  dossier and found it to be in  compliance
with cGMP guidelines.  However,  there is the risk that our operations might not

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remain in compliance  or that  approval by other  agencies will not be obtained.
The FDA must approve the facility in order to  manufacture  Calcitonin  or other
peptides for sale in the United States.

Government Regulation

        Our laboratory research, development and production activities and those
of our collaborators are subject to significant  regulation by numerous federal,
state, local and foreign governmental authorities.  FDA approval,  following the
successful  completion of various animal and human studies,  is required for the
sale of a  pharmaceutical  product in the United  States.  Foreign sales require
similar studies and approval by regulatory agencies.

        The regulatory  approval process for a  pharmaceutical  product requires
substantial  resources  and can  take  many  years.  There  is a risk  that  any
additional  regulatory approvals required for our production facility or for any
of our  products  will not be  obtained in a timely  manner.  Our  inability  to
obtain,  or delays in obtaining,  these  approvals  would  adversely  affect our
ability to continue to fund our programs,  to produce marketable products, or to
receive  revenue from milestone  payments,  product sales or royalties.  We also
cannot predict the extent of any adverse governmental  regulation that may arise
from future legislative and administrative action.

        The FDA or other regulatory  agencies may audit our production  facility
to ensure that it is operating  in  compliance  with current Good  Manufacturing
Practice  guidelines,  referred  to  as  cGMP.  These  guidelines  require  that
production  operations be conducted in strict  compliance  with our  established
rules for manufacturing  and quality  controls.  These agencies are empowered to
suspend  production  operations  and/or  product  sales  if,  in their  opinion,
significant  or  repeated  changes  from  these  guidelines  have  occurred.   A
suspension by any of these agencies could have a material  adverse impact on our
operations.

Regulatory Approval of Our Injectable Calcitonin Product

        In January  1999, we received  approval from the European  Committee for
Proprietary  Medicinal  Products,  referred  to  as  the  CPMP,  to  market  our
injectable Calcitonin product in all 15 member states of the European Union as a
treatment  for Paget's  disease and for  hypercalcemia.  We began to market this
product in Europe for these  indications in 1999. We have filed a  supplementary
submission  with the CPMP,  called a Type II  Variation,  to expand the approved
indications to include the treatment of osteoporosis.  However,  it is uncertain
whether or when the Type II Variation will be approved by the CPMP.

        Regulatory authorities in many non-European Union countries can cite the
approved  European  dossier,  which we believe  could  significantly  reduce the
registration  requirements for injectable Calcitonin in those non-European Union
countries,  and thereby could speed up product launch.  We have been notified by
Switzerland that it intends to approve our injectable Calcitonin product for the
treatment of  osteoporosis,  Paget's  disease and  hypercalcemia;  however,  the
timing of that  approval is  uncertain.  In addition,  we believe that the human
trials  conducted to support the European  filing of the  injectable  Calcitonin
product can be used to support the filing of a New Drug Application with the FDA
for use of our injectable  Calcitonin  product to treat  osteoporosis  and other
indications.  We believe that our abbreviated  clinical program,  which has been
accepted by the FDA, will be sufficient to satisfy approval  requirements in the
United  States  and other  countries.  Accordingly,  we expect  that the  review
process for our  injectable  Calcitonin  product in the United  States and other
countries  may be  shorter  than  that  typically  associated  with  a new  drug
submission for numerous reasons:

o The active ingredient is structurally  identical to and indistinguishable from
the active ingredient in products already approved by many regulatory agencies.


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o The  formulation is essentially  similar to the  formulations  used in already
approved products.

o The human trial program that was accepted by the FDA is  relatively  brief and
involved small numbers of subjects.  As a result, the amount of information that
must be reviewed  is far less than would have been  compiled  for the  lengthier
trials required for a typical new drug submission.

Development of our Oral Calcitonin Product

In  December  1995 and  January  1996,  we  successfully  tested  a  proprietary
Calcitonin oral formulation in two separate human studies in the United Kingdom.
These studies  indicated that the majority of those who received oral Calcitonin
showed  levels of the peptide in blood  samples taken during the trial that were
greater than the minimum levels generally regarded as being required for maximum
medical  benefit.  We believe that these were the first  studies to  demonstrate
that  significant  blood  levels  of  Calcitonin  could be  observed  in  humans
following oral  administration  of the peptide.  In April 1996, we  successfully
conducted  a third  pilot  human  study in the United  Kingdom  which used lower
Calcitonin dosages than in the prior two human trials. The results of this trial
indicated  that every test subject  showed  levels of the peptide in their blood
samples that  exceeded  the minimum  levels  generally  regarded as required for
maximum medical  benefit.  During 1999,  with  Warner-Lambert  (now Pfizer),  we
successfully  concluded  two  pilot  human  studies  using  an  oral  Calcitonin
formulation  manufactured  by  Warner-Lambert.  Both studies showed  significant
measurable blood levels of Calcitonin. In December 1999, Warner-Lambert filed an
Investigational New Drug application with the FDA. Pfizer initiated a Phase I/II
study in April 2000 and patient  dosing for this study was completed in December
2000.  Pfizer  analyzed  the results of the study and  informed us in March 2001
that the study did not achieve Pfizer's desired results.  Pfizer  terminated the
license  agreement citing this conclusion.  We believe that this study, in which
an FDA approved product also did not work and which produced results contrary to
many published  studies,  was not capable of determining  the performance of our
oral  Calcitonin  product.  We believe  that if  patients  in the study had also
received calcium supplements,  in addition to the Calcitonin,  the results would
have been more  favorable.  Therefore,  we intend to continue the development of
our oral  Calcitonin  product as a  treatment  of  osteoporosis,  and have begun
discussions  with  potential  licensees  in the U.S.  and  other  countries.  In
addition,  due to the  termination  of the Pfizer  agreement,  we no longer have
restrictions on selling bulk Calcitonin.

    We have filed patent  applications  for our oral  formulation  in the United
States and in numerous foreign countries. In 1999, we received a U.S. patent for
our basic technology  covering the oral delivery of Calcitonin for the treatment
of osteoporosis. In 2000, we received a U.S. patent extending this protection to
the oral delivery of other peptides.

    There are risks that we will not be  successful  in licensing  this product,
that a safe and effective  oral product will not be developed,  that we will not
be successful in obtaining  regulatory  approval of an oral Calcitonin  product,
and that we will not  succeed in  developing,  producing  or  marketing  an oral
Calcitonin product.

Development of our Nasal Calcitonin Product

        A major  pharmaceutical  company  received  FDA approval in 1995 for the
marketing of a nasal spray Calcitonin product,  which has substantially enlarged
the U.S.  market for  Calcitonin.  During 1999, we completed  preliminary  human
studies for our proprietary nasal Calcitonin  product.  A patent application for
the  product  was  filed  in  February   2000.  In  January  2000  we  filed  an
Investigational  New Drug Application with the FDA to begin human testing of our
nasal product as a treatment for  osteoporosis.  In February 2000, we began U.S.
human  studies.  In  December  2000,  we  successfully  completed  a human study
demonstrating  similar blood levels  between our product and that of an existing
nasal  Calcitonin  product.  We have  initiated a second  human study with final

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results  expected in  mid-2001.  We are seeking to license our nasal  Calcitonin
product in the U.S.  and other  countries  for the  treatment  of  osteoporosis.
However,  we may  not be  successful  in  our  efforts  to  conclude  a  license
agreement,  to obtain governmental  approval of our nasal Calcitonin product, or
to manufacture and sell the product.

Collaborative Research Programs

        We are currently engaged in two collaborative research programs:

o Rutgers  University  College of Pharmacy  continues to study oral  delivery of
Calcitonin and other peptides.

o We are in collaboration with Yale University,  to investigate new applications
for various peptides,  including  Calcitonin  gene-related  peptide. In 1996, we
reported that this peptide accelerated bone growth and prevented bone loss in an
animal  model  system.  However,  this  peptide  may not have the same effect in
humans.  We may not be successful in developing,  manufacturing or marketing any
resulting product.

Patents and Proprietary Technology

    We have filed a number of  applications  for U.S.  patents  relating  to our
proprietary peptide  manufacturing process and our technology for oral delivery.
To date, the following six U.S. patents have issued:

o Immunization  By Immunogenic  Implant,  a method for producing  antibodies for
developing diagnostic medical tests

o two patents related to the Alpha-Amidation Enzyme and its use in manufacturing
peptides

o a patent covering an improvement in our manufacturing technology

o two patents covering oral delivery of peptides

    Other  applications  are  pending.  We also have made  filings  in  selected
foreign  countries,  and numerous  foreign  patents have  issued.  However,  our
pending  applications  may not issue as patents  and our issued  patents may not
provide us with significant competitive advantages. Furthermore, our competitors
may independently develop or obtain similar or superior technologies.

    Although  we believe  our patents  and patent  applications  are valid,  the
repeal of one or more of our key patents could have a significant adverse effect
upon  our  business.  Detecting  and  proving  infringement  generally  is  more
difficult with process patents than with product patents. In addition, a process
patent's  value is  diminished  if others have  patented the product that can be
produced  using the process.  Under these  circumstances,  we would  require the
cooperation  of, and likely be  required  to share  royalties  with,  the patent
holder or its sublicensees in order to make and sell the product.

    In some  cases,  we rely on trade  secrets to protect  our  inventions.  Our
policy is to include confidentiality provisions in all research contracts, joint
development  agreements and consulting  relationships that provide access to our
trade secrets and other  know-how.  However,  there is a risk that these secrecy
obligations  could  be  breached  causing  us  harm.  To the  extent  licensees,
consultants or other third parties apply technological information independently
developed  by them or by others to our  projects,  disputes  may arise as to the
ownership rights to information, which may not be resolved in our favor.


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Fusion Financing

        On December 18,  2000,  Unigene  entered  into a common  stock  purchase
agreement  with Fusion  Capital  Fund II, LLC,  which we amended as of March 30,
2001. Under the common stock purchase agreement,  as amended,  Fusion has agreed
to purchase up to  $21,000,000  in shares of Unigene common stock at the rate of
$875,000 per month,  provided we continue to satisfy the requirements that are a
condition to Fusion's  purchase  obligation.  We may decrease this amount at any
time that the price of our common stock is less than $15 per share. If our stock
price equals or exceeds $4.00 per share,  we have the right to require Fusion to
purchase,  over a period of 60 days, up to the full remaining portion of the $21
million  commitment.   Fusion  is  committed  to  purchase  the  shares  over  a
twenty-four  month  period,   subject  to  a  six-month   extension  or  earlier
termination at our discretion

        In addition to the shares and the warrant  that we have issued to Fusion
as compensation  for its  commitment,  the Board of Directors has authorized the
issuance and sale to Fusion of up to 6,000,000 shares of Unigene common stock in
connection  with the  financing  transaction.  We may be  required to obtain the
approval of Unigene  stockholders  to an amendment to Unigene's  Certificate  of
Incorporation  increasing  the number of shares of Unigene common stock that the
Company is authorized to issue in order to issue and sell  additional  shares to
Fusion.  However,  we  cannot  predict  when  or if the  SEC  will  declare  the
registration statement effective, if the stockholders will approve the amendment
to our certificate of incorporation or if we will be able to meet the continuing
requirements of the Fusion agreement.


        The  selling  price per share is equal to the lesser of the lowest  sale
price of our  common  stock on the day of  submission  of a  purchase  notice by
Fusion;  or the average of any five  closing  sale  prices of our common  stock,
selected by Fusion,  during the 15 trading days prior to the date of  submission
of a purchase notice by Fusion; or $15.00.

        Fusion has agreed that neither it nor any of its affiliates  will engage
in any direct or indirect  short-selling  or hedging of our common  stock during
any time prior to the termination of the common stock purchase agreement.  Under
the terms of the  common  stock  purchase  agreement,  as  amended,  Fusion  has
received  2,000,000 shares of our common stock as a commitment fee. In addition,
Fusion also  received  five-year  warrants  for  1,000,000  shares of our common
stock,  exercisable at $.50 per share as part of its commitment  fee.  Unless an
event of default occurs,  these shares and warrant shares must be held by Fusion
until the earlier of the maturity of the common stock purchase  agreement or the
date the common stock purchase agreement has been terminated.

Employees

     As of April 2, 2001 we had 67 full-time employees.  Twenty-one were engaged
in  research,   development  and  regulatory  activities,  35  were  engaged  in
production  activities  and  11  were  engaged  in  general  and  administrative
functions. Ten of our employees hold Ph.D. degrees. Our employees are experts in
molecular biology, including DNA cloning, synthesis,  sequencing and expression;
protein chemistry,  including purification,  amino acid analysis,  synthesis and
sequencing of proteins;  immunology,  including  tissue culture,  monoclonal and
polyclonal   antibody   production   and   immunoassay   development;   chemical
engineering;  pharmaceutical production; quality assurance; and quality control.
None of our employees is covered by a collective bargaining agreement. Warren P.
Levy,  President and Ronald S. Levy,  Executive Vice  President,  both executive
officers and directors, have signed employment agreements with us.

Research and Development

        We  have  established  a  multi-disciplinary   research  team  to  adapt
proprietary  amidation,  biological production and oral delivery technologies to
the development of proprietary products and processes.  Approximately 83% of our
employees  are  directly  engaged  in  activities  relating  to  production  of,
regulatory  compliance for, and the research and  development of  pharmaceutical

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products. We spent $11.5 million on research activities in 2000, $9.4 million in
1999, and $9.0 million in 1998.

Product Liability

        Our business exposes us to the risk of product liability claims that are
a part of human testing,  manufacturing and sale of pharmaceutical  products. We
may not have  sufficient  resources to defend  against or satisfy  these claims.
Although we maintain product liability insurance coverage,  product liability or
other  judgments  against  us, as well as the cost of  defending  such claims in
excess of  insurance  limits,  could have a  material  adverse  effect  upon our
business and financial condition.
                                  Risk Factors

Unigene's business is subject to the following risk factors:

We have significant  historical losses and expect to continue to incur losses in
the future.

      We have incurred annual operating losses since our inception. As a result,
at December 31, 2000, we had an accumulated  deficit of  $75,378,000.  Our gross
revenues for the years ended December 31, 2000,  1999 and 1998 were  $3,287,000,
$9,589,000 and  $5,050,000,  respectively.  However,  our revenues have not been
sufficient to sustain our operations.  These revenues  consisted  principally of
milestone  payments received in connection with our terminated license agreement
with Pfizer.  As of March 31, 2001, we have no  significant  revenue  generating
license  agreements.  As a result,  during the same  periods,  we have  incurred
losses from operations of $11,385,000  $1,997,000 and $6,060,000,  respectively.
Our net  losses  for the  years  ended  December  31,  2000,  1999 and 1998 were
$12,469,000  $1,577,000  and  $6,881,000,  respectively.  While  our  injectable
Calcitonin product has been approved for commercial sale in a number of European
countries for the treatment of two minor indications,  we do not anticipate that
sales for these indications will produce significant  revenues.  We believe that
the  profitability of Unigene will require the successful  commercialization  of
our  Calcitonin  product or  another  peptide  product in the United  States and
abroad. Unigene might never be profitable.

We will require additional financing to sustain our operations.

        At  December  31,  2000,  we  had  a  working   capital   deficiency  of
$13,267,000.  The independent  auditors'  report for the year ended December 31,
2000,  includes an explanatory  paragraph stating that our recurring losses from
operations and working  capital  deficiency  discussed  above raise  substantial
doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern. We had an operating cash
flow deficit of $4,864,000 in 1998, an operating cash flow deficit of $1,400,000
in 1999 and for the year ended December 31, 2000, an operating cash flow deficit
of  $3,382,000.  We do not  have  sufficient  financial  resources  to fund  our
operations at the current level. Therefore,  excluding any funding that we might
receive from Fusion,  we need additional  funds to continue our operations.  See
"Business - Fusion  Financing."  Our agreement with Fusion could provide us with
sufficient  funding to sustain our operations for up to two years,  beginning in
the second quarter of 2001. However, assuming we do not receive any funding from
Fusion, and we are unable to enter into a significant revenue generating license
or other  arrangement  in the near term we would require  additional  sources of
financing  in  order  to  satisfy  our  working  capital  needs,  which  may  be
unavailable or prohibitively expensive.  Should such financing be unavailable or
prohibitively  expensive when we require it, we would not be able to sustain our
working  capital  needs,  which  would  have a  material  adverse  effect on our
business, operating results and financial condition.

        Even if we are  able to  access  $875,000  per  month  over  the next 24
months,  available under the common stock purchase agreement with Fusion, we may
still need  additional  capital to fully  implement our business,  operating and
development plans. In addition, our issuance of shares of common stock to Fusion
under the common stock  purchase  agreement  will result in dilution to existing
stockholders.  We only have the right to receive  $875,000  per month  under the
common stock purchase  agreement  unless our stock price equals or exceeds $4.00
per share,  in which event  greater  amounts may be received.  In addition,  the
agreement  may be  terminated  by Fusion  in the  event of a  default  under the
agreement. Since we have initially registered 6,000,000 shares in this offering,
the selling price of our stock to Fusion will have to average at least $3.50 per
share for us to receive the maximum proceeds of $21,000,000  without registering
or issuing any additional  shares.  We may need to seek shareholder  approval to
increase the total number of authorized  shares of our common  stock.  We cannot
sell shares of Unigene  common stock to Fusion until the SEC declares  effective
the  registration  statement  registering the shares offered by this prospectus.
Unigene cannot predict with any certainty if or when this will occur. We believe
that satisfying our long-term  capital  requirements will require the successful
commercialization  of one of our  peptide  products.  At this  time,  we  cannot
predict with certainty that any of our products will be commercially successful.

We may not be successful in our efforts to develop a Calcitonin or other peptide
product  that  will  produce   revenues  that  are  sufficient  to  sustain  our
operations.

        We have  obtained  regulatory  approval  in  Europe  for the sale of our
injectable Calcitonin product, but there is a limited market for the indications
for which it has been approved. None of our products have been approved for sale
in the U.S. The U.S. Food and Drug  Administration  must approve the  commercial
manufacture and sale of pharmaceutical  products in the U.S. Similar  regulatory
approvals are required for the sale of  pharmaceutical  products  outside of the
United States. We must conduct further human testing on our products before they
can be approved for commercial sale. We must show in these human trials that our
products  are  safe and  effective.  If any of our  products  are  approved  for
commercial  sale,  we  will  need  to  manufacture  the  product  in  commercial
quantities at a reasonable cost in order for it to be a successful  product that
will  generate  profits.  Because of our  limited  clinical,  manufacturing  and
regulatory experience and the lack of a marketing organization, we are likely to
rely on  licensees  or  other  parties  to  perform  one or more  tasks  for the
commercialization of pharmaceutical products.

        We   believe   that   expanded   consumer   acceptance   of   Calcitonin
pharmaceutical   products   depends  on  the   development   of  more  desirable
formulations.  We have  initiated  human  trials to evaluate a nasal  Calcitonin
product with final results  expected in mid-2001.  Pfizer  recently  completed a
human trial for our oral Calcitonin product,  but after analyzing the results it
terminated  our license  agreement due to scientific and technical  reasons.  We
disagree with Pfizer's  conclusions and plan to seek other licensees to continue
the  development  of our oral  Calcitonin  product.  We may not be successful in
licensing  our  Calcitonin  products or any of our other  peptide  products.  In
addition,  we may not be able to demonstrate the safety or  effectiveness of our
products in human trials and,  accordingly,  they may not receive the U.S.  Food
and Drug Administration and foreign governmental approvals that are necessary to
market these  products.  Other  companies may develop other  products to compete
with or surpass any nasal or oral product that we develop.

