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16.01.2014 | Mining Companies and Civil Society Put Forward Strong Recommendations for Increasing Transparency in the Canadian Mining Sector
14.01.2014 | Last chance to fix Congo's flawed oil bill
Lire en français The Democratic Republic of Congo's lower house of parliament, the National Assembly, has begun to debate a new oil bill which has been criticised by campaigners, MPs in Congo and donor governments.... read more
Following reports in the New Vision that the Government of Uganda is seeking a $115m World Bank loan for its Oil Region Development Project, Global Witness is calling for greater transparency in the murky oil... read more
Global Witness today expressed grave concern about the escalating humanitarian crisis in the world's most oil-dependent country, as violence spread beyond South Sudan's capital Juba, to Jonglei and Unity states. "... read more
UK–based company Equatorial Palm Oil (EPO) is accused of involvement in the arbitrary arrest and assault of Liberian community members who claim that they were resisting EPO's efforts to take their land. Investigations... read more
19.12.2013 | Azerbaijan Anonymous: Response to Socar
In its statement regarding Global Witness' report 'Azerbaijan Anonymous' Socar asserted that "There seems to be underlying tone in the Report to portray in a negative way and with envy the increasing influence of SOCAR... read more
Officials of the companies Beny Steinmetz Group Resources and Onyx Financial Advisers have filed a claim in the UK High Court against Global Witness under the Data Protection Act. The officials are using the... read more
13.12.2013 | Credit Suisse ignored human rights commitments and became major shareholder in Vietnamese rubber giant 2 weeks after land grab scandal
Cambodia | Laos | Forests | Land Deals
Credit Suisse became the largest institutional shareholder in Vietnamese rubber giant Hoang Anh Gia Lai (HAGL) just two weeks after Global Witness exposed a range of environmental and human rights abuses in the company'... read more
Liberia is home to globally significant forests and most of its people depend on them for their livelihoods. But the restarting of large-scale timber extraction in the country has proven disastrous for local people, the... read more
Click here to read in English. Пресс-релиз на русском. Araşdırma nəticəsində əldə olunan faktlar Mədən Sənayesində Şəffaflıq Təşəbbüsünə olan etimadı azaldır Global Witness tərəfindən bu gün dərc olunmuş "Anonim... read more
Click here to go to the report page. Azərbaycan oxuyun. Пресс-релиз на русском. Findings pose a challenge for the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative Azerbaijan Anonymous, a new report released today by Global... read more
10.12.2013 | Azerbaijan Anonymous
Click here to read the press release. The international Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) was set up to give citizens of resource-rich countries information about how much their governments were... read more
03.12.2013 | Deutsche Bank divests from Vietnamese land grabber HAGL following Global Witness' expose
Cambodia | Laos | Forests | Land Deals
Deutsche Bank no longer holds any significant stock in Vietnamese rubber giant Hoang Anh Gia Lai (HAGL) Global Witness has learned. The decision comes after the campaign group's research revealed a wide range of... read more
29.11.2013 | China Programme
简体中文 China is the most important emerging global power, a major operator in natural resource extraction around the world and a large country with major land and forest assets. The country's supply of natural resources... read more
British MPs have launched a crucial debate on how authorities tackle corruption by posing tough questions to the stock exchange regulator, Global Witness said today. The UK must now seize the opportunity to revamp lax... read more
Global Witness called on South Sudan's government to swiftly enact the Petroleum Revenue Management Bill, a vital piece of legislation that will govern how income from the country's oil sector will be managed. The call... read more
01.08.2013 | Senate moves to end anonymous shell companies to crack down on money laundering, tax dodging and corruption
Global Witness applauds Senators Levin (D-MI), Grassley (R-IA), Feinstein (D-CA) and Harkin (D-IA) for introducing legislation that would make it much harder for the corrupt and other criminals to misuse American... read more
简体中文 Watchdog calls on SADC to fully investigate claims of wrong-doing by ZANU PF Global Witness today called on the Southern African Development Community (SADC) to fully investigate claims that Robert Mugabe's ZANU PF... read more
Judge rules that industry arguments are 'overinflated' and 'lack merit' Global Witness applauded the decision yesterday by the Washington, D.C. District Court to uphold the Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC)... read more
