MiddleBrook Pharmaceuticals Announces Expanded IncreaseRx® Promotion For MOXATAG®

MiddleBrook Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: MBRK) today announced that it has entered into an agreement with DoctorDirectory.com Inc., the Company’s promotion partner for MOXATAG (amoxicillin extended-release) Tablets, 775 mg, to expand its previously announced IncreaseRx® promotion program. The expanded IncreaseRx® promotion program for MOXATAG will incorporate physicians previously detailed by the Company’s field sales force. IncreaseRx® performs as a virtual contract sales organization, providing health care professionals with access to electronic sampling, electronic learning and online educational tools. The expanded IncreaseRx® promotion program for MOXATAG will utilize web-based educational and promotional tactics to reach prescribers with targeted MOXATAG sales and marketing messages.

Dave Becker, acting president and chief executive officer of MiddleBrook said, “Under this expanded IncreaseRx® program, physicians who previously received MOXATAG samples and information from MiddleBrook field sales representatives will be able to request samples and receive important product information electronically. We will be able to reach more than 150,000 physicians across the nation through the expanded IncreaseRx® program for MOXATAG.”

Jay Grobowsky, president and CEO of DoctorDirectory, said, “We look forward to providing a promotional boost for MOXATAG through IncreaseRx® and providing increased access to MOXATAG samples and information to physicians nationwide.”

About DoctorDirectory.com, Inc.

DoctorDirectory.com, Inc. is a marketing solutions company that specializes in providing web-based access to health care professionals. IncreaseRx® is a whitespace strategy designed to reach under-performing or inaccessible physician segments and generate incremental revenue. IncreaseRx® utilizes a suite of traditional and web-based tactics to generate incremental revenue for any pharmaceutical brand regardless of product life cycle. For more information about DoctorDirectory’s IncreaseRx® solution please visit www.contactdd.com.

About MiddleBrook Pharmaceuticals

MiddleBrook Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: MBRK) is a pharmaceutical company focused on commercializing anti-infective products that fulfill unmet medical needs. MiddleBrook’s proprietary delivery technology, PULSYS, enables the pulsatile delivery, or delivery in rapid bursts, of certain drugs. MiddleBrook currently markets MOXATAG, the first and only FDA-approved once-daily amoxicillin, and KEFLEX (cephalexin, USP), the immediate-release brand of cephalexin. For more information about MiddleBrook, please visit www.middlebrookpharma.com.

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