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For those of you just getting here, here is the news. This is big.

UNIVEC announces entry into Transdermal Patch Marketplace.

Owings Mills, Maryland —January 17, 2012– Univec, Inc. (UNVC) a specialty pharmaceutical company, announces it has entered into the transdermal patch marketplace with the provision of Nicotine Replacement Therapy patches. Nicotine Replacement Therapy involves the use of products that provide low doses of nicotine but do not contain the toxins found in smoke. The goal is to relieve cravings for nicotine and ease the symptoms when someone stops using cigarettes and smokeless tobacco. Transdermal patch is a medicated adhesive patch that is placed on the skin to deliver a specific dose of medication through the skin and into the bloodstream.

David L. Dalton, President and CEO of Univec stated. “ We are delighted to continue making progress in our new business model. The National Drug Codes received from the FDA allows Univec to builds it’s own brand of products. The Transdermal patch can be used for different drug delivery system. It is a foundation to build and grow the company on some of our existing markets. We thank our associates, shareholders and investors for the support, confidence and patience they have shown the company. ”

About Univec
Univec, Inc. A minority business enterprise (MBE) is a Specialty Pharmaceutical Company that manufactures and distributes high cost Specialty Pharmaceuticals. Specialty Pharmaceuticals are high cost products that are not usually dispensed in retail pharmacies but require special handling and a complex pharmaceutical regime. The company is focused on diseases such as Sickle Cell Anemia, Cancer, HIV/Aids, Hepatitis C., Multiple Sclerosis, Hemophilia and Drug addiction.

PPSI (PHYSICIAN AND PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES, INC.) a subsidiary of Univec promotes and pays for pharmaceutical products though its network of pharmacies. PPSI eliminates the need for the pharmaceutical companies to distribute actual drug samples to physicians reducing potential liability for the physician while maintaining clinical oversight and drug interaction checks for the patient. The company through it’s “StarterScript” allows in lieu of a physician sample, a voucher or a co-payment card to be provide to the patient for a trial supply of medication redeemed in any of the nearly 55,000 retail pharmacies utilizing the PPSI real-time processing system.