Palomar And P&G Amend License Agreement To Support Successful Product Launch

BURLINGTON, Mass., Dec. 9, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Palomar Medical Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq:PMTI), a leading researcher and developer of light-based systems for cosmetic treatments, today announced that it has entered into an amendment to its non-exclusive License Agreement executed February 29, 2008 (retroactively effective as of February 14, 2003) with The Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE:PG). The amendment provides additional funding from each company to meet the common goal of a successful product launch. The amendment does not change the scope of P&G's non-exclusive license to Palomar's broad patent portfolio as well as its non-exclusive license to the extensive technology developed by Palomar prior to February 28, 2008 for home-use light-based hair removal devices for women. 

Under the amended License Agreement, P&G and Palomar have agreed to reduce pre-commercial launch calendar quarterly payments from $1.25 million to $1 million for the calendar quarter ending December 31, 2010 and thereafter to $2 million per year for an agreed period, after which the payments return to $1.25 million per calendar quarter if no product has been launched. P&G will apply the savings, together with agreed minimum overall program funding, to accelerating product readiness and commercialization while Palomar will be paid an increased percentage of sales after commercial launch.  

P&G's Vice President of New Business Creation Jennifer Dauer said, "We have been actively working on development of this product and are pleased with our progress to date. This amendment better balances short and long term financial compensation to enable our mutual objective of successfully getting this technology to market."

Commenting on this development, Palomar Chief Executive Officer Joseph P. Caruso said, "Together the companies have each agreed to invest more to put this product in consumers' hands as early as possible. We are trading some of our fixed short-term pre-commercial launch calendar quarterly payments for an increase in sales related payments post launch that we believe will provide us greater benefit in the long run."