23.07.2013 | Joint statement from Global Witness, Re:Common, The Corner House on matters arising from the sale of the OPL 245 oil concession
6th Floor, Buchanan House 30 Holborn London, EC1N 2HS UK Statement Matters arising from the sale of the OPL 245 oil concession Correspondence between Global Witness – Re:Common –The Corner House and... read more
Claims that the deforestation threat to the Congo Basin is diminishing are seriously misleading, said Global Witness today. A new study published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society states that... read more
There have been important developments relating to the US$1.1 billion deal for Nigeria's prolific oil block, OPL-245. The deal for the block involved the ex-Nigerian Oil Minister, Dan Etete, a disgruntled middleman, the... read more
09.07.2013 | How JLo can you go? Global Witness calls on JLo to donate money from Turkmenistan show to charity
Dear Ms Lopez, We are dismayed to hear reports that you performed in Turkmenistan on June 29 for President Berdymukhamedov's birthday. As you are now no doubt aware, Turkmenistan possesses one of the worst human rights... read more
Global Witness welcomes a statement from the Afghan government reinforcing its commitment to manage its natural resource sector openly, transparently and in line with international best practice, but warns that... read more
Global Witness strongly disagrees with Tuesday's DC District Court decision to vacate the implementing rules for Section 1504 of the Dodd-Frank Act, which requires oil, gas and mining companies to publish their revenue... read more
28.06.2013 | Civil society to Afghan government and donors: live up to your promises on mining sector
An alliance of 36 Afghan and international civil society organisations have urged the Afghan government and its donors to deliver on their commitment to effective oversight in the country's extractives sector. The call... read more
18.06.2013 | The beginning of the end of corporate secrecy? G8 strikes a blow against corruption – but still more to do
Global Witness is collating the action plans as they are published. Read our summaries of the plans. Read more on Global Witness' reaction to the G8 The G8 has started a rollback in corporate secrecy by beginning... read more
The UK Crown Dependencies and Overseas Territories have announced that they will produce action plans to ensure that they meet the international standards on beneficial ownership transparency. Gavin Hayman,... read more
14.06.2013 | Breakthrough commitment from UK to roll back corporate secrecy; the G8 and offshore havens should follow suit
For immediate release: 14 June 2013 An unprecedented move by the UK to end secret company ownership could prevent corruption and crime and significantly boost the development prospects of poor countries and... read more
14.06.2013 | G8 must seize historic opportunity to end corporate secrecy and usher in an age of transparency
More on the G8 - click here. G8 leaders have an unprecedented opportunity to roll back the frontiers of corporate secrecy and put a stop to the use of shell companies by money launderers, corrupt politicians, drug... read more
Read briefing document which seeks to clarify some of the most common misconceptions about the Dodd Frank Act. For the past decade and a half, the trade in metals that power our laptops and make our cell phones vibrate... read more
04.08.2011 | Pandering to the Loggers: WWF fails to address key concerns outlined in Global Witness report
Last week, Global Witness' report Pandering to the Loggers exposed significant failings in WWF's flagship sustainable timber scheme, the Global Forest and Trade Network (GFTN). Global Witness is concerned that WWF's... read more
01.08.2011 | Congo-China agreement: Publication of new documents
Version française 简体中文 Global Witness recently gained access to a major amendment to the multi-billion dollar agreement signed between a consortium of Chinese companies and the government of the Democratic Republic of... read more
In early April 2011, following some initial contacts between Honduras and the European Union (EU) in mid-2010, a series of meetings and workshops were held in Honduras with the objective to explore the potential... read more
Read press releaseRead Pandering to the Loggers WWF's flagship scheme to promote sustainable timber – the Global Forest and Trade Network (GFTN) – is allowing companies to reap the benefits of association with WWF and... read more
01.07.2011 | Beyond the Pledge: International Engagement After Sudan's Comprehensive Peace Agreement
With only days before South Sudan is due to secede on 9 July, Sudan is the closest to war that it has been since the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) between North and South Sudan in January 2005, said... read more