We have made a substantial  investment in our production  facility which we will
need to upgrade or expand in order to  manufacture  our  products in  commercial
quantities.

        We have  constructed  and are  operating a facility  intended to produce
Calcitonin  and other  peptides.  This  facility  has been  approved by European
regulatory  authorities for the manufacture of Calcitonin for human use, but has
not yet been inspected or approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The
risks  associated  with this  facility  include the failure to achieve  targeted
production  and  profitability  goals,  the  development  by others of  superior
processes and products, and the absence of a market for products produced by the
facility.  In addition,  the successful  commercialization of an oral Calcitonin
product may require us to make additional  expenditures to expand or upgrade our
manufacturing  operations.  Currently, we cannot determine the cost or timing of
these capital expenditures.

We are dependent on partners for the commercial development of our products.

        We do not currently  have,  nor do we expect to have in the near future,
sufficient financial resources and personnel to develop our products on our own.
Accordingly,  we expect to continue to depend on large pharmaceutical  companies
for revenues from sales of products,  research  sponsorship and  distribution of
our  products.  With the  recent  termination  of our Pfizer  collaboration,  we
currently have no licenses for any of our products in the U.S.

        In June 2000,  we entered  into a joint  venture  with a  pharmaceutical
company in the People's  Republic of China for the manufacture and  distribution
of injectable  and nasal  Calcitonin  products in China and possibly other Asian
markets,  for the  treatment  of  osteoporosis.  This joint  venture has not yet
commenced  operations  and it is uncertain  whether it will generate  meaningful
revenues  or  profits  for  Unigene.  We also  have  entered  into  distribution
agreements for our injectable  formulation of Calcitonin in the United  Kingdom,
Ireland and Israel.  To date, we have not received  material revenues from these
distribution agreements.

               We intend to pursue additional opportunities to license, or enter
into distribution  arrangements  for, our oral, nasal and injectable  Calcitonin
products as well as other possible peptide  products.  Due to the termination of
the Pfizer agreement, we no longer have restrictions on selling bulk Calcitonin.
However, we may not be successful in any of these efforts.

Because  we are a  biopharmaceutical  company,  our  operations  are  subject to
extensive government regulations.

        Our laboratory research,  development and production activities, as well
as  those  of our  collaborators  and  licensees,  are  subject  to  significant
regulation by federal,  state, local and foreign  governmental  authorities.  In
addition to  obtaining  U.S.  Food and Drug  Administration  approval  and other
regulatory  approvals  of  our  products,  we  must  obtain  approvals  for  our
manufacturing  facility to produce  Calcitonin and other peptides for human use.
The  regulatory   approval  process  for  a   pharmaceutical   product  requires
substantial resources and may take many years. Our inability to obtain approvals
or delays in obtaining  approvals would adversely affect our ability to continue
our development  program,  to manufacture and sell our products,  and to receive
revenue from milestone payments, product sales or royalties.

        The FDA or other regulatory  agencies may audit our production  facility
at any time to  ensure  compliance  with  current  Good  Manufacturing  Practice
guidelines,  referred to as cGMP. These  guidelines  require that we conduct our
production  operation  in  strict  compliance  with our  established  rules  for
manufacturing and quality controls. Any of these agencies can suspend production
operations and product sales if they find  significant or repeated  changes from
these  guidelines.  A suspension by any of these  agencies could have a material
adverse effect on our operations.

Our competitors include large pharmaceutical companies with superior resources.

        Unigene is engaged in a rapidly changing and highly  competitive  field.
To date,  Unigene has  concentrated  its efforts on one product -- Calcitonin --
for  treating  osteoporosis  and  other  indications.  Like the  market  for any
pharmaceutical  product,  the market for treating  osteoporosis  and these other
indications  has  the  potential  for  rapid,   unpredictable   and  significant
technological  change.  Competition  is intense from  specialized  biotechnology
companies,  major  pharmaceutical  and chemical  companies and  universities and
research  institutions.  Most  of our  competitors  have  substantially  greater
financial  resources,  research  and  development  staffs  and  facilities,  and
regulatory experience than we do. Major competitors in the field of osteoporosis
treatment  include  Novartis,  American Home  Products,  Merck,  Eli Lilly,  and
Procter  and  Gamble.  Any one of these  entities  could,  at any time,  develop
products or a manufacturing process that could render our technology or products
noncompetitive or obsolete.

Our  success  depends  upon our  ability to protect  our  intellectual  property
rights.

        We filed  applications for U.S. patents relating to proprietary  peptide
manufacturing  technology  and oral  formulations  that we have  invented in the
course  of our  research.  To date,  six U.S.  patents  have  issued  and  other
applications  are  pending.  We have also made  patent  application  filings  in
selected foreign countries and numerous foreign patents have issued. We face the
risk  that any of our  pending  applications  will not  issue  as  patents.  Our
business also is subject to the risk that our issued patents will not provide us
with significant  competitive  advantages if, for example,  a competitor were to
independently  develop or obtain similar or superior  technologies.  Although we
believe our patents and patent  applications  are valid, the invalidation of our
key patents or the failure of our pending applications to issue as patents could
have a material adverse effect upon our business.

        We also rely on trade secrets to protect our  inventions.  Our policy is
to  include  confidentiality   obligations  in  all  research  contracts,  joint
development  agreements and consulting  relationships that provide access to our
trade secrets and other know-how.  However,  other parties with  confidentiality
obligations  could  breach  their  agreements  causing  us  harm.  If a  secrecy
obligation  were  to be  breached,  we may  not  have  the  financial  resources
necessary  for a legal  challenge.  If  licensees,  consultants  or other  third
parties use  technological  information  independently  developed  by them or by
others in the  development  of our products,  disputes may arise from the use of
this information and as to the ownership rights to products developed using this
information. These disputes may not be resolved in our favor.

 Our technology or products could give rise to product liability claims.

        Our business exposes us to the risk of product liability claims that are
a part of human testing,  manufacturing and sale of pharmaceutical  products. We
may not have  sufficient  resources to defend  against or satisfy  these claims.
Although we maintain product liability insurance coverage,  product liability or
other  judgments  against  us, as well as the cost of  defending  such claims in
excess of  insurance  limits,  could have a  material  adverse  effect  upon our
business and financial condition.

The loss of our key executives could have a negative effect on our business.

        Dr. Warren Levy and Dr.  Ronald Levy have been the  principal  executive
officers since our inception.  We rely on them for their leadership and business
direction.  Each of them has entered into an agreement with us providing that he
shall not  engage in any other  employment  or  business  for the  period of his
employment  with us.  The loss of the  services  of either of these  individuals
could have a material adverse effect on our business.

The outcome of our arbitration proceeding with The Tail Wind Fund is uncertain.

        In July 2000,  the Tail Wind Fund,  Ltd.,  the holder of  $2,000,000  in
principal  amount  of our 5%  convertible  debentures  filed  with the  American
Arbitration  Association a demand for arbitration of its claim that it was owed,
as of June 30, 2000, approximately $3,400,000, consisting of principal, interest
and  penalties,  resulting  from our default  under  various  provisions  of the
debentures and related  agreements.  See "Legal  Proceedings" and  "Management's
Discussion  and Analysis of Financial  Condition  and Results of  Operations  --
Capital Resources and Liquidity." We have denied the amount of Tail Wind's claim
and have made certain  counterclaims.  The outcome of the arbitration proceeding
is  uncertain.  An extremely  unfavorable  ruling could have a material  adverse
effect on Unigene.

The market price of Unigene common stock may be highly unstable.

        The market  price of Unigene  common  stock has been and we expect it to
continue  to  be  highly  unstable.   Factors,  including  our  announcement  of
technological  improvements  or  announcements  by other  companies,  regulatory
matters,  research  and  development  activities,  new or  existing  products or
procedures,  signing or termination of licensing agreements,  concerns about our
financial position, operating results, litigation, resolution of the arbitration
involving  our  outstanding  convertible   debentures,   government  regulation,
developments or disputes relating to agreements,  patents or proprietary rights,
and  public  concern  over the  safety  of  activities  or  products  may have a
significant  impact on the market  price of our stock.  In  addition,  potential
dilutive  effects of future  sales of shares of Unigene  common stock by Unigene
and  its  stockholders,  including  sales  by  Fusion  and by the  exercise  and
subsequent sale of Unigene common stock by the holders of outstanding and future
warrants and options could have an adverse effect on the price of our stock.

We do not anticipate paying cash dividends on the Unigene common stock.

        We have never paid any cash dividends on the Unigene common stock and we
do not anticipate  paying cash dividends in the foreseeable  future.  Rather, we
intend to retain  any cash flow we  generate  for  investment  in our  business.
Accordingly,  Unigene  common  stock may not be suitable for  investors  who are
seeking current income from dividends.

The Unigene  common stock is classified as a "penny stock" under SEC rules which
may make it more  difficult  for Unigene  stockholders  to resell their  Unigene
common stock.

        The  Unigene  common  stock is traded on the OTC  Bulletin  Board.  As a
result, the holders of Unigene common stock may find it more difficult to obtain
accurate quotations concerning the market value of the stock.  Stockholders also
may experience  greater  difficulties in attempting to sell the stock than if it
was listed on a stock  exchange or quoted on the Nasdaq  National  Market or the
Nasdaq Small-Cap  Market.  Because Unigene common stock is not traded on a stock
exchange or on the Nasdaq National Market or the Nasdaq  Small-Cap  Market,  and
the market  price of the common  stock is less than $5.00 per share,  the common
stock is  classified  as a "penny  stock." SEC Rule 15g-9 under the Exchange Act
imposes additional sales practice  requirements on broker-dealers that recommend
the purchase or sale of penny stocks to persons  other than those who qualify as
an  "established  customer"  or an  "accredited  investor."  This  includes  the
requirement that a broker-dealer  must make a determination  that investments in
penny stocks are suitable for the customer and must make special  disclosures to
the customer  concerning  the risks of penny  stocks.  Application  of the penny
stock  rules to the  Unigene  common  stock  could  adversely  affect the market
liquidity of the shares,  which in turn may affect the ability of holders of the
Unigene common stock to resell the stock.

The sale of Unigene common stock to Fusion could cause substantial  dilution and
the sale of the  shares  acquired  by Fusion  could  cause the price of  Unigene
common stock to decline.

        The price at which  Fusion is  obligated  to purchase  shares of Unigene
common stock under the common stock purchase  agreement will fluctuate  based on
the market price of our common stock.  See "Business - Fusion  Financing"  for a
description of the purchase price.

        All of the  shares  offered  for sale by Fusion  are  freely  tradeable.
However,  Fusion  has agreed  that it will not sell or  otherwise  transfer  the
2,000,000  commitment  shares or the 1,000,000 shares issuable upon the exercise
of its  warrant  which we issued  as of March 30,  2001 to Fusion as part of its
commitment fee until the earlier of the termination of the common stock purchase
agreement,  the  occurrence of an event of default by us under this agreement or
the maturity date of the agreement which is in approximately  two years.  Fusion
may sell none,  some or all of the shares of common stock purchased from Unigene
at any time. We have been advised by Fusion that the shares  registered  will be
sold over a period of up to 24 months.  Depending  upon market  liquidity at the
time,  the resale by Fusion of shares at any given time could  cause the trading
price  of the  Unigene  common  stock  to  decline.  The  sale  by  Fusion  of a
substantial number of shares purchased from Unigene, or the anticipation of such
sales, could make it more difficult for Unigene to sell equity or equity related
securities in the future at a time and at a price that it might  otherwise  wish
to effect sales.

     If Fusion purchased the full amount of shares  purchasable under the common
stock  purchase  agreement,  at a price equal to $.55, the closing sale price of
the  Unigene  common  stock on April 2,  2001,  Fusion  would  have been able to
purchase a total of 38,181,818 shares of our common stock.  These shares,  along
with the 2,000,000 shares and warrants for 1,000,000 shares of common stock that
have been  issued to Fusion as a  commitment  fee,  would  represent  48% of our
outstanding  common  stock as of that date.  The  issuance of these shares would
result in  significant  dilution to the ownership  interests of other holders of
our common stock.  The amount of dilution would be higher if the market price of
our  common  stock is lower than the  current  market  price at the time  Fusion
purchases  shares under the common stock purchase  agreement,  as a lower market
price  would  cause more  shares of our common  stock to be  issuable to Fusion.
Although we have the right to suspend  Fusion  purchases  if the market price of
our  common  stock is below  $15.00  for three  consecutive  trading  days,  the
financial  condition  of  Unigene at the time may  require  Unigene to waive its
right to suspend  purchases  even if there is a decline in the market price.  If
the closing sale price of our common stock prior to the first trading day of any
30-day period is at least $4.00, we have the right to require purchase by Fusion
of part or all of the remaining  balance of the $21 million  during the next two
30-day periods,  provided the closing sale price of our common stock during such
30-day periods remains at least $4.00.

The existence of the agreement with Fusion to purchase  shares of Unigene common
stock could cause  downward  pressure on the market price of the Unigene  common
stock.

        Both the actual  dilution and the potential for dilution  resulting from
sales of Unigene  common  stock to Fusion  could cause  holders to elect to sell
their shares of Unigene common stock, which could cause the trading price of the
Unigene   common  stock  to  decrease.   In  addition,   prospective   investors
anticipating the downward  pressure on the price of the Unigene common stock due
to the shares available for sale by Fusion could refrain from purchases or cause
sales or short sales in anticipation of a decline of the market price.

Item 2. Properties

        We  own  a  one-story  office  and  laboratory  facility  consisting  of
approximately  12,500 square feet. The facility is located on a 2.2 acre site in
Fairfield, New Jersey.

        Our 32,000 square foot cGMP production facility,  of which 18,000 square
feet are currently  being used for the  production of Calcitonin and can be used
for the production of other peptides,  was constructed in a building  located in
Boonton,  New Jersey.  We lease the facility under a ten-year  agreement,  which
began in February  1994.  We have two 10-year  renewal  options and an option to
purchase the facility.

        We believe that these facilities are adequate for current purposes.

Item 3. Legal Proceedings

        In July 2000,  the Tail Wind Fund,  Ltd.,  the holder of  $2,000,000  in
principal amount of 5% convertible  debentures issued by Unigene to Tail Wind in
a private placement completed in June 1998, filed with the American  Arbitration
Association a demand for arbitration  against Unigene.  In its demand, Tail Wind
claimed  that  it was  owed,  as of June  30,  2000,  approximately  $3,400,000,
consisting  of  principal,  interest and  penalties,  resulting  from  Unigene's
default under various provisions of the debentures and related agreements. These
alleged  defaults  included  Unigene's  failure to redeem the  debentures  after
becoming  obligated  to do so, the  failure to pay  interest  when due,  and the
failure to pay  liquidated  damages  arising  from the  delisting of the Unigene
common stock from the Nasdaq National Market.  See "Management's  Discussion and
Analysis of Financial  Condition and Results of Operations -- Capital  Resources
and  Liquidity."  In July 2000,  Unigene  submitted to the American  Arbitration
Association  a statement  in which it denies the amount of Tail Wind's claim and
makes  certain  counterclaims.  A hearing  on the  matter  before an  arbitrator
appointed by the American  Arbitration  Association is expected to occur in June
2001.  The outcome of the  proceeding  is  uncertain.  An extremely  unfavorable
ruling could have a material adverse effect on Unigene.

        In July 2000, Reseau de Voyage Sterling, Inc. filed suit against Unigene
in the Supreme Court of the State of New York.  Unigene  removed the case to the
United  States  District  Court  for the  Southern  District  of New  York.  The
plaintiff,  which purchased from a third party a warrant to purchase one million
shares of Unigene common stock, alleges that Unigene breached a verbal agreement
with the plaintiff to extend the term of the warrant beyond its expiration date.
The plaintiff is seeking damages of $2 million.  Following the deposition of the
plaintiff,  counsel for the plaintiff withdrew and the court has stayed the case
until May 2001, to give the  plaintiff an  opportunity  to seek new counsel.  We
believe that this suit is  completely  without  merit,  and we will  continue to
vigorously contest the claim.

Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

        No matters  were  submitted  to a vote of  security  holders  during the
fourth quarter of the year ended December 31, 2000.

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                                     PART II

Item 5. Market for Registrant's Common Equity and Related Stockholder Matters

        The Company has not declared or paid any cash dividends since inception,
and does not anticipate paying any in the near future.


        The Company became a public company in 1987. As of April 2, 2001,  there
were 483 holders of record of the Common  Stock.  The Common Stock has traded on
the OTC  Bulletin  Board under the symbol UGNE since  October 5, 1999.  Prior to
October 5, 1999, the Common Stock traded on the Nasdaq Stock Market.  The prices
below represent high and low sale prices.


                                  2000                         1999
                                  ----                         ----
                                High-Low                     High-Low

1st Quarter:                   $5.38-0.54                   $1.47-0.94
2nd Quarter:                    3.66-1.44                    1.13-0.63
3rd Quarter:                    3.03-2.00                    1.06-0.63
4th Quarter:                    3.00-0.97                    0.84-0.23

Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities

In the quarter ended  December 31, 2000,  Unigene issued 8,636 shares of Unigene
common  stock upon the  cashless  exercise  of a total of 22,000  warrants at an
exercise  price of $2.00 per  share.  All of the shares  were  issued by Unigene
without  registration  in reliance on an  exemption  under  Section 4 (2) of the
Securities Act.



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Item 6.  Selected Financial Data
STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS DATA
(In thousands, except per share data)






                                                                    Year Ended December 31,
                                             --------------------------------------------------------------------
                                               2000           1999           1998           1997           1996
                                             --------       --------       --------       --------       --------
                                                                                          
 Revenue:
   Licensing & other revenue                 $  3,287       $  9,589       $  5,050       $  3,003       $    308

 Costs and expenses:
   Research & development expenses             11,484          9,375          9,042          9,416          8,298
   General and administrative                   3,187          2,212          2,068          2,016          2,115
 Loss before extraordinary item
   and cumulative effect of
   accounting change                          (11,469)        (1,577)        (6,737)       (10,128)       (10,597)
 Extraordinary item                                --             --           (144)            --             --
 Cumulative effect of accounting change       ( 1,000)            --             --             --             --

Net loss                                      (12,469)        (1,577)        (6,881)       (10,128)       (10,597)

 Basic and diluted loss per share:
 Loss before
   extraordinary item and cumulative
   effect of accounting change                   (.26)          (.04)          (.17)          (.27)          (.38)
 Extraordinary item                                --             --           (.01)            --             --
 Cumulative effect of accounting change          (.02)            --             --             --             --
 Net loss                                        (.28)          (.04)          (.18)          (.27)          (.38)
 Weighted average number of shares
 outstanding                                   44,008         40,719         38,701         37,397         27,943




BALANCE SHEET DATA
(In thousands)                                                  December 31,
                                   -------------------------------------------------------------------
                                     2000           1999           1998           1997          1996
                                   --------       --------       --------       --------      --------
                                                                               
 Cash and cash equivalents         $     17       $    683       $    403       $  2,126      $  4,491
 Working capital (deficiency)       (13,267)        (2,759)        (1,805)           310         2,954
 Total assets                         9,047         13,778         11,564         13,692        17,169
 Long-term debt and other
   Long term obligations                546          1,003          3,931          1,608         2,788
 Total liabilities                   14,540          9,049          7,344          4,258         5,309
 Total stockholders' equity
 (deficit)                           (5,493)         4,729          4,220          9,433        11,860


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Item 7.  Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results
         of Operations

        You should read the  following  discussion  together  with our financial
statements  and the notes  appearing  elsewhere in this Form 10-K. The following
discussion contains  forward-looking  statements.  Our actual results may differ
materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements.  Factors that
might cause  future  results to differ  materially  from those  projected in the
forward-looking  statements  include  those  discussed  in  "Risk  Factors"  and
elsewhere in this Form 10-K.


RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
Years Ended December 31, 2000, 1999, and 1998

Revenue

         Revenue  decreased  66% to $3,287,000  for the year ended  December 31,
2000 as compared to  $9,589,000  for the year ended  December 31, 1999.  Revenue
increased 90% to $9,589,000  for the year ended December 31, 1999 as compared to
$5,050,000  for the year ended  December 31, 1998.  In all three years,  revenue
consists   primarily  of  milestone  revenue  from  Pfizer  resulting  from  the
achievement of milestones in the development of an oral  Calcitonin  product for
treating  osteoporosis.  Yearly  revenue  was  affected  by  the  timing  of the
completion of the various  milestones.  In addition,  revenue for the year ended
December 31, 2000 included  $800,000 from the  amortization of deferred  revenue
related to the initial  licensing  fee paid by Pfizer in 1997 and  $345,000  for
analytical testing services provided to Pfizer. In March 2001, Pfizer terminated
its license agreement with the Company.

Research and Development Expenses.

         Research and development,  the Company's largest expense, increased 22%
in 2000 to  $11,484,000  from  $9,375,000  in 1999 and increased 4% in 1999 from
$9,042,000  in  1998.  The  2000  increase  was  primarily  attributable  to the
Company's  clinical trials for its nasal  Calcitonin  product and an increase in
expenditures  related to an increase in Calcitonin  production and the write-off
of inventory in the fourth  quarter as a result of Pfizer's  termination  of our
agreement,  partially  offset by a reduction in  consulting  fees related to the
Pfizer   collaboration.   The  1999  increase  was  primarily   attributable  to
development   expenses  related  to  the  Company's  nasal  Calcitonin  product,
consulting  and  analytical  testing  expenses  related to the Company's Type II
variation for its injectable  Calcitonin product, and consulting fees related to
the  Company's  collaboration  with Pfizer  partially  offset by a reduction  in
production supplies.  Expenditures for the sponsorship of collaborative research
programs  were  $411,000,   $250,000  and  $280,000  in  2000,  1999  and  1998,
respectively, which are included as research and development expenses. A portion
of these expenditures was reimbursed by Pfizer in 1999 and 1998.


General and Administrative Expenses.

         General and administrative expenses increased 44% in 2000 to $3,187,000
from  $2,212,000 in 1999 and increased 7% in 1999 from  $2,068,000 in 1998.  The
2000  increase was  primarily  due to the  recognition  of non-cash  expenses of
$220,000  due to the  issuance  of  warrants to a  consultant  and stock  option
compensation of $399,000,  in addition to the recognition of a $350,000  expense
to terminate the Company's  former joint venture in China. The 1999 increase was
primarily  due to increased  personnel  costs and  professional  fees  partially
offset by reductions in public relations and travel expenses.

Interest Income.

         Interest  income  increased  $12,000  or 31% in 2000 from  1999,  after
decreasing $70,000 or 65% in 1999 from 1998. The 2000 increase was due to higher
interest  rates on  investments.  The 1999  decrease  was due to lower  interest
income resulting from reduced funds available for investment.

Interest Expense.

         Interest  expense  increased  $27,000 or 2% in 2000 to $1,199,000  from
$1,171,000  in 1999 after  increasing  $386,000 or 49% in 1999 from  $785,000 in
1998.  Interest  expense  increased  in 2000 due to increased  notes  payable to


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stockholders  and to  higher  interest  rates  in  2000  on  the 5%  convertible
debentures,  offset  by a  reduction  in  the  amortization  of  the  beneficial
conversion  feature and related  warrants on the 5%  convertible  debentures  as
compared to 1999.  The annual  interest rate on the  $2,000,000  in  outstanding
principal  amount of the 5% Debentures  increased in 2000 to 20% resulting  from
the failure of the Company to make a semi-annual  interest  payment that was due
in January 2000. In addition,  since October 1999, the Company has been accruing
additional  interest expense monthly in an amount equal to 2% of the outstanding
principal  amount  of the 5%  Debentures  as a  result  of  the  removal  of the
Company's  Common Stock from trading on the Nasdaq Stock Market in October 1999.
The  expenses  incurred  in  connection  with  the 5%  Debentures  in 2000  were
partially  offset by a 50% decrease in the principal  balance  outstanding  as a
result of  conversions  to Common Stock during 1999.  Included in 1999  interest
expense  is  $197,000  of the  amortization  of  the  value  of  the  beneficial
conversion  feature  and  related  warrants  of  the  Company's  5%  convertible
debentures.  Excluding  the  change in the  amortization  charged  to  interest,
interest  expense  increased  in 1999 as  compared  to  1998 as a  result  of an
increase in notes payable to stockholders, redemption premium resulting from the
Company  exceeding  the Share Limit on the 5%  Debentures,  and the 2% delisting
penalty on the 5%  Debentures,  partially  offset by a decrease  in the  balance
outstanding under the Company's 5% Debentures as a result of partial conversions
to Common Stock.

Income Tax Benefit.

         Income tax  benefit  in 2000 of  $1,065,000  and in 1999 of  $1,553,000
consisted of proceeds  received for the sale of a portion of the Company's state
tax net operating loss  carryforwards  under a New Jersey  Economic  Development
Authority  ("NJEDA") program,  which allows certain New Jersey taxpayers to sell
their state tax benefits to third parties. The purpose of the New Jersey program
is to provide financial  assistance to high-tech and biotechnology  companies in
order to facilitate future growth and job creation.

Extraordinary Item.

         Extraordinary item, loss on early  extinguishment of debt, was $144,000
for 1998.  The loss was due to  redemption  at a premium of a portion of our 10%
convertible debentures in September 1998.

Cumulative Effect of Accounting Change.

         In December 1999, the Securities and Exchange  Commission  staff issued
Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 101, "Revenue Recognition in Financial Statements"
("SAB 101"). Prior to the implementation of SAB 101, non-refundable license fees
received  upon  execution  of  license  agreements  were  recognized  as revenue
immediately.  SAB 101  summarizes  certain  of the  staff's  views  in  applying
generally  accepted  accounting  principles to revenue  recognition in financial
statements and specifically  addresses revenue  recognition in the biotechnology
industry  for  non-refundable  technology  access fees and other  non-refundable
fees.  The  Company was  required  to adopt SAB 101,  as amended,  in the fourth
quarter of 2000 with an effective date of January 1, 2000,  and the  recognition
of a cumulative effect adjustment  calculated as of January 1, 2000. The Company
adopted SAB 101 in 2000,  changing its revenue  recognition  policy for up-front
licensing  fees  that  require  services  to be  performed  in the  future  from
immediate  revenue  recognition  to deferral of revenue  with the  up-front  fee
recognized  over the life of the  agreement.  In 1997,  the  Company  recognized
$3,000,000  in revenue  from an up-front  licensing  fee from  Pfizer.  With the
adoption of SAB 101, the Company is now recognizing this revenue over a 45 month
period,  equivalent  to the term of its oral  Calcitonin  agreement  with Pfizer
which was terminated in March 2001. The Company therefore  recognized a non-cash
cumulative  effect adjustment of $1,000,000 as of January 1, 2000 representing a
revenue  deferral  over the  remaining 15 months of the  agreement.  The Company
recognized $800,000 in revenue in 2000 and will recognize $200,000 of revenue in
2001 as a result of this deferral.


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Net Loss.

         During 2000, revenue decreased approximately $6,300,000 principally due
to the timing of the achievement of various  milestones in the Pfizer agreement.
In addition, operating expenses were higher as the Company increased its product
commercialization  efforts including its nasal Calcitonin clinical trials. Also,
the Company recognized a cumulative charge from an accounting change offset by a
realized income tax benefit.  Therefore,  net loss increased $10,892,000 for the
year ended December 31, 2000 from the prior year. During 1999, revenue increased
$4,540,000 from 1998 due to the achievement of various  milestones in the Pfizer
agreement. In addition, the Company received $1,553,000 in 1999 from the partial
sale of its state tax benefits.  These were  partially  offset by an increase in
operating and interest  expenses.  As a result, the Company's net loss decreased
$5,304,000 or 77% for the year ended December 31, 1999, from the prior year.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

        Unigene maintains its peptide production  facility on leased premises in
Boonton,  New Jersey.  We began  production  under  current  Good  Manufacturing
Practice guidelines at this facility in 1996. The current lease expires in 2004.
Unigene has two consecutive ten-year renewal options under the lease, as well as
an option to purchase the facility.  During 2000, Unigene invested approximately
$519,000  in fixed  assets and  leasehold  improvements.  The  majority of these
expenditures  were  to  increase  Unigene's  analytical  testing   capabilities.
Currently,  we have no material commitments outstanding for capital expenditures
relating to either the Boonton facility or our office and laboratory facility in
Fairfield, New Jersey.

        At December 31, 2000,  Unigene had cash and cash equivalents of $17,000,
a decrease of $666,000 from December 31, 1999.

        We do not have  sufficient  financial  resources to continue to fund our
operations at the current level.  Unigene has incurred annual  operating  losses
since its inception  and, as a result,  at December 31, 2000, had an accumulated
deficit  of  approximately  $75,378,000  and a  working  capital  deficiency  of
approximately  $13,267,000.  The independent auditors' report covering Unigene's
2000 financial  statements includes an explanatory  paragraph stating that these
factors  raise  substantial  doubt  about our  ability  to  continue  as a going
concern. However, the financial statements have been prepared on a going concern
basis and as such do not  include  any  adjustments  that might  result from the
outcome of this  uncertainty.  In October 1999, the Nasdaq Stock Market delisted
the Unigene common stock.  The delisting of the common stock may have an adverse
effect on our ability to raise capital.

        We had an  operating  cash  flow  deficit  of  $4,864,000  in  1998,  an
operating  cash  flow  deficit  of  $1,400,000  in 1999 and for the  year  ended
December 31,  2000,  an operating  cash flow  deficit of  $3,382,000.  Unigene's
future  ability to generate  cash from  operations  will depend  primarily  upon
signing research or licensing  agreements,  achieving defined benchmarks in such
agreements  that  entitle  Unigene  to  receive  milestone  payments,  receiving
regulatory approval for its licensed products, and the sale of these products.

        In July 1997,  Unigene  entered into an agreement under which it granted
to  Warner-Lambert  Company  a  worldwide  license  to use our  oral  Calcitonin
technology.  In June 2000, Pfizer Inc acquired Warner-Lambert.  Through December
31, 2000, Unigene had received $3 million for an equity  investment,  $3 million
for a licensing  fee and  recognized  an aggregate of $16.5 million in milestone
revenue under the agreement. Pfizer conducted a Phase I/II human study which was
completed in December 2000.  Pfizer  analyzed the results the study and informed
us in March 2001 that the study did not achieve Pfizer's desired results. Pfizer
terminated the license  agreement citing this  conclusion.  We believe that this
study,  in which an FDA approved  product  also did not work and which  produced
results contrary to many published  studies,  was not capable of determining the
performance of our oral Calcitonin  product.  We believe that if patients in the


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study had also received calcium supplements,  in addition to the Calcitonin, the
results  would have been more  favorable.  Therefore,  we intend to continue the
development of our oral Calcitonin  product as a treatment of osteoporosis,  and
have begun discussions with potential licensees in the U.S. and other countries.
In addition,  due to the termination of the Pfizer agreement,  we no longer have
restrictions on selling bulk  Calcitonin.  Unigene also has the right to license
the use of its technologies for injectable and nasal  formulations of Calcitonin
on a worldwide basis.  Unigene has licensed  distributors in the United Kingdom,
Ireland and in Israel for its injectable  product.  However,  these distribution
agreements have not produced significant revenues. In June 2000, Unigene entered
into a joint venture agreement in China with Shijiazhuang  Pharmaceutical  Group
("SPG") to  manufacture  and  market  our  injectable  and nasal  products.  See
"Business -- Strategy -- China Joint  Venture." We are  actively  seeking  other
licensing  and/or  supply  agreements  with  pharmaceutical  companies  for  our
injectable and nasal Calcitonin products and for other  pharmaceutical  products
that can be  manufactured  and/or  delivered  using our  patented  technologies.
However,  we may not be successful  in our efforts to enter into any  additional
revenue-generating agreements.


        Under the terms of the joint  venture with SPG,  Unigene is obligated to
contribute up to $405,000 in cash during 2001 and up to an  additional  $495,000
in cash within two years  thereafter.  However,  these amounts may be reduced or
offset by our share of joint venture profits.  However, as of December 31, 2000,
we had not made any contributions to the joint venture. In addition,  Unigene is
obligated to pay to the Qingdao General  Pharmaceutical  Company an aggregate of
$350,000 in 14 monthly installment payments of $25,000 in order to terminate its
former joint venture in China, of which $75,000 had been paid as of December 31,
2000. We recognized the entire $350,000 obligation as an expense in 2000.

        In June 1998,  Unigene  completed a private  placement of  $4,000,000 in
principal  amount  of 5%  convertible  debentures  from  which we  realized  net
proceeds of  approximately  $3,750,000.  The 5% debentures were convertible into
shares of Unigene  common stock.  The interest on the  debentures,  at Unigene's
option,  was payable in shares of Unigene  common stock.  Upon  conversion,  the
holder of a 5% debenture  was entitled to receive  warrants to purchase a number
of shares of Unigene  common stock equal to 4% of the number of shares issued as
a result of the  conversion.  However,  the number of shares of  Unigene  common
stock that we are obligated to issue, in the aggregate,  upon  conversion,  when
combined  with the shares issued in payment of interest and upon the exercise of
the warrants, is limited to 3,852,500 shares. After this share limit is reached,
Unigene is obligated to redeem all 5%  debentures  tendered for  conversion at a
redemption price equal to 120% of the principal  amount,  plus accrued interest.
In December 1999,  Unigene was unable to convert $200,000 in principal of the 5%
debentures  tendered for conversion  because the conversion  would have exceeded
the share limit.  As a result,  we accrued,  as of December 31, 1999,  an amount
equal to $400,000 representing the 20% premium on the outstanding  $2,000,000 in
principal  amount of 5% debentures that had not been  converted.  As of December
31, 2000,  all of the  $2,000,000  in  principal  amount of 5%  debentures  were
tendered for conversion  and therefore are classified as a current  liability in
the amount of $2,400,000.

        Through  December  31, 2000,  we issued a total of  3,703,362  shares of
Unigene common stock upon conversion of $2,000,000 in principal amount of the 5%
debentures and in payment of interest on the 5%  debentures.  Also, we issued an
additional  103,032 shares of Unigene common stock upon the cashless exercise of
all of the 141,123 warrants issued upon conversion of the 5% debentures.

        On January  5, 2000,  Unigene  failed to make the  required  semi-annual
interest  payment on the  outstanding 5% debentures.  As a result,  the interest
rate on the  outstanding  5%  debentures  has  increased  to 20% per  year.  The
semi-annual  interest  payments due July 5, 2000 and January 5, 2001,  also have
not been made. As of December 31, 2000,  the accrued and unpaid  interest on the
5% debentures totaled approximately  $467,000. In addition, due to the delisting


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of the Unigene  common stock from the Nasdaq  National  Market in October  1999,
Unigene became obligated under a separate  agreement to pay the holder of the 5%
debentures  an amount  equal to 2% of the  outstanding  principal  amount of the
debentures  per month.  Unigene has not made any of these  payments to date, but
has accrued the amounts as additional interest expense. As of December 31, 2000,
the accrued and unpaid amount of this penalty totaled approximately $617,000.

        The holder of the 5% debentures has commenced an arbitration  proceeding
in which the holder claims that it is entitled, as of June 30, 2000, to payments
in respect of the 5% debentures in the amount of approximately  $3,400,000.  See
"Legal Proceedings."

        To satisfy Unigene's  short-term liquidity needs, Jay Levy, the Chairman
of the Board and an  officer  of  Unigene,  and  Warren  Levy and  Ronald  Levy,
directors  and officers of Unigene,  and another Levy family member from time to
time have made  loans to  Unigene.  During  February  2000,  Jay Levy  loaned us
$300,000.  This  loan was  repaid in April  2000.  During  the third and  fourth
quarters of 2000, Jay Levy and another family member loaned Unigene an aggregate
of $1,655,000 in demand loans and Warren Levy and Ronald Levy loaned  Unigene an
aggregate of $78,323 in demand  loans.  As of December 31, 2000,  total  accrued
interest  on  these  loans  was  $922,000  and the  outstanding  loans  by these
individuals to Unigene,  classified as short-term debt,  totaled  $4,743,323 and
consisted of:

o       loans from the Levys in the aggregate  principal  amount of  $2,873,323,
        which are  evidenced by demand notes  bearing a floating  interest  rate
        equal to the  Merrill  Lynch  Margin  Loan  Rate plus  .25%  (9.875%  at
        December 31, 2000) that are classified as short-term  debt.  These loans
        are secured by a security  interest in Unigene's  equipment  and/or real
        property.

o       loans  from Jay Levy in the  aggregate  principal  amount of  $1,870,000
        evidenced by term notes maturing  January 2002, and bearing  interest at
        the fixed  rate of 6% per year.  These  loans are  secured by a security
        interest in all of Unigene's  equipment and a mortgage on Unigene's real
        property.  The terms of the notes  require  Unigene to make  installment
        payments of principal and interest  beginning in October 1999 and ending
        in  January  2002 in an  aggregate  amount  of  $72,426  per  month.  No
        installment payments have been made to date.

        Interest and principal payments required under these loans have not been
made by  Unigene,  but the Levys have waived all  default  provisions  including
additional interest penalties due under these loans through December 31, 2000.

        From January 1, 2001 through March 30, 2001,  Jay Levy,  Warren Levy and
Ronald Levy loaned to us an  additional  $1,610,000  at the Merrill Lynch Margin
Loan Rate plus .25%,  of which  $500,000  is secured by a security  interest  in
certain of our patents. No interest on these loans has been paid.

        Unigene's  cash   requirements  to  operate  its  research  and  peptide
manufacturing  facilities and develop its products are  approximately  $10 to 11
million  per  year.  In  addition  to its  obligations  with  respect  to the 5%
Debentures, Unigene has principal and interest obligations over the next several
years under its outstanding notes payable to stockholders as well as obligations
relating to its current and former joint ventures in China.

