Perrigo Announces Conclusion of the FDA Re-Inspection

ALLEGAN, Mich., April 12, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Perrigo (Nasdaq: PRGO; TASE) today announced that the Detroit Office of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has concluded its re-inspection of Perrigo's Allegan facility. The FDA has informed Perrigo that, effective immediately, the Company has an acceptable regulatory status, such that any pending export license and ANDA applications from this facility will once again be eligible for review and approval.

Perrigo's Chairman and CEO Joseph C. Papa stated, "On behalf of Perrigo, I want to thank the FDA Detroit District for making the re-inspection of our facilities a priority and for working cooperatively with us to resolve the issues previously raised in the Warning Letter. We are convinced that this process has made us a better company by enhancing the quality of our affordable healthcare products for our customers."  

Perrigo Company is a leading global healthcare supplier that develops, manufactures and distributes OTC and generic prescription (Rx) pharmaceuticals, infant formulas, nutritional products, active pharmaceutical ingredients (API) and pharmaceutical and medical diagnostic products. The Company is the world's largest store brand manufacturer of OTC pharmaceutical products and infant formulas. The Company's primary markets and locations of manufacturing and logistics operations are the United States, Israel, Mexico, the United Kingdom and Australia. Visit Perrigo on the Internet (http://www.perrigo.com).

Note: Certain statements in this press release are forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and are subject to the safe harbor created thereby. These statements relate to future events or the Company's future financial performance and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements of the Company or its industry to be materially different from those expressed or implied by any forward-looking statements. In some cases, forward-looking statements can be identified by terminology such as "may," "will," "could," "would," "should," "expect," "plan," "anticipate," "intend," "believe," "estimate," "predict," "potential" or other comparable terminology. The Company has based these forward-looking statements on its current expectations, assumptions, estimates and projections.  While the Company believes these expectations, assumptions, estimates and projections are reasonable, such forward-looking statements are only predictions and involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond the Company's control. These and other important factors, including those discussed under "Risk Factors" in the Company's Form 10-K for the year ended June 26, 2010, as well as the Company's subsequent filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, may cause actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements in this press release are made only as of the date hereof, and unless otherwise required by applicable securities laws, the Company disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

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