24.06.2011 | Libya controversy shows why energy companies must stop lobbying against anti-corruption laws
Growing concerns over oil companies' dealings with Colonel Gaddafi underline why industry lobbyists must not be allowed to water down U.S. laws that aim to promote transparency and curb corruption in oil-rich... read more
23.05.2011 | Affirming Accountability: Transparency and Independent Verification in South Sudan's New Petroleum Law
The purpose of this paper is to provide recommendations drawn from our expertise and experience in Sudan and elsewhere in order to assist in the development of a robust Petroleum Law in South Sudan. We also draw from a... read more
Read press release Shifts in the control of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo's (DRC) mines have created opportunities to begin breaking the links between the mineral trade and the conflict that has plagued civilians... read more
12.05.2011 | Global Witness briefing to the British All Party Parliamentary Group on the Great Lakes
Global Witness submitted a briefing to the British APPG on the Great Lakes in advance of a visit to the region in May 2011 highlighting concerns over the Democratic Republic of Congo's natural resource sector. read more
15.03.2011 | Joint letter to DfID outlining need for donors to address transparency in Ugandan oil sector
Uganda is on the verge of a petroleum windfall. According to the World Bank, revenue from this industry has the potential to double government revenue within six to 10 years and to constitute an estimated 10-25 percent... read more
The government's draft proposals for libel reform are due to be published on Tuesday 15th March. It is vital that these changes work to protect and strengthen reporting in the public interest.An increasingly broad range... read more
The huge potential of a multibillion-dollar deal between the Democratic Republic of Congo and China risks being undermined because the agreement is opaque and key terms are ill-defined says Global Witness in China and... read more
28.02.2011 | Submission to the US Securities and Exchange Commission on proposed guidelines for conflict minerals law
The landmark US Dodd-Frank Act of 2010 includes provisions to stem the flow of conflict minerals from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). It requires companies whose products contain tin, tantalum tungsten and... read more
For over a decade, Global Witness has targeted policy-makers, international organisations, regulators and the banks themselves in an effort to make it harder for corrupt politicians to stash loot in foreign bank... read more
06.11.2014 | Executive Director Vacancy
Global Witness is seeking an Executive Director to run the organisation and its pioneering investigations and campaigns. See here for more information: http://www.globalwitness.org/about-us/jobs/executive-director read more
The Open Society Foundations (OSF) has shown its confidence in Global Witness and wants to help build a campaigning organisation that is deep-rooted, long-lasting and even more effective, with a strong infrastructure... read more
01.10.2014 | Former President of Nigeria and Member of the Africa Progress Panel supports Global Witness' conflict minerals campaign
Company Due Diligence | Conflict Minerals | Democratic Republic of Congo | Myanmar | Republic of Congo | The Diamond Industry | Conflict Diamonds | Policy
"Africa's minerals, precious stones and other commodities should have brought better lives for African people. But for decades these trades have funded and fuelled some of the continent's most brutal wars. More... read more
When an oil company promises to suspend hugely controversial work in Africa's oldest national park it should be cause for celebration. But the commitment by British oil company Soco to withdraw from Virunga... read more
04.06.2014 | New MEPs must tackle conflict minerals
29.05.2014 | Event: The Elephant In the Woods
June 12th, 6:30 - 9:30pm, Impact Hub, Kings Cross London The Elephant In the Woods – an evening of music, talk, drink & more about how our future is linked to the fate of the forests Saving forests was once in... read more
22.05.2014 | Global Witness at Hay Festival 2014
Join us at Hay Festival this week for a series of conversations about changing the system - with people who have done just that. We'll be talking to Glenn Greenwald, the journalist who blew the lid on the extent of NSA... read more
20.05.2014 | Blog: Glencore unfazed by muddy Congo deals
Three AGMs as a public company and three times Global Witness has publicly asked Glencore's board to commission an independent investigation into its Congo deals. Glencore's Chairman Tony Hayward was unequivocal in... read more
20.05.2014 | Blog: Do investors know what Shell is up to?