        We  are  actively  seeking   licensing  and/or  supply  agreements  with
pharmaceutical  companies for oral,  nasal and injectable forms of Calcitonin as
well as for other oral peptides.  However, we may not be successful in licensing
any of our products.

        Under the  agreement  with  Fusion,  after a  registration  statement is
declared  effective  by the SEC for the resale of the  shares of Unigene  common
stock to be sold to Fusion,  Fusion will be required  to  purchase,  at the then


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current market price, shares of Unigene common stock at the rate of $875,000 per
month over a period of 24 months, provided that Unigene continues to satisfy the
requirements that are a condition to Fusion's obligation. The Board of Directors
has  authorized  the sale to Fusion of up to 6,000,000  shares of Unigene common
stock.  Assuming  that all sales were to occur at the closing  price on April 2,
2001, of $.55, we would be able to raise  approximately  $3,300,000  through the
sale of the 6,000,000  shares to Fusion.  We  anticipate  that, in order to sell
significantly  in excess of 6,000,000  shares to Fusion,  it may be necessary to
obtain stockholder  approval of an amendment to our Certificate of Incorporation
to increase the number of shares of Unigene  common stock that we are authorized
to issue. Assuming we have an adequate number of shares of common stock to sell,
we stay in compliance  with the  agreement,  and depending on the price at which
shares are sold, Fusion could provide Unigene with sufficient funding to sustain
its operations for up to two years, beginning in the second quarter of 2001. See
"Business - Fusion  Financing."  However,  we cannot  predict when or if the SEC
will declare the registration  statement  effective,  if the  stockholders  will
approve the amendment to our certificate of  incorporation or if we will be able
to meet the continuing requirements of the Fusion agreement.

         If we do not receive any financing from Fusion,  we will need to secure
another source of financing in order to satisfy our working capital needs, which
may be unavailable or the cost of which may be prohibitively  expensive.  Should
such financing be unavailable or prohibitively  expensive,  it will be necessary
for Unigene to curtail significantly its operations or consider alternative uses
of  its  technology  and  manufacturing   capability  including  the  supply  of
calcitonin to other companies.  Assuming we are able to raise additional capital
through  our  agreement  with  Fusion,  we  still  anticipate  that we may  need
additional  capital to  implement  fully our  business  plans.  We believe  that
satisfying  our  capital  requirements  over  the long  term  will  require  the
successful  commercialization  of our  Calcitonin  product  or  another  peptide
product in the United States and abroad. However, it is uncertain whether or not
any of our  products  will be approved or will be  commercially  successful.  In
addition, the commercialization of our oral Calcitonin product may require us to
incur  additional  capital  expenditures to expand or upgrade our  manufacturing
operations.  However,  we cannot determine either the cost or the timing of such
capital expenditures at this time.


        As of December 31, 2000,  the Company had available  for federal  income
tax  reporting  purposes net operating  loss  carryforwards  in the  approximate
amount of $68,000,000,  expiring from 2001 through 2020,  which are available to
reduce future earnings which would otherwise be subject to federal income taxes.
In addition, the Company has research and development credits in the approximate
amount of $2,500,000, which are available to reduce the amount of future federal
income taxes.  These credits  expire from 2001 through 2020. The Company has New
Jersey operating loss  carryforwards  in the approximate  amount of $23,300,000,
expiring from 2003 through 2007,  which are available to reduce future earnings,
which would  otherwise  be subject to state income tax. As of December 31, 2000,
approximately  $11,400,000  of these New  Jersey  loss  carryforwards  have been
approved for future sale under a program of the New Jersey Economic  Development
Authority (the "NJEDA").  In order to realize these  benefits,  the Company must
apply to the NJEDA each year and must meet various  requirements  for continuing
eligibility. In addition, the program must continue to be funded by the State of
New Jersey,  and there are limitations  based on the level of  participation  by
other  companies.  As a result,  future tax benefits  will be  recognized in the
financial  statements as specific sales are approved.  In the fourth quarters of
2000 and 1999, the Company realized $1,065,000 and $1,553,000,  respectively, of
tax benefits  arising from the sale of a portion of the Company's New Jersey net
operating  loss  carryforwards  that  had  previously  been  subject  to a  full
valuation allowance.

        Unigene follows Statement of Financial  Accounting  Standards (SFAS) No.
109,  "Accounting  for  Income  Taxes."  Given  our past  history  of  incurring
operating losses,  any deferred tax assets that are recognizable  under SFAS No.
109 were fully reserved.  As of December 31, 2000 and 1999,  under SFAS No. 109,
we had  deferred  tax  assets  of  approximately  $29,000,000  and  $26,000,000,
respectively,  subject to valuation  allowances of $29,000,000 and  $26,000,000,

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respectively.  The  deferred  tax  assets  are  primarily  a  result  of our net
operating losses and tax credits.

Other

        The Unigene  common  stock has been  delisted  from the Nasdaq  National
Market System effective  October 5, 1999, and is now trading on the OTC Bulletin
Board.  In order to be  relisted  on the  Nasdaq  National  Market or the Nasdaq
SmallCap Market, we must meet the initial listing requirements.

        In June 1998, the Financial  Accounting  Standards Board issued SFAS No.
133,  "Accounting  for  Derivative  Instruments  and Hedging  Activities."  This
statement   establishes   accounting  and  reporting  standards  for  derivative
instruments,   including  certain  derivative   instruments  embedded  in  other
contracts,  and for  hedging  activities.  SFAS No.  133,  as  amended,  will be
effective for our fiscal year  beginning  January 1, 2001. We do not expect that
the  adoption  of SFAS No.  133 will have a  material  effect  on our  financial
position or results of operations.

Item 7A Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk


        In the normal course of business,  Unigene is exposed to fluctuations in
interest  rates  due to the use of debt as a  component  of the  funding  of its
operations. We do not employ specific strategies,  such as the use of derivative
instruments or hedging, to manage our interest rate exposure. Unigene's interest
rate exposure on the 5%  convertible  debentures  has been affected by Unigene's
delisting from the Nasdaq  National  Market and failure to make the  semi-annual
interest  payment in January 2000.  Our exposure to interest  rate  fluctuations
over the near-term will continue to be affected by these events.

        The information below summarizes  Unigene's market risks associated with
debt  obligations as of December 31, 2000.  The table below  presents  principal
cash flows and related  interest rates by year of maturity based on the terms of
the debt.

        Under the terms of the 5% convertible  debentures,  no additional shares
may be issued  to  convert  the  remaining  principal  balance.  Therefore,  the
information  presented  as to the  debentures  is  without  consideration  as to
conversion  features.  Variable interest rates disclosed  represent the rates at
December 31, 2000.  Given our financial  condition  described in "Liquidity  and
Capital  Resources" it is not practicable to estimate the fair value of our debt
instruments at December 31, 2000.



                                                                       Year of Maturity
                                                          --------------------------------------------
                                       Carrying
                                        Amount               2001       2002    2003     2004    2005
                                       --------           ----------   ------  ------   ------  ------

                                                                                 
Notes payable - stockholders          $2,873,323          2,873,323      --      --        --      --

Variable interest rate                                        9.875%     --      --        --      --
- --

Notes payable - stockholders          $1,870,000          1,870,000      --      --        --      --
- --

Fixed interest rate                                               6%     --      --        --      --
- --

5% convertible debentures             $2,400,000          2,400,000      --      --        --      --

Fixed interest rate (1)                                          20%


(1) As a result of Unigene's  failure to make the semi-annual  interest  payment
that was due January 5, 2000, the interest rate on the 5% convertible debentures
has increased from 7% at December 31, 1999, to 20% beginning January 5, 2000. In
addition,  due to the  delisting  of Unigene  common  stock from Nasdaq in 1999,
Unigene became  obligated to pay the holder of the 5% debentures an amount equal
to 2% of the outstanding principal amount of the debentures per month.


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Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.

INDEX TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS



                                                                                               
Fiscal Years Ended December 31, 2000, 1999 and 1998
   Independent Auditors' Report...................................................................25
   Balance Sheets--December 31, 2000 and December 31, 1999........................................26
   Statements of Operations--Years Ended December 31, 2000, 1999 and 1998........................ 27
   Statements of Stockholders' Equity (Deficit)--Years Ended December 31, 2000, 1999 and 1998.....28
   Statements of Cash Flows--Years Ended December 31, 2000, 1999 and 1998.........................30
   Notes to Financial Statements--Years Ended December 31, 2000, 1999 and 1998....................31



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Independent Auditors' Report


The Stockholders and Board of Directors
Unigene Laboratories, Inc.:

We have audited the financial statements of Unigene Laboratories, Inc. as listed
in the accompanying index. These financial  statements are the responsibility of
the Company's  management.  Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these
financial statements based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted
in the  United  States of  America.  Those  standards  require  that we plan and
perform the audit to obtain  reasonable  assurance  about  whether the financial
statements are free of material misstatement.  An audit includes examining, on a
test basis,  evidence  supporting  the amounts and  disclosures in the financial
statements.  An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and
significant  estimates  made by  management,  as well as evaluating  the overall
financial  statement  presentation.   We  believe  that  our  audits  provide  a
reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion,  the financial  statements  referred to above present fairly, in
all material respects,  the financial position of Unigene Laboratories,  Inc. as
of December 31, 2000 and 1999,  and the results of its  operations  and its cash
flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2000, in
conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of
America.

The  accompanying  financial  statements  have been  prepared  assuming that the
Company  will  continue  as a  going  concern.  As  discussed  in Note 17 to the
financial statements,  the Company has suffered recurring losses from operations
and has a working capital  deficiency  which raise  substantial  doubt about its
ability to continue as a going  concern.  Management's  plans in regard to these
matters are also  described in Note 17. The financial  statements do not include
any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.

As  discussed in Note 2 to the  financial  statements,  the Company  changed its
method of accounting for revenue recognition for up-front non-refundable license
fees in 2000.




                                        /S/ KPMG LLP


Short Hills, New Jersey
March 30, 2001






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                           UNIGENE LABORATORIES, INC.
                                 BALANCE SHEETS
                           DECEMBER 31, 2000 and 1999




ASSETS
                                                                                          2000               1999
                                                                                          ----               ----
                                                                                                   
Current assets:
      Cash and cash equivalents                                                       $     17,108       $    682,629
      Contract receivables                                                                 165,671          3,526,229
      Prepaid expenses                                                                     129,493            210,195
      Inventory (Note 8)                                                                   415,420            867,566
                                                                                      ------------       ------------
                             Total current assets                                          727,692          5,286,619

Property, plant and equipment - net (Note 4)                                             5,684,127          6,740,354

Patents and other intangibles, net                                                       1,288,686          1,264,268
Investment in joint venture (Note 5)                                                       900,000                 --
Other assets                                                                               446,894            486,612
                                                                                      ------------       ------------
                                                                                      $  9,047,399       $ 13,777,853
                                                                                      ============       ============
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (DEFICIT)

Current liabilities:
      Accounts payable                                                                $  2,834,556       $  1,258,334
      Accrued expenses (Note 9)                                                          3,761,277          2,217,413
      Notes payable - stockholders (Note 3)                                              2,873,323          1,140,000
      Current portion - long-term notes payable -
        stockholders                                                                     1,870,000            960,606
      5% convertible debentures (Note 6)                                                 2,400,000          2,400,000
      Current portion - capital lease obligations (Note 10)                                 55,398             69,708
      Deferred revenue                                                                     200,000                 --
                                                                                      ------------       ------------
                             Total current liabilities                                  13,994,554          8,046,061

Notes payable - stockholders, excluding
  current portion (Note 3)                                                                      --            909,394
Joint venture obligation, excluding current portion                                        495,000                 --
Capital lease obligations, excluding
  current portion (Note 10)                                                                 50,572             93,415

Commitments  and  contingencies  (Notes  5,6,7,11 and 18)
Stockholders' equity
(deficit) (Notes 7,12 and 13):
      Common Stock - par value $.01 per  share, authorized 60,000,000 shares,
           issued 44,441,855 shares in 2000 and
           43,088,184 shares in 1999                                                       444,419            430,882
      Additional paid-in capital                                                        70,053,710         67,207,604
      Deferred stock option compensation                                                  (284,948)                --
      Deferred stock offering costs                                                       (327,000)                --
      Accumulated deficit                                                              (75,377,877)       (62,908,472)
      Less: Treasury stock, at cost,
                  7,290 shares                                                              (1,031)            (1,031)
                                                                                      ------------       ------------
                             Total stockholders' equity (deficit)                       (5,492,727)         4,728,983
                                                                                      ------------       ------------
                                                                                      $  9,047,399       $ 13,777,853
                                                                                      ============       ============



See accompanying notes to financial statements.



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                           UNIGENE LABORATORIES, INC.
                            STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
                  Years Ended December 31, 2000, 1999 and 1998


                                                                                    2000                1999               1998
                                                                                    ----                ----               ----
                                                                                                             
Licensing and other revenue                                                     $  3,286,961       $  9,589,413       $  5,049,844
                                                                                ------------       ------------       ------------
Operating expenses:
      Research and development                                                    11,484,379          9,374,528          9,041,618
      General and administrative                                                   3,187,465          2,211,778          2,067,958
                                                                                ------------       ------------       ------------
                                                                                  14,671,844         11,586,306         11,109,576
                                                                                ------------       ------------       ------------
Operating loss                                                                   (11,384,883)        (1,996,893)        (6,059,732)

Other income (expense):
      Interest income                                                                 49,130             37,545            107,502
      Interest expense                                                            (1,198,508)        (1,171,260)          (784,972)
                                                                                ------------       ------------       ------------
Loss before income taxes,
      extraordinary item and cumulative
      effect of accounting change                                                (12,534,261)        (3,130,608)        (6,737,202)

Income tax benefit (Note 14)                                                       1,064,856          1,553,268                 --
                                                                                ------------       ------------       ------------
Loss before extraordinary item and cumulative
      effect of accounting change                                                (11,469,405)        (1,577,340)        (6,737,202)

Extraordinary item-loss
      on early extinguishment of debt (Note 6)                                            --                 --           (143,810)

Cumulative effect of revenue recognition
      accounting change (Note 2)                                                  (1,000,000)                --                 --
                                                                                ------------       ------------       ------------
Net loss                                                                        $(12,469,405)      $ (1,577,340)      $ (6,881,012)
                                                                                ============       ============       ============
Loss per share - basic and diluted:
       Loss before extraordinary item
         and cumulative effect of accounting change                             $       (.26)      $       (.04)      $       (.17)
       Extraordinary item                                                                 --                 --               (.01)
       Cumulative effect of accounting change                                           (.02)                --                 --
                                                                                ------------       ------------       ------------
      Net loss per share                                                        $       (.28)      $       (.04)      $       (.18)
                                                                                ============       ============       ============

Weighted average number of shares
 outstanding - basic and diluted                                                  44,008,154         40,718,519         38,701,253
                                                                                ============       ============       ============


Pro forma  amounts  assuming  the new revenue  recognition  principle is applied
retroactively, exclusive of cumulative effect adjustment :




                                                                                                             
  Loss before extraordinary item                                                $(11,469,405)      $   (777,340)      $ (5,937,202)
                                                                                ============       ============       ============
  Net loss                                                                      $(11,469,405)      $   (777,340)      $ (6,081,012)
                                                                                ============       ============       ============
Earnings per share -- basic and diluted:
  Loss before extraordinary item                                                $       (.26)      $       (.02)      $       (.15)
                                                                                ============       ============       ============
  Net loss                                                                      $       (.26)      $       (.02)      $       (.16)
                                                                                ============       ============       ============


See accompanying notes to financial statements.


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                           UNIGENE LABORATORIES, INC.
                  STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (DEFICIT)
                  Years Ended December 31, 2000, 1999 and 1998





                                               Common Stock
                                          ------------------------
                                                                                         Deferred       Deferred
                                                                       Additional         Stock          Stock
                                      Number of          Par            Paid-in           Option        Offering     Accumulated
                                        Shares          Value           Capital        Compensation       Costs        Deficit
                                      ----------      ---------      -------------     -------------    --------     ------------
                                                                                                   
Balance,
 January 1, 1998                      38,517,722      $ 385,177      $ 63,499,439      $      --      $      --      $(54,450,120)

Conversion of 9.5%
 Debentures                              448,834          4,489           495,705             --             --                --

Conversion of
 notes payable -
 stockholders                            163,635          1,636           220,091             --             --                --

Conversion of
 10% Debentures and
 accrued interest                        214,131          2,141           202,234             --             --                --

Value of 5% Debentures allocated
 to beneficial conversion feature
 and related warrants                         --             --           686,796             --             --                --

Exercise of
 stock options                            40,500            405            47,564             --             --                --

Issuance of warrants
 as compensation                              --             --             6,574             --             --                --

Net loss                                      --             --                --             --             --        (6,881,012)
                                    ------------      ---------      ------------      ---------      ---------      ------------
Balance,
 December 31,
 1998                                 39,384,822        393,848        65,158,403             --             --       (61,331,132)

Conversion of 5%
  Debentures into
  Common Stock
  and Warrants                         3,528,125         35,281         1,859,994             --             --                --

Issuance of Common
  Stock as payment of
  interest on 5%
  Debentures                             175,237          1,753           189,207             --             --                --

Net loss                                      --             --                --             --             --        (1,577,340)
                                    ------------      ---------      ------------      ---------      ---------      ------------






                                              Treasury
                                               Stock              Total
                                              --------            -----
                                                        
Balance,
 January 1, 1998                           $     (1,031)      $  9,433,465

Conversion of 9.5%
 Debentures                                          --            500,194

Conversion of
 notes payable -
 stockholders                                        --            221,727

Conversion of
 10% Debentures and
 accrued interest                                    --            204,375

Value of 5% Debentures allocated
 to beneficial conversion feature
 and related warrants                                --            686,796

Exercise of
 stock options                                       --             47,969

Issuance of warrants
 as compensation                                     --              6,574

Net loss                                             --         (6,881,012)
                                           ------------          ---------
Balance,
 December 31,
 1998                                            (1,031)         4,220,088

Conversion of 5%
  Debentures into
  Common Stock
  and Warrants                                       --          1,895,275

Issuance of Common
  Stock as payment of
  interest on 5%
  Debentures                                         --            190,960

Net loss                                             --         (1,577,340)
                                           ------------       ------------


                                                                     (Continued)



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                           UNIGENE LABORATORIES, INC.
            STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (DEFICIT) (Continued)
                  Years Ended December 31, 2000, 1999 and 1998



                                     Common Stock
                              -------------------------                              Deferred          Deferred
                                                                Additional            Stock             Stock
                                Number of          Par            Paid-in             Option           Offering       Accumulated
                                 Shares           Value           Capital          Compensation          Costs          Deficit
                              -------------      -------     ---------------       ------------      ------------    ------------
Balance,
 December 31,
                                                                                                   
 1999                           43,088,184      $ 430,882      $ 67,207,604                --                --      $(62,908,472)

Exercise of
 warrants                        1,118,071         11,181         1,317,087                --                --                 --

Exercise of
 stock options                     235,600          2,356           298,177                --                --                 --

Deferred stock
 option compensation                    --             --           683,733          (284,948)               --                 --

Deferred stock offering
 costs                                  --             --           327,000                --          (327,000)                --

Issuance of warrants
 as compensation                        --             --           220,109                --                --                 --

Net loss                                --             --                --                --                --        (12,469,405)
                                 ---------      ---------      ------------       -----------      ------------       -------------
Balance,
 December 31,
 2000                           44,441,855      $ 444,419      $ 70,053,710       $  (284,948)     $   (327,000)     $(75,377,877)
                               ===========     ==========      ============       ===========      ============       ===========








                                Treasury
                                  Stock            Total
                                ----------       ---------
Balance,
 December 31,
                                           
 1999                             $(1,031)       $4,728,983

Exercise of
 warrants                              --         1,328,268

Exercise of
 stock options                         --           300,533

Deferred stock
 option compensation                   --           398,785

Deferred stock offering
 costs                                 --                --

Issuance of warrants
 as compensation                       --           220,109

Net loss                               --       (12,469,405)
                             -   --------       -----------
Balance,
 December 31,
 2000                             $(1,031)      $(5,492,727)
                                  ========      ============




See accompanying notes to financial statements.