Business people sometimes think we campaigners are a bit naïve. Our lofty ideals should be accommodated as far as possible, but business is business. We need to be realistic about how the world works. Well, we are... read more
08.05.2014 | Video and blog: A perfect crime
See Global Witness Director Patrick Alley's TEDxExeter talk and blog on how the logging industry tricked us into financing our own destruction. In 1876 a group of famous explorers gathered in Brussels for the... read more
The City of London Police has commissioned this short crime prevention video to demonstrate the impact that a corruption investigation could have on companies and individuals who ignore the Bribery Act and break the law... read more
30.09.2013 | Ensuring a balanced and informed debate on conflict minerals: Global Witness's response to Tim Worstall's 23rd September piece on Forbes.com
Last week, Forbes.com published a piece by Tim Worstall in which he argued against the introduction of legally binding measures in the EU to tackle conflict minerals. The piece, titled 'Global Witness' Latest Silly... read more
30.09.2013 | Kofi Annan calls on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to maintain high revenue transparency standards
Kofi Annan, Chair of the Africa Progress Panel, gave a speech at the Graduate Institute in Geneva last week, which highlighted the benefits of mandatory transparency rules for the hundreds of billions of dollars that... read more
27.09.2013 | Free the Arctic 30 - Sign Greenpeace's Petition
Click here to sign the petition: https://secure.greenpeace.org.uk/page/speakout/release-peaceful-proteste... read more
02.11.2014 | Leading members of US Congress call on President Obama to take action on mining, gas and oil sector management in Myanmar
As President Barack Obama returns to Myanmar, leading members of the US Congress call for the country's rulers to live up to their promises of reform by allowing citizens access to the information and freedom... read more
21.06.2013 | How to engage Chinese companies in EITI
This article is written by Dr Guo Peiyuan, SynTao General Manager and based on his presentation at 2013 EITI Global Conference. The Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative (EITI) has been... read more
07.05.2013 | New report highlights benefits of transparency, challenges of translating it into accountability and the scope of EITI
Diarmid O'Sullivan, Open Society Foundation research fellow and ex-Global Witness campaigner has released a report today on how transparency helps identify problems in the governance of natural resources, as well... read more
05.11.2012 | Daily Telegraph - 'Land grab' as families are uprooted to make way for luxury resort that will host EU ministers
Cambodia | Laos | Land Deals
At least 500 people have been uprooted from their homes to make way for luxury villas where European Union foreign ministers, including William Hague, will stay during a summit in Laos on Monday, writes David Blair in... read more
A report by Peru Support Group. Abstract: High gold prices, persistent poverty and a shortage of employment opportunities in Peru have all contributed to an increase in artisanal and small-scale gold mining activity in... read more
Shell companies Launderers Anonymous A study highlights how easy it is to set up untraceable companies Sep 22nd 2012 | NEW YORK | from The Economist SHELL companies—which exist on paper only, with no real... read more
20.08.2012 | Tokyo Sexwale and the DRC's Mr Grab
"A $150-million investment ties Tokyo Sexwale to a controversial Israeli businessman as he pulled off the "heist" of a prize mining asset in the DRC" - Mail & Guardian. Click here to read the article. read more
18.11.2011 | Reuters Africa: South Sudan assertive on oil sales
South Sudan will market its crude through its oil ministry, an oil official said on Thursday casting further doubt on the role trading major Glencore's venture will have in selling the nation's oil. Alexander Dziadosz... read more
Some donors do well, all donors can do better, writes Publish What You Fund. read more
Britain is being urged to help close down a legal loophole that lets financiers known as "vulture funds" use courts in Jersey to claim hundreds of millions of pounds from the world's poorest countries, write Greg Palast... read more
15.11.2011 | BBC: Call for greater aid transparency
A UK-based lobby group is calling for more transparency in the spending of global development aid, estimated to be worth about $150bn (£93bn), writes BBC's Mark Doyle. read more
Clariden Leu AG, with roots that make it Switzerland's oldest private bank, has begun telling certain U.S. customers suspected of offshore tax evasion that it will disclose their names to the U.S. Internal Revenue... read more
06.09.2011 | Wall St Journal - SocGen deals eyed by Libya
Officials working with Libya's new governing authority are examining whether any payments made by Société Générale SA as part of its business relationship with the Libyan Investment Authority ended up in the hands of... read more
South Sudan's oil minister said on Saturday that an oil cargo detained by northern officials in Port Sudan in a row over duty payments had now sailed, but that negotiations over transit fees were stalled - read... read more
A major international anti-corruption provision in the Dodd-Frank financial reform legislation remains stalled at the Securities and Exchange Commission, a year after the bill was passed by Congress and three months... read more
Europe must do its bit to stop the trade in conflict minerals We have to let our leaders know we do understand the link between products we buy and the suffering of others By Ed Zwick - Originally published at... read more
08.08.2013 | China Dialogue on the impact and benefits of EU transparency laws on listed Chinese companies
简体中文 EU anti-corruption laws will hit Chinese companies overseas China Dialogue PetroChina, Sinopec and other Chinese companies will be required to reveal payments made to overseas governments as a condition of... read more
05.06.2013 | The Economist supports global transparency standard
Today The Economist came out in support of the campaign "to put a stop to hidden company ownership and to make energy and mining companies disclose more about the payments they make to win concessions." Global Witness... read more
South Sudan hopes to sell several unexplored oil blocks for $1 billion in coming months, a finance official said, giving a potential lifeline for the African country's hobbled economy. Reuters. To read the Global... read more
One story that will be sure to develop in 2013 is the controversy around ENRC's activities in Congo. For the background for this, a good place to start is the Global Witness statement of 23 December: "ENRC shareholders... read more
Rosie Sharpe, Senior campaigner, Global Witness Investigations carried out by the Guardian, ICIJ and the BBC's Panorama programme into the ease with which anonymous shell companies can be used to move dirty money... read more
From the Daily Mail ENRC has resolved not to buy mineral rights via controversial middlemen who campaign groups say pose an appearance or risk of corruption, the Mail understands. Chairman Mehmet Dalman has taken an... read more
08.08.2012 | World Politics Review: Despite Oil Deal, Obstacles to Sudan-South Sudan Reconciliation Remain
With peril looming on both countries' economic horizons, Sudan and South Sudan brokered a milestone oil-transit agreement over the weekend to the effusive praise of the international community. The deal represents a... read more
South Sudan says it will allow full access to information involving deals with international financial institutions, following a report by Global Witness on Wednesday, which it recommends that the new nation "exercise... read more
18.05.2012 | Caixin: Big Oil on Edge as U.S. Requires Disclosure
An intense lobbying campaign is under way as U.S. authorities prepare to implement what are supposed to be investor-friendly laws designed to clarify the global operations of listed oil companies. Zhang Tao and Wang... read more
Huffington Post blog written by Global Witness' Sudan and South Sudan Analyst, Dana Wilkins, available here. read more
Rob Walker of the BBC Assignment team investigates what's happened to billions of dollars in oil revenues paid to the government of Equatorial Guinea since it's oil boom in the 1990s. Anthea Lawson from Global... read more
Global Witness has long campaigned for companies to come clean about who actually owns them. In most countries in the world individuals can legally disguise their identities and their assets behind anonymous shell... read more
Diamonds worth hundreds of millions of dollars are due to be put on sale on Friday by a joint Chinese-Zimbabwean company with strong military ties. The auction follows last month's decision by the industry watchdog... read more
China, the largest buyer of Sudanese crude oil, is pressing Sudan and the newly independent South Sudan to end a row that has led to the blockade of about 200,000 barrels a day of crude oil and contributed to... read more
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Tunisian president hails 'ideal' Turkey relations
By Hassan Mekki, Tuesday, April 29, 2014
TUNIS – Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki has hailed his country's "ideal" relations with Turkey, describing Ankara as a "real friend."
"Turkey has been a true friend in critical times," Marzouki told Anadolu Agency in an interview to be published in full on Wednesday.
He said that Ankara has offered $500 million in aid to Tunisia and contributed to several projects in the North African country.
"Tunisia has signed more than 74 partnership agreements with Turkey and that both countries share identical views on almost all issues," Marzouki added.
He recalled how Turkey reacted positively when he requested military equipment to help the Tunisian army hunt down militants hiding in Jebel Chambi, which overlooks the western city of Kasserine.
President Marzouki said the recent electoral victory of Turkey's ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party despite smear media campaigns proves that those who serve their people should fear nothing.
Copyright © 2014 Anadolu Agency
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"This company is fabulous. I ordered a lot of Kohler bathroom accessories from them in several orders because they have the best price. The orders all came promptly. Because of delay in my remodel, it took me months to unpack and install all the items and when I did, I found that two items had the wrong finish (polished chrome and not brushed crome). This was their original mistake but mine too since I did not check the shipment - the packaging is identical except for one letter in the part number. Despite being months outside the 30 day return window, it took one e-mail to get them to accept the original error, ship the replacements immediately and arrange for a prepaid UPS pickup of the wrong items. This is good customer service by any standard. I am highly suspicious of all the low rating on this site because this is not my experience."
"I wish I had checked this site before ordering my Kohler products! I ordered two duo strainers and they arrived without any of the necessary parts for installation. I left message after message on their "customer service" line (which, by the way IS ALWAYS BUSY), and I sent e-mails through their site. I have not yet received a response. I'm getting concerned and I'm about to contact my charge card and refuse payment. I feel so foolish as I thought I was ordering from OVERSTOCK.COM."
"I was about to order from overstock deals.com when I came across this site. Thank heavens I did and learned what crooks they are before I got scammed, too. But then I thought about it and figured that it's only people who have problems who write these reviews. So I decided to order a couple of Kohler products which they offered for far less than anyone else. Their communication was excellent and I quickly received the new, unopened, and perfect products. I found these guys to be professional from beginning to end."
"I ordered some Kohler cabinet knobs. Website said in stock. I also paid for next day shipping. When I did not receive an email that the product was shipping, I checked my account on line. The day after I ordered it the product showed processing and my credit card was charged. The second day, I checked and the product showed backordered. They did not notify me that it was backordered. I sent an email asking for more clarification and have received no response. I left two voice mails on the customer service line and have not received a response. I should have known better and should have checked the reviews. Will never use them again. Based on other reviews, you throw the dice on getting a hassle free transaction."