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                             UNIGENE LABORATORIES, INC.
                              STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
                                                                                  Years Ended December 31,
                                                                 ------------------------------------------------------
                                                                     2000                  1999               1998
                                                                     ----                  ----               ----
                                                                                                  
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
Net loss ................................................        $(12,469,405)        $ (1,577,340)        $ (6,881,012)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net
   cash used by operating activities:
 Non-cash cumulative effect adjustment ..................           1,000,000                   --                   --
 Amortization of deferred revenue .......................            (800,000)                  --                   --
 Non-cash compensation ..................................             618,894                   --                6,574
 Depreciation and amortization ..........................           1,617,957            1,558,663            1,552,734
 Amortization of beneficial conversion feature on 5%
    Debentures ..........................................                  --              197,193              489,603
 20% premium on 5% Debentures ...........................                  --              400,000                   --
 Payment of interest through the issuance of Common Stock                  --              190,960               44,060
 Decrease in other assets ............................                 42,312               64,528               48,500
 (Increase) decrease in contract receivables ............           3,360,558           (3,210,171)            (316,058)
 (Increase) decrease in prepaid expenses and inventory ..             532,848             (188,092)             (55,424)
 Increase in accounts payable and accrued expenses ......           2,715,086            1,163,795              247,237
                                                                 ------------         ------------         ------------
 Net cash used for operating activities .................          (3,381,750)          (1,400,464)          (4,863,786)
                                                                 ------------         ------------         ------------
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
Construction of leasehold and building improvements .....            (235,764)              (4,010)              (8,384)
Purchase of furniture and equipment .....................            (283,589)            (134,127)             (76,486)
Increase in patents and other assets ....................             (69,389)             (88,695)            (264,959)
                                                                 ------------         ------------         ------------
Net cash used in investing activities ...................            (588,742)            (226,832)            (349,829)
                                                                 ------------         ------------         ------------
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
Proceeds from issuance of long-term debt ................                  --            1,870,000            4,000,000
Proceeds from issuance of short-term debt, net ..........           1,733,323              100,000                   --
Repayment of long-term debt and capital lease
  obligations ...........................................             (57,153)             (62,739)            (304,138)
Exercise of stock options and warrants ..................           1,628,801                   --               47,969
Debt issuance and other costs ...........................                  --                   --             (253,879)
                                                                 ------------         ------------         ------------
Net cash provided by financing activities ...............           3,304,971            1,907,261            3,489,952
                                                                 ------------         ------------         ------------
Net increase (decrease) in cash and
  cash equivalents ......................................            (665,521)             279,965           (1,723,663)
Cash and cash equivalents at
  beginning of period ...................................             682,629              402,664            2,126,327
                                                                 ------------         ------------         ------------
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period ..............        $     17,108         $    682,629         $    402,664
                                                                 ============         ============         ============
SUPPLEMENTAL CASH FLOW INFORMATION:
Non-cash investing and financing activities:
Investment in joint venture and related obligations .....        $    900,000                   --                   --
Acquisition of equipment through capital leases .........                  --         $     36,617         $    221,900
Conversion of convertible debentures and accrued
  interest  into Common Stock ...........................                  --         $  2,190,960         $    707,069
Conversion of notes payable - stockholders
  into Common Stock .....................................                  --                   --         $    225,000
Value of beneficial conversion feature and related
  warrants on issuance of  5% Debentures ................                  --                   --         $    686,796
                                                                 ============         ============         ============
Cash paid for interest ..................................        $     39,800         $     24,700         $    119,000
                                                                 ============         ============         ============


See accompanying notes to financial statements


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                           UNIGENE LABORATORIES, INC.
                          NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
                  YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2000, 1999 AND 1998



1. Description of Business

Unigene  Laboratories,  Inc. (the "Company"),  a biopharmaceutical  company, was
incorporated  in the State of Delaware in 1980.  The Company's  single  business
segment  focuses on  research,  production  and delivery of peptides for medical
use. The Company has  concentrated  most of its efforts to date on one product -
Calcitonin,  for the  treatment  of  osteoporosis  and  other  indications.  The
Company's  initial products will be injectable,  nasal and oral  formulations of
Calcitonin.  The  Company's  Calcitonin  products  require  clinical  trials and
approvals from regulatory agencies as well as acceptance in the marketplace. The
Company's  injectable  Calcitonin product has been approved for marketing in all
15-member  states of the European Union for the treatment of Paget's disease and
hypercalcemia  associated with  malignancy.  Through December 31, 2000, sales of
injectable  Calcitonin have not been significant.  Although the Company believes
its patents and patent  applications  are valid, the invalidation of its patents
or the failure of certain of its pending patent applications to issue as patents
could have a material  adverse  effect upon its business.  The Company  competes
with specialized  biotechnology  companies,  major  pharmaceutical  and chemical
companies and universities and research institutions.  Many of these competitors
have  substantially  greater resources than does the Company.  During 2000, 1999
and 1998,  almost all of the Company's  revenue was generated from one customer,
Pfizer (see Note 16). The Pfizer agreement was terminated in March 2001.

2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies & Practices

Segment  Information  -The Company is managed and operated as one business.  The
entire business is managed by a single management team that reports to the chief
executive  officer.  The Company does not operate  separate lines of business or
separate  business  entities  with  respect  to any of its  product  candidates.
Accordingly,  the Company does not prepare discrete  financial  information with
respect to separate  product  areas or by location and does not have  separately
reportable  segments as defined by Statement of Financial  Accounting  Standards
(SFAS) No.  131,  "Disclosures  about  Segments  of an  Enterprise  and  Related
Information."

Property,  Plant and  Equipment - Property,  plant and  equipment are carried at
cost.  Equipment  under  capital  leases are stated at the present  value of the
minimum lease payments. Depreciation is computed using the straight-line method.
Amortization  of equipment  under capital leases and leasehold  improvements  is
computed  over the  shorter of the lease term or  estimated  useful  life of the
asset. Additions and improvements are capitalized, while repairs and maintenance
are charged to expense as incurred.

Research and Development - Research and development  expenses  include the costs
associated  with internal  research and  development by the Company and research
and  development  conducted  for the  Company  by  outside  advisors,  sponsored
university-based  research partners,  and clinical study partners.  All research
and  development  costs  discussed  above are  expensed  as  incurred.  Expenses
reimbursed under research and development  contracts,  which are not refundable,
are recorded as a reduction to research and development expense in the statement
of operations.



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Revenue Recognition - Research and development  contract revenues are recognized
based upon the successful  completion of various  benchmarks as set forth in the
individual agreements.  Commencing in 2000, non-refundable license fees received
upon  execution  of  license   agreements   where  the  Company  has  continuing
involvement  are  deferred  and  recognized  as  revenue  over  the  life of the
agreement.  Prior to the implementation of SAB 101,  non-refundable license fees
received  upon  execution  of  license  agreements  were  recognized  as revenue
immediately. Revenue from the sale of product is recognized upon shipment to the
customer.


In December  1999, the  Securities  and Exchange  Commission  staff issued Staff
Accounting Bulletin No. 101, "Revenue Recognition in Financial Statements" ("SAB
101").  SAB 101  summarizes  certain of the staff's views in applying  generally
accepted accounting  principles to revenue  recognition in financial  statements
and specifically addresses revenue recognition in the biotechnology industry for
non-refundable technology access fees and other non-refundable fees. The Company
was required to adopt SAB 101, as amended, in the fourth quarter of 2000 with an
effective  date of January 1, 2000, and the  recognition of a cumulative  effect
adjustment  calculated  as of January 1, 2000.  The  Company  adopted SAB 101 in
2000,  changing its revenue  recognition policy for up-front licensing fees that
require  services  to  be  performed  in  the  future  from  immediate   revenue
recognition  to deferral of revenue with the up-front  fee  recognized  over the
life of the  agreement.  In 1997, the Company  recognized  $3,000,000 in revenue
from an up-front  licensing  fee from Pfizer.  With the adoption of SAB 101, the
Company is now  recognizing  this revenue over a 45 month period,  equivalent to
the term of its oral  Calcitonin  agreement  with Pfizer which was terminated in
March 2001.  The  Company  therefore  recognized  a non-cash  cumulative  effect
adjustment of $1,000,000 as of January 1, 2000  representing a revenue  deferral
over the remaining 15 months of the agreement.  The Company recognized  $800,000
of  revenue in 2000 and  $200,000  in revenue  will be  recognized  in 2001 as a
result of this  deferral.  The pro forma effects of  retroactive  application of
this  new  revenue  recognition  principle  on net loss and  related  per  share
amounts,  for the years ended December 31, 2000,  1999 and 1998 are presented in
the accompanying statements of operations.

Patents and Other Intangibles - Patent costs are deferred pending the outcome of
patent   applications.   Successful   patent  costs  are  amortized   using  the
straight-line  method over the lives of the patents.  Unsuccessful  patent costs
are expensed  when  determined  worthless.  As of December 31, 2000,  six of the
Company's  patents had issued in the U.S.  and  numerous  have issued in various
foreign  countries.   Various  other  applications  are  still  pending.   Other
intangibles are recorded at cost and are amortized over their  estimated  useful
lives. Accumulated amortization on patents and other intangibles is $186,000 and
$143,600 at December 31, 2000 and 1999, respectively.

Stock Option Plan - The Company  accounts for stock options  issued to employees
and directors in accordance with the provisions of Accounting  Principles  Board
(APB) Opinion No. 25,  "Accounting  for Stock Issued to Employees",  and related
interpretations. As such, compensation expense is recorded on fixed stock option
grants only if the current  market price of the  underlying  stock  exceeded the
exercise  price;  compensation  expense  on  variable  stock  option  grants  is
estimated until the measurement date. As permitted by SFAS No. 123,  "Accounting
for Stock-Based Compensation", the Company provides pro forma net income and pro
forma  earnings per share  disclosures  for  employee and director  stock option
grants  as if the  fair-value-based  method  defined  in SFAS  No.  123 had been
applied.  The  Company  accounts  for  stock  options  and  warrants  issued  to
consultants  on a fair value basis in accordance  with SFAS No. 123 and Emerging
Issues Task Force Issue No. 96-18,  "Accounting for Equity  Instruments That Are
Issued to Other Than  Employees for Acquiring,  or in Conjunction  with Selling,
Goods or Services."


Impairment of Long-Lived  Assets and  Long-Lived  Assets to Be Disposed Of - The
Company accounts for the impairment of long-lived  assets in accordance with the
provisions of SFAS No. 121,  "Accounting for the Impairment of Long-Lived Assets
and for  Long-Lived  Assets to Be Disposed  Of." This  Statement  requires  that

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long-lived  assets  and  certain   identifiable   intangibles  be  reviewed  for
impairment  whenever  events  or  changes  in  circumstances  indicate  that the
carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable.  Recoverability of assets to
be held and used is measured by a comparison of the carrying  amount of an asset
to the future undiscounted net cash flows expected to be generated by the asset.
If such assets are considered to be impaired, the impairment to be recognized is
measured  by the amount by which the  carrying  amount of the assets  exceed the
fair value of the assets.  Assets to be disposed of are reported at the lower of
the carrying amount or fair value less costs to sell.

Net Loss per Share - The Company  computes and  presents  both basic and diluted
earnings per share ("EPS") on the face of the statement of operations. Basic EPS
is computed  using the  weighted  average  number of common  shares  outstanding
during the period being reported on. Diluted EPS reflects the potential dilution
that could occur if  securities  or other  contracts  to issue Common Stock were
exercised  or converted  into Common Stock at the  beginning of the period being
reported on and the effect was  dilutive.  The  Company's  net loss and weighted
average shares  outstanding  used for computing  diluted loss per share were the
same as that used for computing basic loss per share for each of the years ended
December 31, 2000, 1999 and 1998 because the Company's  convertible  debentures,
stock  options  and  warrants  were not  included in the  calculation  since the
inclusion of such potential shares (approximately  3,200,000 potential shares of
Common Stock at December 31, 2000) would be antidilutive.

Cash Equivalents - The Company considers all highly liquid securities  purchased
with an original maturity of three months or less to be cash equivalents.

Inventory -  Inventories  are stated at the lower of cost  (using the  first-in,
first-out method) or market.

Fair Value of Financial  Instruments - The fair value of a financial  instrument
represents  the amount at which the  instrument  could be exchanged in a current
transaction between willing parties, other than in a forced sale or liquidation.
Significant differences can arise between the fair value and carrying amounts of
financial instruments that are recognized at historical cost amounts.  Given our
financial  condition described in Note 17, it is not practicable to estimate the
fair value of our financial instruments at December 31, 2000.

Use of Estimates - The  preparation of financial  statements in conformity  with
accounting  principles  generally  accepted  in the  United  States  of  America
requires  management to make estimates and assumptions  that affect the reported
amounts  of assets and  liabilities  and  disclosure  of  contingent  assets and
liabilities at the date of the financial  statements and the reported amounts of
revenues and expenses during the reporting  period.  Actual results could differ
from those estimates.

3. Related Party Transactions

Notes payable - stockholders. Since 1995, Warren P. Levy, Ronald S. Levy and Jay
Levy each an officer and  director of the Company,  and another  member of their
family  (collectively,  the  "Levys"),  have  extended  loans to the Company for
working capital needs.  Each of the loans is evidenced by a promissory note that
sets  the  terms of the  loan.  The  variable  interest  rate on these  notes is
equivalent to the Merrill Lynch Margin Loan Rate plus .25%. The principal amount
is collateralized by security interests in the Company's  Fairfield,  New Jersey
plant and equipment and Boonton, New Jersey equipment.

During 1999,  Jay Levy loaned the Company  $1,500,000  evidenced by demand notes
bearing  interest  at 6% per year.  During the third  quarter of 1999,  Jay Levy
loaned the  Company an  additional  $370,000  evidenced  by term notes  maturing
January 2002 and bearing  interest at 6% per year,  and the $1,500,000 of demand
notes were converted  into 6% term notes maturing  January 2002. The Company has


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granted Jay Levy a security  interest in all of its  equipment and a mortgage on
its real property to secure  payment of the term notes,  which are senior to all
notes  payable to Warren Levy and Ronald  Levy.  The Company is required to make
installment  payments on the term notes commencing in October 1999 and ending in
January  2002 in an  aggregate  amount of  $72,426  per  month.  No  installment
payments  were made during 1999 or 2000.  During  2000,  the Levys loaned to the
Company an additional  $1,733,323 in short-term  notes. As of December 31, 2000,
the  outstanding  loans by the Levys to Unigene,  all  classified  as short-term
debt, consisted of: joint loans in the aggregate principal amount of $2,873,323,
which are  evidenced by demand notes  bearing a floating  interest rate equal to
the Merrill  Lynch Margin Loan Rate  plus.25%  (9.875% at December 31, 2000) and
loans from Jay Levy in the aggregate principal amount of $1,870,000 evidenced by
term notes maturing  January 2002, and bearing  interest at the fixed rate of 6%
per  year.  During  2000,  $4,600 in  interest  was paid on these  loans.  As of
December 31, 2000,  accrued  interest on all Levy loans  totaled  approximately
$922,000.

Interest and principal payments required under these loans have not been made by
Unigene,  but the Levys have waived all default provisions  including additional
interest penalties due under these loans through December 31, 2000.

From January 1, 2001  through  March 30, 2001 the Levys loaned to the Company an
additional $1,610,000 of demand notes at the Merrill Lynch Margin Loan Rate plus
 .25%,  of which  $500,000  is secured by a security  interest  in certain of our
patents.



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4.      Property, Plant and Equipment

Property,  plant and  equipment  consisted of the following at December 31, 2000
and 1999:

                                                                     Estimated
                                                                    Depreciable
                                   2000              1999              Lives
                               -----------        -----------      ------------
Building and
  improvements                 $ 1,397,210        $ 1,377,075       25 years
Leasehold improvements           8,695,851          8,480,222       Lease Term
Manufacturing equipment          4,000,940          3,842,038       10 years
Laboratory equipment             2,815,870          2,704,820       5 years
Other equipment                    466,523            466,523       10 years
Office equipment and
  furniture                        340,843            327,206       5 years
Equipment under capital
  leases                           258,517            258,517       Lease Term
                               -----------        -----------
                                17,975,754         17,456,401
Less accumulated
  depreciation and
  amortization                  12,412,794         10,837,214
                               -----------        -----------
                                 5,562,960          6,619,187
Land                               121,167            121,167
                               -----------        -----------
                               $ 5,684,127        $ 6,740,354
                               ===========        ===========

Depreciation  and  amortization  expense on property,  plant and  equipment  was
$1,576,000, $1,520,000, and $1,520,000 in 2000, 1999 and 1998, respectively.

5. China Joint Venture

In June 2000, we entered into a joint venture with  Shijiazhuang  Pharmaceutical
Group ("SPG"),  a pharmaceutical  company in the People's Republic of China. The
joint venture will  manufacture and distribute  injectable and nasal  Calcitonin
products in China (and possibly  other selected Asian markets) for the treatment
of osteoporosis. We own 45% of the joint venture and will have a 45% interest in
the joint venture profits and losses.  In the first phase of the  collaboration,
SPG will  contribute  its existing  injectable  Calcitonin  license to the joint
venture,  which will allow the joint  venture to sell our product in China.  The
joint  venture  will  need to  file a New  Drug  Application  in  China  for its
injectable and nasal products. In addition, the joint venture may be required to
conduct  brief  local human  trials.  If the  product is  successful,  the joint
venture  may  establish  a  facility  in  China  to fill  injectable  and  nasal
Calcitonin  products using bulk Calcitonin  produced at our Boonton,  New Jersey
plant. Eventually the joint venture may manufacture the bulk Calcitonin in China
at a new facility that would be  constructed  by the joint  venture.  This would
require  local  financing by the joint  venture.  The joint  venture has not yet
begun operations as of December 31, 2000.

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Under  the  terms of the  joint  venture  with  SPG,  Unigene  is  obligated  to
contribute up to $405,000 in cash during 2001 and up to an  additional  $495,000
in cash within two years  thereafter.  However,  these amounts may be reduced or
offset by our share of joint venture  profits.  As of December 31, 2000, we have
not made any investments in the joint venture. In addition, Unigene is obligated
to pay to the Qingdao General Pharmaceutical Company an aggregate of $350,000 in
14 monthly  installment  payments  of $25,000 in order to  terminate  its former
joint venture in China,  of which $75,000 had been paid as of December 31, 2000.
We recognized the entire $350,000 obligation as an expense in 2000.

6. Convertible Debentures

In March 1996, the Company issued $3,300,000 of 9.5% Senior Secured  Convertible
Debentures  in  exchange  for a secured  loan of an equal  amount.  All of these
debentures  had been  converted into  approximately  2,924,000  shares of Common
Stock as of November 15, 1998, the due date of the debentures.

In March 1996, the Company completed a private placement of $9,080,000 aggregate
principal  amount  of 10%  Convertible  Debentures.  The  Company  received  net
proceeds of  approximately  $8.1  million as a result of this  placement.  These
debentures  were to mature  March 4, 1999,  but as of  December  31,  1998,  all
outstanding  10%  Debentures  have been  converted or redeemed in full.  Through
December 31, 1998,  $8,808,515  of principal  amount of these  debentures,  plus
approximately   $355,000  of  accrued   interest,   had  been   converted   into
approximately 4,838,000 shares of Common Stock. Due to restrictions on the total
number of shares which could be issued upon conversion of the 10% Debentures, in
October 1998 the Company  redeemed in cash an additional  $271,485 of principal,
and in connection  therewith paid to the holder $68,899 of accrued  interest and
$143,810 in redemption premiums,  for an aggregate payment of $484,194. The cost
of the redemption  premium of $143,810 was recorded as an extraordinary  loss in
1998.

In June 1998,  Unigene  completed a private placement of $4,000,000 in principal
amount of 5%  convertible  debentures  from which we  realized  net  proceeds of
approximately  $3,750,000.  The 5% debentures  were  convertible  into shares of
Unigene common stock. The interest on the debentures,  at Unigene's option,  was
payable in shares of Unigene common stock.  Upon conversion,  the holder of a 5%
debenture  was  entitled  to receive  warrants to purchase a number of shares of
Unigene  common stock equal to 4% of the number of shares  issued as a result of
the  conversion.  However,  the number of shares of Unigene common stock that we
are obligated to issue, in the aggregate,  upon  conversion,  when combined with
the shares  issued in payment of interest and upon the exercise of the warrants,
is limited to 3,852,500  shares.  After this share limit is reached,  Unigene is
obligated to redeem all 5%  debentures  tendered for  conversion at a redemption
price equal to 120% of the principal amount, plus accrued interest.  In December
1999,  Unigene was unable to convert  $200,000 in principal of the 5% debentures
tendered for  conversion  because the  conversion  would have exceeded the share
limit.  As a result,  we accrued,  as of December 31,  1999,  an amount equal to
$400,000 representing the 20% premium on the outstanding $2,000,000 in principal
amount of 5% debentures  that had not been  converted.  During 1999,  all of the
$2,000,000 in principal amount of 5% debentures were tendered for conversion and
therefore are  classified as a current  liability in the amount of $2,400,000 as
of December 31, 2000.

Through  December  31, 2000,  we issued a total of  3,703,362  shares of Unigene
common  stock  upon  conversion  of  $2,000,000  in  principal  amount of the 5%
debentures and in payment of interest on the 5%  debentures.  Also, we issued an
additional  103,032 shares of Unigene common stock upon the cashless exercise of
all of the 141,123 warrants issued upon conversion of the 5% debentures.

On January 5, 2000,  Unigene  failed to make the required  semi-annual  interest
payment on the outstanding 5% debentures.  As a result, the interest rate on the
outstanding  5%  debentures  has  increased  to 20% per  year.  The  semi-annual
interest  payments due July 5, 2000 and January 5, 2001 also have not been made.

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As of December 31, 2000,  the accrued and unpaid  interest on the 5%  debentures
totaled approximately $467,000. In addition, due to the delisting of the Unigene
common stock from the Nasdaq  National  Market in October 1999,  Unigene  became
obligated  under a separate  agreement to pay the holder of the 5% debentures an
amount equal to 2% of the  outstanding  principal  amount of the  debentures per
month.  Unigene has not made any of these  payments to date, but has accrued the
amounts as an expense. As of December 31, 2000, the accrued and unpaid amount of
this penalty totaled approximately $617,000.

The holder of the 5% debentures has commenced an arbitration proceeding in which
the holder  claims  that it is  entitled,  as of June 30,  2000,  to payments in
respect  of the  5%  debentures  in  the  amount  of  approximately  $3,400,000,
consisting  of  principal,  interest and  penalties,  resulting  from  Unigene's
default under various provisions of the debentures and related agreements. These
alleged  defaults  included  Unigene's  failure to redeem the  debentures  after
becoming  obligated  to do so, the  failure to pay  interest  when due,  and the
failure to pay  liquidated  damages  arising  from the  delisting of the Unigene
common stock from the Nasdaq National Market. In July 2000, Unigene submitted to
the American  Arbitration  Association a statement in which it denies the amount
of Tail Wind's claim and makes  certain  counterclaims.  A hearing on the matter
before an  arbitrator  appointed  by the  American  Arbitration  Association  is
expected to occur in June 2001. The outcome of the  proceeding is uncertain.  An
extremely unfavorable ruling could have a material adverse effect on Unigene.

The Company in 1998 estimated the value of the beneficial conversion feature and
related  warrants  at the  issuance  of the 5%  Debentures  to be  approximately
$687,000.  Such  amount was  credited  to  additional  paid-in  capital  and was
amortized to interest  expense over the earliest  conversion  periods  using the
effective  interest  method  (approximately  $197,000 and $490,000 for the years
ended December 31, 1999 and 1998, respectively).

7. Fusion Capital Financing

On December 18, 2000,  and as amended  March 30,  2001,  Unigene  entered into a
common stock  purchase  agreement  with Fusion Capital Fund II, LLC, under which
Fusion has agreed to  purchase  up to  $21,000,000  in shares of Unigene  common
stock at the rate of $875,000  per month.  Fusion is  committed  to purchase the
shares over a  twenty-four  month  period,  subject to a six-month  extension or
earlier  termination at our discretion.  We may decrease this amount at any time
that the  price of our  common  stock is less than $15 per  share.  If our stock
price  equals or exceeds $4 per  share,  we have the right to require  Fusion to
purchase,  over a period of 60 days, up to the full remaining portion of the $21
million  commitment.  However,  Fusion's  commitment  does  not  begin  until  a
registration  statement covering the resale of the shares purchased by Fusion is
declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission.  We cannot predict
when or if the  SEC  will  declare  our  registration  statement  effective.  In
addition, Unigene must continue to satisfy its requirements that are a condition
to Fusion's  obligation  including:  the continued  effectiveness of the related
registration  statement, no default or acceleration of any obligations in excess
of $1,000,000,  no insolvency or bankruptcy  proceedings,  continued  listing of
Unigene common stock on the OTC Bulletin Board, and we must avoid the failure to
meet the maintenance  requirements for listing on the Nasdaq SmallCap Market for
a period of 10  consecutive  trading  days or for more than an  aggregate  of 30
trading days in any 365-day period.  The selling price per share is equal to the
lesser of: the lowest sale price of our common stock on the day of submission of
a purchase notice by Fusion;  the average of any five closing sale prices of our
common stock,  selected by Fusion,  during the 15 trading days prior to the date
of  submission  of a  purchase  notice by Fusion;  or $15.  In  addition  to the
2,000,000 shares and five-year  warrants to purchase  1,000,000 shares of common
stock at an  exercise  price of $.50 per  share  that we  issued to Fusion as of
March 30, 2001 as compensation  for its  commitment,  the Board of Directors has
authorized the issuance and sale to Fusion of up to 6,000,000  shares of Unigene
common stock in connection with the financing transaction. We may be required to
obtain the  approval  of  Unigene  stockholders  to an  amendment  to  Unigene's


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certificate of  incorporation  increasing the number of shares of Unigene common
stock  that the  Company  is  authorized  to  issue  in order to issue  and sell
additional shares to Fusion.

In December  2000, the Company  issued a five-year  warrant to purchase  373,002
shares of Unigene common stock to its investment  banker as a fee for the Fusion
financing  agreement.  The warrant  has an  exercise  price of $1.126 and a fair
value of $327,000 using the  Black-Scholes  pricing model. The fair value of the
warrant has been deferred pending the closing of the Fusion financing.  When the
registration  statement for the financing is declared effective,  these deferred
offering  costs  will  be  charged  to  additional   paid-in  capital.   If  the
registration statement is not declared effective, or the offering is terminated,
these deferred offering costs will be charged to operations.


8.  Inventory - Inventory consists of the following:

                              Dec. 31, 2000            Dec. 31, 1999
                              -------------            -------------

Finished goods                  $   89,104              $   596,359

Raw material                       326,316                  271,207
                                   -------                  -------

               Total           $   415,420              $   867,566
                               ===========              ===========



The Company wrote-off $515,000 of finished goods inventory in the fourth quarter
of 2000 as a result of Pfizer's  termination  of its license  agreement with the
Company.


9. Accrued expenses - Accrued expenses consist of the following:



                                              Dec. 31, 2000       Dec. 31, 1999
                                              -------------       -------------

Interest - notes payable to stockholders         $921,722          $   645,290

Interest - 5% convertible debentures            1,083,194              243,196

China joint ventures                              680,000                   --

Clinical trials/contract research                 665,568              763,352

Vacation pay                                      204,948              187,710

Consultants                                        47,000              164,500

Other                                             158,845              213,365
                                               ----------          -----------

               Total                          $ 3,761,277           $2,217,413
                                              ===========           ==========


10. Obligations Under Capital Leases

The Company entered into various lease  arrangements  during 1999 and 1998 which
qualify as capital leases.

The future years' minimum lease payments under the capital leases, together with
the present value of the net minimum lease payments, as of December 31, 2000 are
as follows:



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          2001                                                         $ 71,860
          2002                                                           48,347
          2003                                                           10,656
                                                                       --------
                              Total minimum lease payments              130,863

          Less amount representing interest                              24,893
                                                                       --------

                              Present value of net minimum
                                   lease payments                       105,970

          Less current portion                                           55,398
                                                                       --------

                              Obligations under capital leases,
                                   excluding current portion           $ 50,572
                                                                       ========

          The discount rates on these leases vary from 12% to 18%.


11. Obligations Under Operating Leases

The  Company is  obligated  under a 10-year  net-lease,  which began in February
1994, for its manufacturing facility located in Boonton, New Jersey. The Company
has two 10-year  renewal  options as well as an option to purchase the facility.
In addition,  the Company leases  laboratory and office  equipment under various
operating  leases  expiring in 2001 through 2003.  Total future minimum  rentals
under  these  noncancelable  operating  leases as of  December  31,  2000 are as
follows:

           2001                     $222,584
           2002                      207,936
           2003                      189,764
           2004                       15,444
                                   ---------
                                    $635,728

Total rent expense was approximately  $259,000,  $243,000 and $209,000 for 2000,
1999 and 1998, respectively.

12. Stockholders' Equity

In 1996,  the  placement  agent,  in  connection  with the  issuance  of the 10%
Debentures,  received a five-year  warrant to purchase  454,000 shares of Common
Stock at an  exercise  price of $2.10  per  share as  partial  compensation  for
services  rendered.  Through December 31, 2000, an aggregate of 322,000 of these
warrants have been exercised and 132,000 remain unexercised.

In October 1996, the Company completed a private placement of 4,218,804 Units at
a price of $1.75 per Unit. Each Unit consisted of (i) one share of Common Stock,
(ii)  one  quarter  of a Class C  Warrant,  (each  whole  Class  C  Warrant  was
exercisable  to purchase  one share of Common  Stock) and (iii) one quarter of a
Class D Warrant  (each  whole Class D Warrant was  exercisable  to purchase  one
share of Common  Stock).  The Class C Warrants and the Class D Warrants each had
an exercise price of $3.00 and expired  unexercised on October 11, 1999. The fee
paid to the  placement  agent  in the  transaction  consisted  of an  additional
296,935 Units in lieu of cash compensation. The net proceeds to the Company were
approximately $7 million.


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In October 1994, the Company  entered into an agreement with a consultant  whose
compensation for its services included the issuance of warrants,  exercisable at
$3.00 per share,  for the purchase of 1,000,000  shares of Common  Stock.  These
warrants expired unexercised in October 1998. During 1996, another  consultant's
compensation  included  warrants to purchase a total of 400,000 shares of Common
Stock at exercise  prices ranging from $1.63 to $3.50 per share.  These warrants
expire in April 2001.

In connection with the services rendered by various consultants during 1997, the
Company  issued an aggregate of 75,000 stock  purchase  warrants,  expiring from
1999 to 2002,  exercisable at prices ranging from $2.25 to $3.41 per share,  and
10,000  shares of Common  Stock.  Compensation  expense  recognized in 1997 as a
result of these  transactions  was  approximately  $131,000.  During  1998,  the
Company issued  warrants to purchase  5,000 shares of Common Stock,  expiring in
2003, to a consultant.  These warrants are  exercisable  at $2.38,  resulting in
1998  compensation  expense of  approximately  $7,000.  During 2000, the Company
issued warrants to purchase 150,000 shares of Common Stock, expiring in 2005, to
its investment  banker.  These warrants are exercisable at $2.66 and resulted in
2000 compensation expense of $220,000. The Company's investment bankers received
an additional  warrant to purchase 373,002 shares of Common Stock at an exercise
price of $1.126 per share, expiring in 2005, for arranging the Fusion financing.
During 2000, the Company issued to various  consultants 850,536 shares of Common
Stock upon the  exercise of warrants at exercise  prices  ranging  from $1.38 to
$2.43 per share. In addition,  the Company issued to various consultants 263,360
shares of Common  Stock upon the  cashless  exercise of an  aggregate of 475,623
warrants at exercise prices ranging from $.46 to $2 per share.

During  1998,  an  aggregate  of $681,000  in  principal  amount of  convertible
debentures,  plus $44,000 of accrued interest,  was converted into approximately
663,000  shares of Common  Stock.  During 1999,  an aggregate of  $2,000,000  in
principal amount of convertible  debentures,  plus $191,000 of accrued interest,
was converted into approximately 3,703,000 shares of Common Stock. See Note 6.

In August 1998,  an aggregate of $225,000 in principal  amount of notes  payable
from  stockholders  was  converted  into  163,635  shares of  Common  Stock at a
conversion  price of $1.375 per share;  such  conversion was at a price slightly
higher than the then market price of the Common Stock.

As of  December  31,  2000,  there are  warrants  outstanding,  all of which are
currently  exercisable,  to purchase an  aggregate  of 989,000  shares of Common
Stock at exercise prices ranging from $1.13 to $3.50 per share,  with a weighted
average exercise price of $2.11.

13.      Stock Option Plans

During  1994,  the  Company's  stockholders  approved  the  adoption of the 1994
Employee Stock Option Plan (the "1994 Plan").  All employees of the Company were
eligible to  participate  in the 1994 Plan,  including  executive  officers  and
directors who are employees of the Company.  The 1994 Plan terminated on June 6,
2000;  however,  1,729,965 options previously granted continue to be outstanding
and exercisable under that plan as of December 31, 2000.

At the Company's 1999 Annual Meeting, the stockholders  approved the adoption of
a 1999  Directors  Stock  Option Plan (the "1999  Plan") under which each person
elected to the Board after June 23, 1999 who is not an employee will receive, on
the date of his initial election,  an option to purchase 21,000 shares of Common
Stock.  In  addition,  on May 1st of each year,  commencing  May 1,  1999,  each
non-employee director will receive an option to purchase 10,000 shares of Common
Stock if he or she has served as a non-employee director for at least six months
prior to the May 1st grant.  Each option granted under the 1999 Plan will have a
ten-year term and the exercise  price of each option will be equal to the market
price of the Company's Common Stock on the date of the grant. A total of 350,000
shares of Common Stock are reserved for issuance under the 1999 Plan.

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In  November  1999,  the Board of  Directors  approved,  subject to  stockholder
approval,  the  adoption of a new Stock Option Plan (the "2000 Plan") to replace
the 1994 Plan. All employees (including directors who are employees), as well as
certain consultants,  are eligible to receive option grants under the 2000 Plan.
Options  granted under the 2000 Plan have a ten-year term and an exercise  price
equal to the market price of the Common Stock on the date of the grant.  A total
of 4,000,000  shares of Common  Stock are  reserved for issuance  under the 2000
Plan.

In November  1999,  the Board  granted  under the 2000 Plan, to employees of the
Company,  stock  options to purchase an  aggregate  of 482,000  shares (of which
14,650 shares were subsequently  cancelled) of Common Stock at an exercise price
of $0.63 per share,  the market  price on the date of grant.  Each of the grants
was made subject to stockholder approval of the 2000 Plan. At the Company's June
6, 2000 Annual Meeting,  the stockholders  approved the 2000 Plan. In accordance
with Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 25, "Accounting for Stock Issued to
Employees",  the measurement  date for valuing the stock options for the purpose
of  determining  compensation  expense was June 6, 2000, the date of stockholder
approval.  The  market  price of the  Common  Stock on this date was  $2.093 per
share.  Therefore,  an  aggregate  of $683,733  will be charged to  compensation
expense over the vesting periods of the options, which vest in approximately 50%
increments  on November 5, 2000 and  November  5, 2001.  The Company  recognized
$398,785  as  compensation  expense in 2000,  leaving a balance of  $284,948  as
deferred stock option compensation at December 31, 2000.

The following summarizes activity for options granted to directors and employees
under the 1994, 1999 and 2000 Plans:




                                                          Options      Weighted        Weighted
                                                        Exercisable    Average         Average
                                                         At End of    Grant-date       Exercise
                                       Options              Year      Fair Value        Price
                                      ---------          ---------    -----------     ---------
                                                                          
Outstanding January 1, 1998           1,316,465          1,023,090
                                                         =========

        Granted                         610,750                         $ 1.50        $   1.99
        Cancelled                       (91,600)                            --            2.85
        Exercised                       (40,500)                            --            1.18
                                      ---------
Outstanding December 31,1998          1,795,115          1,382,615
                                                         =========

        Granted                         438,000                         $ 0.55        $   0.70
        Cancelled                      (187,250)                            --            2.17
        Exercised                            --                             --              --
                                     ----------                          -----
Outstanding December 31, 1999         2,045,865          1,639,615
                                                         =========

        Granted                         571,500                         $ 1.96        $   0.87
        Cancelled                       (64,650)                            --            1.78
        Exercised                      (245,600)                            --            1.28
                                     ----------         ==========       =====           =====
Outstanding December 31, 2000         2,307,115          1,968,540
                                     ==========         ==========




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A summary of options  outstanding  and  exercisable  as of  December  31,  2000,
follows:



                                 Options Outstanding                            Options Exercisable
                 -------------------------------------------------       -------------------------------
                                  Weighted Ave.
   Range of         Number         Remaining         Weighted Ave.          Number         Weighted Ave.
Exercise Price   Outstanding      Life (years)      Exercise Price        Exercisable      Exercise Price
- --------------   -----------     -------------      --------------       ------------      -------------
                                                                             
 $   .50-.98         773,250          9.0               $  .65              514,925          $  .65
    1.00-1.97        858,365          6.6                 1.81              812,115            1.83
    2.16-4.69        675,500          5.8                 2.81              641,500            2.80
                     -------                                                -------
                   2,307,115                              1.71            1,968,540            1.84
                   =========                              ====            =========            ====



As of December 31, 2000, options to purchase 310,000 shares and 3,463,850 shares
of Common Stock were available for grant under the 1999 and 2000 Plans.

The Company  accounts for options  granted to employees and directors  under APB
Opinion No. 25. Had  compensation  cost for  options  granted to  employees  and
directors been determined  consistent with SFAS No. 123, the Company's pro forma
net loss and pro forma  net loss per share  would  have  been as  follows  as of
December 31:



                                                 2000                1999               1998
                                               --------            --------           --------
                                                                            
Net loss:
   As reported                               $  (12,469,405)       (1,577,340)       (6,881,012)
   Pro forma                                    (12,644,405)       (2,182,340)       (7,796,012)
                                             ==============      ============      ============
Basic and diluted net loss per share:
   As reported                               $        (0.28)            (0.04)            (0.18)
   Pro forma                                          (0.29)            (0.05)            (0.20)
                                             ==============      ============      ============



The fair value of the stock options  granted in 2000, 1999 and 1998 is estimated
at grant date using the  Black-Scholes  option-pricing  model with the following
weighted average assumptions: dividend yields of 0%; expected volatility of 103%
in 2000, 74% in 1999 and 63% in 1998; a risk-free interest rate of 4.7% in 2000,
6.4% in 1999 and 4.8% in 1998; and expected lives of 5 years in 2000 and 6 years
in 1999 and 1998.

During  1995,  the Company  granted to a consultant  options to purchase  10,000
shares of the Company's Common Stock, expiring in 2000, immediately  exercisable
at $1.44 per share.  These options were exercised in a cashless  exercise during
2000, resulting in the issuance of 4,175 shares of Common Stock.

14. Income Taxes

As of  December  31,  2000,  the Company had  available  for federal  income tax
reporting purposes net operating loss carryforwards in the approximate amount of
$68,000,000,  expiring  from 2001 through  2020,  which are  available to reduce
future  earnings which would  otherwise be subject to federal  income taxes.  In
addition,  the Company has research and  development  credits in the approximate

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amount of $2,500,000, which are available to reduce the amount of future federal
income taxes.  These credits  expire from 2001 through 2020. The Company has New
Jersey operating loss  carryforwards  in the approximate  amount of $23,300,000,
expiring from 2003 through 2007,  which are available to reduce future earnings,
which would  otherwise  be subject to state income tax. As of December 31, 2000,
approximately  $11,400,000  of these New  Jersey  loss  carryforwards  have been
approved for future sale under a program of the New Jersey Economic  Development
Authority (the "NJEDA").  In order to realize these  benefits,  the Company must
apply to the NJEDA each year and must meet various  requirements  for continuing
eligibility. In addition, the program must continue to be funded by the State of
New Jersey,  and there are limitations  based on the level of  participation  by
other  companies.  As a result,  future tax benefits  will be  recognized in the
financial  statements as specific sales are approved.  In the fourth quarters of
2000 and 1999, the Company realized $1,065,000 and $1,553,000,  respectively, of
tax benefits  arising from the sale of a portion of the Company's New Jersey net
operating  loss  carryforwards  that  had  previously  been  subject  to a  full
valuation allowance.

Given the  Company's  past  history of  incurring  operating  losses,  any gross
deferred  tax assets  that are  recognizable  under SFAS No. 109 have been fully
reserved.  As of December 31, 2000 and 1999,  the Company had gross deferred tax
assets of approximately  $29,000,000 and $26,000,000,  respectively,  subject to
valuation  allowances of $29,000,000 and  $26,000,000,  respectively.  The gross
deferred tax assets were  generated  primarily as a result of the  Company's net
operating  losses  and tax  credits.  The  Company's  ability  to use  such  net
operating  losses may be limited by change in control  provisions under Internal
Revenue Code Section 382.

15. Employee Benefit Plan

The Company  maintains  a deferred  compensation  plan  covering  all  full-time
employees. The plan allows participants to defer a portion of their compensation
on a pre-tax basis  pursuant to Section  401(k) of the Internal  Revenue Code of
1986, as amended,  up to an annual maximum for each employee set by the Internal
Revenue Service. The Company's  discretionary  matching contribution expense for
2000,   1999  and  1998  was   approximately   $48,000,   $44,000  and  $43,000,
respectively.

16. Research and Licensing Revenue

In July 1997,  the Company  entered into an agreement  under which it granted to
the Parke-Davis  division of  Warner-Lambert  Company a worldwide license to use
the Company's oral Calcitonin  technology.  In June 2000,  Pfizer Inc.  acquired
Warner-Lambert.  During  1997,  the  Company  received  $3 million for an equity
investment and $3 million for a licensing fee (see Note 2).  Several  milestones
were  achieved  during 1998,  resulting in milestone  revenue of $5 million.  In
1999, two pilot human studies for the Company's oral calcitonin formulation were
successfully concluded, resulting in milestone revenue totaling $5 million. Also
in 1999, the Company and Pfizer identified an oral calcitonin  formulation to be
used in the Phase I/II clinical study entitling the Company to milestone revenue
of an  additional  $4.5  million.  During 2000,  two  milestones  were  achieved
resulting in milestone revenue of $2 million.  Patient dosing for this study was
completed  in  December  2000.  Pfizer  analyzed  the  results of this study and
terminated the agreement in March 2001 citing scientific and technical reasons.

17. Liquidity

The Company has incurred annual  operating  losses since its inception and, as a
result,  at  December  31,  2000 has an  accumulated  deficit  of  approximately
$75,378,000 and has a working capital  deficiency of approximately  $13,267,000.
These factors raise substantial doubt about the Company's ability to continue as
a going concern. However, the financial statements have been prepared on a going
concern basis and as such do not include any adjustments  that might result from
the  outcome  of  this   uncertainty.   The  Company's  cash   requirements  are
approximately  $10 to 11 million  per year to operate its  research  and peptide
manufacturing facilities and develop its three Calcitonin products. In addition,
the Company has principal and interest  obligations  under its outstanding notes
payable  to  stockholders  and 5%  Convertible  Debentures  and its  obligations
relating to its current and former joint  ventures in China.  The Company's cash
requirements  related  to the 5%  Debentures  include  the  redemption  premium,
delisting  penalties  and  the  increased  interest  rate  described  in Note 6.
Management  is  actively  seeking   licensing  and/or  supply   agreements  with
pharmaceutical  companies for oral,  nasal and injectable forms of Calcitonin as
well as for other  oral  peptides.  With the  recent  termination  of our Pfizer

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collaboration, we currently have no licenses for any of our products in the U.S.
We do not have sufficient financial resources to continue to fund our operations
at the current  level.  We had an operating  cash flow deficit of  $4,864,000 in
1998,  an  operating  cash flow deficit of  $1,400,000  in 1999 and for the year
ended  December 31,  2000,  an operating  cash flow deficit of  $3,382,000.  The
agreement  that we have  entered  into with Fusion  could  provide  Unigene with
funding beginning in the first half of 2001. See Note 7.


Under the  agreement  with Fusion,  after a  registration  statement is declared
effective by the SEC for the resale of the shares of Unigene  common stock to be
sold to Fusion,  Fusion will be required to purchase, at the then current market
price,  shares of Unigene  common stock at the rate of $875,000 per month over a
period of 24 months, provided that Unigene continues to satisfy the requirements
that  are a  condition  to  Fusion's  obligation.  The  Board of  Directors  has
authorized the sale to Fusion of up to 6,000,000 shares of Unigene common stock.
We anticipate that, in order to sell significantly in excess of 6,000,000 shares
to Fusion, it may be necessary to obtain stockholder approval of an amendment to
our  Certificate  of  Incorporation  to increase the number of shares of Unigene
common stock that we are authorized to issue. However, we cannot predict when or
if  the  SEC  will  declare  the  registration   statement  effective,   if  the
stockholders will approve an amendment to our Certificate of Incorporation or if
we will be able to meet the continuing requirements of the Fusion agreement.

If we do not receive any financing  from Fusion,  we will need to secure another
source of financing in order to satisfy our working capital needs,  which may be
unavailable  or the cost of which may be  prohibitively  expensive.  Should such
financing be unavailable or  prohibitively  expensive,  it will be necessary for
Unigene to curtail  significantly its operations or consider alternative uses of
its technology and manufacturing  capability  including the supply of Calcitonin
to other companies. Assuming we are able to raise additional capital through our
agreement with Fusion,  we still anticipate that we may need additional  capital
to implement  fully our business  plans.  We believe that satisfying our capital
requirements over the long term will require the successful commercialization of
our  Calcitonin  product or  another  peptide  product in the United  States and
abroad.  However,  it is uncertain  whether or not any of our  products  will be
approved or will be commercially  successful.  The commercialization of our oral
Calcitonin  product may require us to incur additional  capital  expenditures to
expand  or  upgrade  our  manufacturing  operations  to  satisfy  future  supply
obligations.  However, we cannot determine either the cost or the timing of such
capital expenditures at this time.

18. Legal Matters

In addition to the arbitration proceedings discussed in Note 6, Reseau de Voyage
Sterling,  Inc.  (Reseau)  filed suit against the Company in July 2000.  Reseau,
which  purchased  from a third party a warrant to purchase one million shares of
Unigene common stock,  alleges that the Company  breached a verbal  agreement to
extend the term of the warrant  beyond its  expiration  date.  Reseau is seeking
damages of $2 million.  We believe that the suit is completely without merit and
we intend to vigorously contest the claim.


         In December 1999, the Securities and Exchange  Commission  staff issued
Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 101, "Revenue Recognition in Financial Statements"
("SAB 101"). Prior to the implementation of SAB 101, non-refundable license fees

received  upon  execution  of  license  agreements  were  recognized  as revenue
immediately.  SAB 101  summarizes  certain  of the  staff's  views  in  applying
generally  accepted  accounting  principles to revenue  recognition in financial
statements and specifically  addresses revenue  recognition in the biotechnology
industry  for  non-refundable  technology  access fees and other  non-refundable
fees.  We were required to adopt SAB 101, as amended,  in the fourth  quarter of
2000 with an  effective  date of  January  1,  2000,  and the  recognition  of a
cumulative effect adjustment calculated as of January 1, 2000.

           We adopted SAB 101 in 2000,  changing our revenue  recognition policy
for up-front  licensing fees that require services to be performed in the future
from immediate revenue  recognition to deferral of revenue with the up-front fee
recognized over the life of the agreement.  In 1997, we recognized $3,000,000 in
revenue from an up-front  licensing  fee from  Pfizer.  With the adoption of SAB
101, we are now recognizing  this revenue over a 45 month period,  equivalent to
the term of our oral  Calcitonin  agreement  with Pfizer which was terminated in
March 2001. We therefore  recognized a non-cash  cumulative effect adjustment of
$1,000,000  as of  January  1, 2000  representing  a revenue  deferral  over the
remaining 15 months of the agreement.  We recognized $800,000 in revenue in 2000
and will recognize $200,000 of revenue in 2001 as a result of this deferral.

           The  quarterly  financial  data  above has been  adjusted  to reflect
retroactive  application  of SAB  101.  Therefore,  in each of the  first  three
quarters of 2000 we  recognized  $200,000 in additional  revenue  related to the
cumulative effect adjustment.

19. Selected Quarterly Financial Data (Unaudited)




2000                                              1st Quarter         2nd Quarter         3rd Quarter         4th Quarter
- ----                                              ------------        -----------         -----------         -----------
                                                                                                  
Revenue                                           $ 1,201,250         $   200,776         $ 1,559,164         $   325,771

Operating loss                                    ($1,396,831)        ($3,748,686)        ($2,146,838)        ($4,092,528)

Loss before cumulative
    effect of accounting
    change                                        ($1,639,288)        ($4,016,917)        ($2,454,532)        ($3,358,668)

  Net loss                                        ($2,639,288)        ($4,016,917)        ($2,454,532)        ($3,358,668)

  Loss per share, before cumulative effect
    of accounting change                          ($     0.04)        ($     0.09)        ($     0.06)        ($     0.07)

  Net loss per share,
    basic and diluted                             ($     0.06)        ($     0.09)        ($     0.06)        ($     0.07)






1999                                               1st Quarter        2nd Quarter         3rd Quarter         4th Quarter
- ----                                               -----------        -----------         -----------         -----------
                                                                                                  
Revenue                                           $ 2,500,172         $    26,670         $ 7,000,733         $    61,838

Operating income (loss)                           $  (349,707)        $(2,825,543)        $ 3,787,338         $(2,608,981)

Net income (loss)                                 $  (563,755)        $(2,977,610)        $ 3,692,594         $(1,728,569)

Net income (loss)
per share, basic
and diluted                                       $      (.01)        $      (.07)        $       .09         $      (.05)



The quarterly financial data for the first three quarters of 2000 reported above
differ from the data for those periods previously reported by us on Form 10-Q as
described below:



                             First Quarter                    Second Quarter                  Third Quarter
                             -------------                    --------------                  -------------

                      Previously           As           Previously            As          Previously           As
                       Reported         Adjusted         Reported          Adjusted        Reported         Adjusted
                       --------         --------         --------          --------      -----------       ---------
                                                                                        
Revenue               $ 1,001,250      $ 1,201,250      $       776      $   200,776     $ 1,359,164      $ 1,559,164

Operating loss        $(1,596,831)     $(1,396,831)     $(3,948,686)     $(3,748,686)    $(2,346,838)     $(2,146,838)

Net loss              $(1,839,288)     $(2,639,288)     $(4,216,917)     $(4,016,917)    $(2,654,532)     $(2,454,532)

Net loss per share,
basic and
diluted               $      (.04)     $      (.06)     $      (.10)     $      (.09)    $       (.06)    $      (.06)



Item  9.  Changes  in and  Disagreements  with  Accountants  on  Accounting  and
          Financial Disclosure.

                        Not applicable.


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                                    PART III


Item 10.       Directors and Executive Officers of the Registrant.

               The following table sets forth  information  regarding  Unigene's
executive officers and directors:

Name                     Age                 Position
- ------------------------ --- ---------------------------------------------------
Warren P. Levy (1)       49   President, Chief Executive Officer, and Director
Ronald S. Levy (1)       52   Executive Vice President, Secretary, and Director
Jay Levy (1)             77   Chairman of the Board and Treasurer
James P. Gilligan        49   Vice President of Product Development
Robert F. Hendrickson    68   Director
Allen Bloom              57   Director


- --------------
     (1)  Dr.  Warren P. Levy and Dr.  Ronald S. Levy are  brothers  and are the
          sons of Mr. Jay Levy.

    Each executive officer's term of office continues until the first meeting of
the Board of Directors  following the annual meeting of  stockholders  and until
the election  and  qualification  of his  successor.  All officers  serve at the
discretion of the Board of Directors.

     Warren P. Levy.  Dr.  Warren P. Levy,  a founder of Unigene,  has served as
President and Chief Executive Officer, and as a director, since our formation in
November 1980. Dr. Levy holds a Ph.D. in biochemistry and molecular biology from
Northwestern   University  and  a  bachelor's   degree  in  chemistry  from  the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

     Ronald S. Levy.  Dr. Ronald S. Levy, a founder of Unigene,  has served as a
director since our formation in November 1980, as Executive Vice President since
April 1999,  and as Secretary  since May 1986. Dr. Levy served as Vice President
from November 1980 through  March 1999.  Dr. Levy holds a Ph.D. in  bioinorganic
chemistry  from  Pennsylvania  State  University  and  a  bachelor's  degree  in
chemistry from Rutgers University.

     Jay Levy. Mr. Jay Levy, a founder of Unigene, has served as the Chairman of
the Board of Directors and as Treasurer since our formation in November 1980. He
served as Secretary from 1980 to May 1986.  Mr. Levy is a part-time  employee of
Unigene and devotes  approximately 15% of his time to Unigene. From 1985 through
February  1991,  he served as the principal  financial  advisor to the Estate of
Nathan Cummings and its principal  beneficiary,  The Nathan Cummings Foundation,
Inc.,  a large  charitable  foundation.  From 1968  through  1985,  he performed
similar  services  for the  late  Nathan  Cummings,  a noted  industrialist  and
philanthropist.

     James P. Gilligan. Dr. James P. Gilligan has been employed by Unigene since
1981 and has served as Vice President of Product  Development  since April 1999.
From February 1995 to March 1999, he served as Director of Product  Development.
Dr.  Gilligan holds a Ph.D. in  pharmacology  from the University of Connecticut
and a Masters of International Business from Seton Hall University.

     Robert F. Hendrickson. Mr. Robert F. Hendrickson was Senior Vice President,
Manufacturing   and  Technology,   for  Merck  &  Co.,  Inc.,  an  international
pharmaceutical  company, from 1985 to 1990. Since 1990, Mr. Hendrickson has been
a  management  consultant  with a number  of  biotechnology  and  pharmaceutical
companies  among his clients.  He is currently a director of Envirogen,  Inc. an
environmental  biotechnology  company, and of Cytogen, Inc. and The Liposome Co,
Inc., each of which is a biotechnology company.


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     Dr. Allen Bloom. Dr. Allen Bloom, a patent attorney,  has been a partner in
Dechert Price & Rhoads,  a law firm, for the past six years where he established
and  heads  the  patent   practice  group,   which  focuses  on   biotechnology,
pharmaceuticals and medical devices.  Prior to that time, he was Vice President,
General  Counsel and Secretary of The Liposome  Company,  Inc., a  biotechnology
company, for nine years. His responsibilities there included patent,  regulatory
and licensing activities. Dr. Bloom holds a Ph.D. in organic chemistry from Iowa
State University.

Item 11. Executive Compensation.

Director Compensation

     Directors  who are not  employees  receive an annual  retainer of $8,000 as
well as a fee of $1,000 for each Board meeting attended. Mr. Hendrickson and Dr.
Bloom were the only  directors who received such fees in 2000.  Board members do
not earn additional compensation for service on a committee.

     Under the Director Stock Option Plan,  each person elected to the Board who
is not an employee  receives,  on the date of his initial  election,  an initial
option to purchase  21,000 shares of Unigene  common  stock.  On May 1st of each
year,  each  non-employee  director  receives an  additional  option to purchase
10,000  shares  of  Unigene  common  stock if he has  served  as a  non-employee
director  for at least six months  prior to the grant  date.  Each  option has a
ten-year  term and the  exercise  price is equal to the market  price of Unigene
common  stock on the  date of the  grant.  Each  initial  option  vests in equal
installments of 1/3 over a period of three years,  commencing on the date of the
grant, and each additional option vests in its entirety on the first anniversary
of the grant. If the director's  service as a non-employee  director  terminates
prior to the expiration of the option term, the options will remain  exercisable
for a 90-day period following  termination of service,  except if a non-employee
director resigns due to disability,  the options will remain exercisable for 180
days following termination, and if a non-employee director dies while serving as
a director,  or within 90 days following termination of service (180 days in the
case of disability),  the options will remain exercisable for 180 days following
the person's death.  After such period,  the options will terminate and cease to
be exercisable.

Employment Agreements

    Unigene  entered into an employment  agreement,  effective  January 1, 2000,
with Dr. Warren P. Levy for an initial term of two years.  Under the  agreement,
Dr. Levy will serve as President and Chief Executive Officer at an annual salary
of $160,000 for the first year of the agreement.  The Compensation Committee has
discretion to approve salary increases beyond this first year.

    Unigene  entered into an employment  agreement,  effective  January 1, 2000,
with Dr. Ronald S. Levy for an initial term of two years.  Under the  agreement,
Dr. Levy will serve as Executive  Vice President at an annual salary of $155,000
for the first year of the agreement. Salary increases beyond this first year are
at the discretion of the Compensation Committee.

    Each agreement  provides that,  after the first two-year term, the agreement
will be renewed on a  year-to-year  basis unless either party notifies the other
of the desire not to renew the agreement.  Either party must give this notice no
later than three months prior to the scheduled  termination date. Each agreement
also  provides  that,  if Unigene  terminates  the  employment  of the executive
without cause or the executive resigns for good reason,  which the executive has
a right to do upon a change of control of Unigene or a significant  reduction of
the  executive's  responsibilities  without  his  consent,  Unigene  will make a
lump-sum  severance  payment to the executive  equal to the salary that he would
have earned for the remaining  term of this  agreement,  if the  remaining  term
(either  the  initial  term or as  extended)  is more than one  year;  or if the

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remaining term of the agreement  (either the initial term or as extended) is one
year or less, a lump-sum  payment equal to the executive's  then-current  annual
salary.

Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation

    The Board of Directors determined executive  compensation for 2000. Three of
the five  Board  members,  Warren P.  Levy,  Ronald  S.  Levy and Jay Levy,  are
executive officers. Jay Levy is the father of Warren and Ronald Levy.

    To satisfy Unigene's  short-term  liquidity needs, Jay Levy, the Chairman of
the Board and an officer of Unigene,  and Warren Levy and Ronald Levy, directors
and officers of Unigene,  and another Levy family  member from time to time have
made loans to Unigene.  During February 2000, Jay Levy loaned us $300,000.  This
loan was repaid in April 2000. During the third and fourth quarters of 2000, Jay
Levy and another  family  member  loaned  Unigene an aggregate of  $1,655,000 in
demand  loans and Warren  Levy and Ronald Levy loaned  Unigene an  aggregate  of
$78,323 in demand  loans.  As of December 31, 2000,  total  accrued  interest on
these loans was  $922,000  and the  outstanding  loans by these  individuals  to
Unigene totaled $4,743,323 and consisted of:

o loans from the Levys in the aggregate  principal  amount of $2,873,323,  which
are  evidenced by demand  notes  bearing a floating  interest  rate equal to the
Merrill  Lynch Margin Loan Rate plus .25% (9.875% at December 31, 2000) that are
classified as short-term debt. These loans are secured by a security interest in
Unigene's equipment and/or real property.
o
o loans from Jay Levy in the aggregate principal amount of $1,870,000  evidenced
by term notes maturing  January 2002, and bearing  interest at the fixed rate of
6% per year. These loans are secured by a security  interest in all of Unigene's
equipment  and a mortgage on  Unigene's  real  property.  The terms of the notes
require Unigene to make installment payments of principal and interest beginning
in October 1999 and ending in January 2002 in an aggregate amount of $72,426 per
month. No installment payments have been made to date.

           Interest and principal  payments  required under these loans have not
been made by Unigene, but the Levys have waived all default provisions including
additional interest penalties due under these loans through December 31, 2000.

           From January 1, 2001 through  March 30, 2001,  Jay Levy,  Warren Levy
and Ronald  Levy loaned to us an  additional  $1,610,000  at the  Merrill  Lynch
Margin Loan Rate plus .25%, of which $500,000 is secured by a security  interest
in certain of our patents. No interest has been paid on these loans.

Executive Compensation

    The  following  table  shows,  for  the  years  1998,  1999  and  2000,  the
compensation  paid to the Chief  Executive  Officer and to each other  executive
officer  whose salary and bonus,  for their  services in all  capacities in 2000
exceeded $100,000:



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Summary Compensation Table



                                                                         Long-Term
                                                                         Compensation
                                                                       -----------------

                            Annual Compensation                              Awards              Payouts
                            -------------------                              ------              -------
                                                            Other          Restricted
                                                            Annual            Stock      Options/      LTIP         All Other
Name and Position        Year     Salary($)   Bonus($)  Compensation($)(2)   Awards($)    SARs(#)    Payouts($)  Compensation($)(1)
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                             
Warren P. Levy           2000     $160,175     $  0      $      0            $  0             0        $  0          $13,902
   President, Chief      1999      146,211        0             0               0             0           0          13,866
   Executive Officer     1998      146,231        0             0               0             0           0          13,830

Dr. Ronald S. Levy       2000      155,260        0             0               0             0           0          16,864
   Executive Vice        1999      141,563        0             0               0             0           0          16,862
   President             1998      141,618        0             0               0             0           0          16,792

Dr. James P. Gilligan    2000      148,034        0         7,615               0             0           0               0
   Vice President        1999      139,216        0         7,235               0       135,000           0               0



     1 Represents premium we paid on executive split-dollar life insurance.
     2 Represents reimbursement for unused vacation days.


Aggregated Option Exercises and Year-End Option Values

        The following table shows  information about any option exercises during
the year ended  December  31,  2000,  and the  number  and value of  unexercised
options held as of December 31, 2000, by each of the executive officers named in
the Summary Compensation Table:




                                                                    Shares Underlying       Value of Unexercised
                                                                   Unexercised Options      In-the-Money Options(1)
                             Exercises during                    -----------------------    -----------------------
                             the Fiscal Year
                             ---------------
                                Number of
           Name              Shares Acquired    Value Realized   Exercisable     Unexercisable  Exercisable   Unexercisable
- -----------------------      ---------------    --------------   -----------     -------------  -----------   -------------
                                                                                              
Dr. Warren P. Levy                  0                 0                  0               0              0             0
Dr. Ronald S. Levy                  0                 0                  0               0              0             0
Dr. James P. Gilligan               0                 0            346,000          44,000        $77,595       $37,755



     1 Based upon a closing price of $1.53 on December 31, 2000.



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Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management.

     The following table shows information as of March 31, 2001,  concerning the
beneficial  ownership of Unigene  common  stock by each of Unigene's  directors,
each executive officer of Unigene listed in the Summary  Compensation Table, and
all directors and executive officers of Unigene as a group.

     The  ownership  percentages  listed on the  table  are based on  46,436,940
shares of Unigene  common stock  outstanding  as of March 31,  2001.  Beneficial
ownership is  determined  in  accordance  with the rules of the  Securities  and
Exchange Commission.  A person generally is deemed to be the beneficial owner of
shares over which he has either voting or investment  power.  Shares  underlying
options that are currently  exercisable,  or that will become exercisable within
60 days, are deemed to be beneficially  owned by the person holding the options,
and are deemed to be  outstanding  for the purpose of computing  the  beneficial
ownership  percentage of that person,  but are not  considered to be outstanding
for the purpose of computing the ownership percentage of any other person.

     Except as  otherwise  noted,  the persons and the group  identified  in the
table have sole voting and sole investment  power with respect to all the shares
of Unigene common stock shown as beneficially owned by them. Except as otherwise
indicated,  the address of each  beneficial  owner  listed  below is c/o Unigene
Laboratories, Inc., 110 Little Falls Road, Fairfield, New Jersey 07004.

                                   Amount and Nature of
Name of Beneficial Owner           Beneficial Ownership    Percent of Class
- ------------------------           --------------------    ----------------
Fusion Capital Fund II, LLC            3,000,000 (1)               6.3%
222 Merchandise Mart Plaza
Chicago, IL 60654

Warren P. Levy                         1,980,545 (2)               4.3%
Ronald S. Levy                         1,995,545 (2)               4.3%
Jay Levy                                 578,095 (3)               1.2%
James P. Gilligan                        345,660 (4)               0.8%
Robert F. Hendrickson                     55,000 (5)               0.1%
Allen Bloom                               31,000 (6)               0.1%
Officers and Directors
        as a Group (6 persons)         4,785,845 (2,7)            10.3%

     1    Includes  1,000,000  shares that Fusion has the right to acquire  upon
          the exercise of a warrant.

     2    Includes 200,000 shares of Unigene common stock held in a family trust
          over which  Warren P. Levy and Ronald S. Levy,  in their  capacity  as
          trustees, share voting and dispositive power.

     3    Includes  55,000 shares of Unigene  common stock that Mr. Levy has the
          right  to  acquire  upon  the  exercise  of  stock  options  that  are
          exercisable either immediately or within 60 days.

     4    Includes  326,000 shares of Unigene common stock that Dr. Gilligan has
          the right to  acquire  upon the  exercise  of stock  options  that are
          exercisable either immediately or within 60 days.

     5    Includes  40,000 shares of Unigene  common stock that Mr.  Hendrickson
          has the right to acquire upon the  exercise of stock  options that are
          exercisable either immediately or within 60 days.

     6    Includes  30,000 shares of Unigene common stock that Dr. Bloom has the
          right  to  acquire  upon  the  exercise  of  stock  options  that  are
          exercisable either immediately or within 60 days.

     7    Includes an aggregate of 451,000  shares of Unigene  common stock that
          such  persons  have the right to acquire  upon the  exercise  of stock
          options that are exercisable either immediately or within 60 days.

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Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions.

     The  information  required  by this item is included in Item 10 of Part III
above,  in  the  section  entitled  "Directors  and  Executive  Officers  of the
Registrant".


                                     PART IV


Item 14.   Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules and Reports on Form 8-K.

           (a) 1.        Financial Statements
           See Item 8.

           (a) 2.        Financial Statement Schedules.

           None.

           (a) 3.        Exhibits.

           See Index to Exhibits which appears on Pages 42-44.

           (b) Reports on Form 8-K:

           The Company did not file any reports on Form 8-K during the quarter
           ended December 31, 2000.



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                                   SIGNATURES
                              --------------------


Pursuant to the  requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities  Exchange
Act of 1934,  the  registrant  has duly  caused  this report to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

                                         UNIGENE LABORATORIES, INC.


April 16, 2001                           /s/ Warren P. Levy
                                         -------------------------------
                                         Warren P. Levy, President


Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report
has been signed below by the following  persons on behalf of the  registrant and
in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

April 16, 2001                           /s/ Warren P. Levy
                                         ----------------------------------
                                         Warren P. Levy, President,
                                         Chief Executive Officer and
                                         Director

April 16, 2001                           /s/ Jay Levy
                                         ----------------------------------
                                         Jay Levy, Treasurer,
                                         Chief Financial Officer, Chief
                                         Accounting Officer and Director

April 16, 2001                           /s/ Ronald S. Levy
                                         ----------------------------------
                                         Ronald S. Levy, Secretary,
                                         Vice President and Director

April 16, 2001                           /s/ Robert F. Hendrickson,
                                         ----------------------------------
                                         Robert F. Hendrickson, Director

April 16, 2001                           /s/ Allen Bloom
                                         ----------------------------------
                                         Allen Bloom, Director



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                                INDEX TO EXHIBITS
                          -----------------------------

3.1    Certificate of Incorporation and Amendments to July 1, 1986. (1)

3.1.1  Amendments to  Certificate of  Incorporation  filed July 29, 1986 and May
       22, 1987. (1)

3.1.2  Amendment  to  Certificate  of   Incorporation   filed  August  22,  1997
       (Incorporated  by reference to Exhibit 3.1.2 to the  Company's  Quarterly
       Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 1997).

3.2    By-Laws.  Incorporated  by  reference  to  Exhibit  4.2 to the  Company's
       Registration Statement No. 333-04557 on Form S-3 filed June 28, 1996.

4.2    Specimen Certificate for Common Stock, par value $.01 per share. (1)

10.1   Lease agreement between the Company and Fulton Street  Associates,  dated
       May 20, 1993. (3)

10.2*  1994  Employee  Stock  Option  Plan  (incorporated  by  reference  to the
       Company's  Definitive  Proxy Statement dated April 28, 1994, which is set
       forth as Appendix A to Exhibit 28 to the Company's Form 10-K for the year
       ended December 31, 1993).

10.3*  Directors Stock Option Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to
       the  Company's  Quarterly  Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June
       30, 1999).

10.4   Mortgage and Security  Agreement  between the Company and Jean Levy dated
       February 10, 1995. (4)

10.5   Loan and Security  Agreement  between the Company and Jay Levy, Warren P.
       Levy and Ronald S. Levy dated March 2, 1995. (4)

10.6*  Employment Agreement with Warren P. Levy, dated January 1, 2000.

10.7*  Employment Agreement with Ronald S. Levy, dated January 1, 2000.

10.8*  Employment Agreement with Jay Levy, dated January 1, 2000.

10.9*  Split  Dollar   Agreement   dated  September  30,  1992  between  Unigene
       Laboratories, Inc. and Warren P. Levy. (2)

10.10* Split  Dollar   Agreement   dated  September  30,  1992  between  Unigene
       Laboratories, Inc. and Ronald S. Levy. (2)

10.12  Amendment to Loan  Agreement and Security  Agreement  between the Company
       and Jay Levy, Warren P. Levy and Ronald S. Levy dated March 20, 1995. (4)

10.14  Amendment  to Loan and  Security  Agreement  between  the Company and Jay
       Levy, Warren P. Levy and Ronald S. Levy dated June 29, 1995. (5)

10.15  Promissory  Note  between the  Company  and Jay Levy,  Warren P. Levy and
       Ronald S. Levy dated June 29, 1995. (5)

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10.17  License  Agreement,  dated as of July 15,  1997,  between the Company and
       Pfizer  Company  (incorporated  by  reference  to  Exhibit  10.1  to  the
       Company's Current Report on Form 8-K, dated July 15, 1997).

10.19  Purchase Agreement, dated June 29, 1998, between the Company and The Tail
       Wind  Fund,  Ltd.  (incorporated  by  reference  to  Exhibit  10.1 to the
       Company's  Quarterly  Report on Form 10Q for the  quarter  ended June 30,
       1998).

10.20  Registration  Rights Agreement,  dated June 29, 1998, between the Company
       and The Tail Wind Fund, Ltd.  (incorporated  by reference to Exhibit 10.2
       to the Company's  Quarterly Report on Form 10Q for the quarter ended June
       30, 1998).

10.21  Form of Promissory Note between the Company and Jay Levy (incorporated by
       reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's  Quarterly  Report on Form 10Q
       for the quarter ended June 30, 1999).

10.22  Form of  Promissory  Note  between the Company and Warren Levy and Ronald
       Levy  (incorporated  by  reference  to  Exhibit  10.2  to  the  Company's
       Quarterly Report on Form 10Q for the quarter ended June 30, 1999).

10.23  Amendment to Loan  Agreement and Security  Agreement  between the Company
       and  Jay  Levy,   Warren  Levy  and  Ronald  Levy  dated  June  25,  1999
       (incorporated  by reference to Exhibit  10.3 to the  Company's  Quarterly
       Report on Form 10Q for the quarter ended June 30, 1999).

10.24  Amended and Restated  Secured Note dated July 13, 1999  (incorporated  by
       reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's  Quarterly  Report on Form 10Q
       for the quarter ended September 30, 1999).

10.25  Amended and Restated Security Agreement dated July 13, 1999 (incorporated
       by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the  Company's  Quarterly  Report on Form
       10Q for the quarter ended September 30, 1999).

10.26  Subordination Agreement dated July 13, 1999 (incorporated by reference to
       Exhibit  10.3 to the  Company's  Quarterly  Report  on  Form  10Q for the
       quarter ended September 30, 1999).

10.27  Mortgage  and Security  Agreement  dated July 13, 1999  (incorporated  by
       reference to Exhibit 10.4 to the Company's  Quarterly  Report on Form 10Q
       for the quarter ended September 30, 1999).

10.28  $70,000  Secured Note dated July 30, 1999  (incorporated  by reference to
       Exhibit  10.5 to the  Company's  Quarterly  Report  on  Form  10Q for the
       quarter ended September 30, 1999).

10.29  $200,000 Secured Note dated August 5, 1999  (incorporated by reference to
       Exhibit  10.6 to the  Company's  Quarterly  Report  on  Form  10Q for the
       quarter ended September 30, 1999).

10.30  Modification  of Mortgage  and  Security  Agreement  dated August 5, 1999
       (incorporated  by reference to Exhibit  10.7 to the  Company's  Quarterly
       Report on Form 10Q for the quarter ended September 30, 1999).

10.31  Amendment to Security  Agreement and Subordination  Agreement between the
       Company and Jay Levy,  Warren  Levy and Ronald Levy dated  August 5, 1999
       (incorporated  by reference to Exhibit  10.8 to the  Company's  Quarterly
       Report on Form 10Q for the quarter ended September 30, 1999).

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10.32  Joint Venture Contract between Shijiazhuang Pharmaceutical Group Company,
       Ltd., and Unigene  Laboratories,  Inc., dated June 15, 2000 (incorporated
       by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form
       10-Q for the  quarter  ended June 30,  2000,  with  certain  confidential
       information  omitted  and  filed  separately  with the  Secretary  of the
       Commission).

10.33  Articles   of   Association   of   Shijiazhuang-Unigene    Pharmaceutical
       Corporation  Limited,  dated June 15, 2000  (incorporated by reference to
       Exhibit 10.2 to the  Registrant's  Quarterly  Report on Form 10-Q for the
       quarter  ended  June 30,  2000,  with  certain  confidential  information
       omitted and filed separately with the Secretary of the Commission).

10.34  2000 Stock Option Plan  (incorporated by reference to Attachment A to the
       Registrant's   Schedule  14A,  dated  April  28,  2000,   containing  the
       Registrant's  Definitive  Proxy  Statement for its 2000 Annual Meeting of
       Stockholders (File No. 0-16005)).

10.35  Common Stock Purchase  Agreement,  dated  December 18, 2000,  between the
       Registrant and Fusion Capital Fund II, LLC. (6)

10.36  Registration  Rights  Agreement,  dated  December 18,  2000,  between the
       Registrant and Fusion Capital Fund II, LLC. (6)

10.37  First Amendment to Common Stock Purchase Agreement, dated March 30, 2001,
       between the Registrant and Fusion Capital Fund II, LLC. (7)

10.38  Registration  Rights  Agreement,   dated  March  30,  2001,  between  the
       Registrant and Fusion Capital Fund II, LLC. (7)

10.39  Warrant,  dated March 30, 2001, between the Registrant and Fusion Capital
       Fund II, LLC. (7)

23     Consent of KPMG LLP.

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(1)  Incorporated  by reference  to the exhibit of same number to the  Company's
     Registration Statement No. 33-6877 on Form S-1.

(2)  Incorporated  by reference  to the exhibit of same number to the  Company's
     Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1992.

(3)  Incorporated  by reference  to the exhibit of same number to the  Company's
     Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1993.

(4)  Incorporated  by reference  to the exhibit of same number to the  Company's
     Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1994.

(5)  Incorporated  by reference  to the exhibit of same number to the  Company's
     Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1995.

(6)  Incorporated  by reference  to the exhibit of same number to the  Company`s
     Registration Statement No. 333-54048 on Form S-1.

(7)  Incorporated  by reference to the exhibit of same number to Amendment  No.2
     to the Company's Registration Statement No. 333-54048 on Form S-1.


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