"I ordered a Kohler tercet tub here it was $200 cheaper than anywhere else. The product was backordered and only then did I read the reviews. I was nervous at first but I called customer service. They were polite and professional. They gave me a ship date two weeks in advance which I thought was reasonable. After only a week I got a email stating shipment was made over a week prior to the estimated date. The next day the shipping company called to set up delivery. The shipping company was polite and professional. The tub upon inspection was correct and undamaged."
"I received the email notice that my order had shipped. I waited a few days, but not receive the order. I checked UPS tracking and found the order was being held due to incorrect address. Three differnent online inquiries to OverstockDeals were completely ignored. I tried calling, but all I got was a recorded message saying to leave my number and they would call me back. They did not. I finally got my order by contacting UPS directly. My experience indicates that OverstockDeals provides zero customer service."
"I accidentally ordered a different model kitchen sink. (1 number off). I realized my error within minutes of making the order. Despite multiple emails and phone calls in efforts to replace the wrong item with the right item, I was unable to reach anyone until 5 days later. They simply told me, too bad. Once you hit the order button, you have NO recourse or option to cancel or change the order (like amazon.com any other reputable sellers). I now get to also pay a 15% restocking fee. Tough lesson to learn. I should have stayed with amazon.com.
I would not recommend this seller for the sheer fact that reaching a human being is insanely difficult. Their "live chat" option on their web site NEVER works. They do not respond to their emails and voice mails in a timely way."
"I was skeptical about this company but everything was fine with my order, so I thought I'd share my experience to balance out the horror stories here. CLEARLY Overstockdeals has minimal customer service, and depends on others for inventory, so I'm not sure I'd rely on them for anything that was fragile or time-critical, but in my case I was just buying a replacement Kohler toilet seat with no urgency whatsoever. Overstock Deals had the lowest price by far, so I rolled the dice. I placed the order Thursday, it shipped Friday, and arrived Monday. Packaging was solid. No complaints here."
"Dishonest and uses False Advertisement to sell their products.
I ordered an Axor Uno Showe ring. It arrived but was missing the plate required to screw the unit into the wall. The customer service response was that this was a display unit and that the missing plate was not on the picture on the website therefore is not included in the purchase. Total garbage-the item was not identified as a "diplay unit" nor should it be missing any installation parts! All websites have the same exact picture and descriptions as theirs for this item. Just because the "plate" wasn't shown in the picture doesn't mean they can sell an incomplete product. The screws and plastic adapter that were in the box were also not pictured on their website yet were included in the purchase. They seem like a dishonest company and will try to talk their way out of mistakes rather than have integrity and try to correct mistakes. Its obvious that someone at their warehouse took that piece out of the box. My issue is still not resolved but I will never ever buy from them again. Shipping process is poor as their is no QC to assure all parts are in the box.
I rated them one star on the price because I paid a very high price for a unit I CANNOT USE!"
"I was hesitant due to the negative reviews but got my items in perfect order in just a few days - very easy and at a price much lower than I could find elsewhere. I got an American Standard sink and a Moen faucet and saved at least $40 on each item. Happy I risked it!"
"We are renovating our bathroom at the last minute for a family reunion this coming Saturday and ordered bathroom faucets (shower and sink), pedestal sink, vanity lights, etc. I placed the order on Sunday, Nov. 20, 2011. Then, I looked at the reviews on this site and panicked. On the following day, I received email notice that a portion of my order was not in stock and I thought "here we go...". I emailed back almost immediately and requested them to ship in-stock items and cancel the others. Approx. 4 hours later, I received an email reply that the in-stock items were ready to ship and that I would be receiving a credit. I later emailed with a request for shipping #'s for tracking and received an email with tracking #'s and the credit transaction ID to track my credit card credit for canceled items. I received the full credit within 3 days. I then began to receive my items on Monday, Nov. 28, 2011 (probably would have received them sooner if not for the Thanksgiving holiday). My pedestal sink top arrived via UPS on Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2011. It was shattered during shipment and we refused it on the spot. Called and got someone on the phone this time (usually get the voicemail), with profuse apologies and assurances that a replacement would be overnighted to meet our renovator's deadline. We recieved the replacement tonight, Thursday Dec. 1, 2011. Order is now complete. I have no complaints whatsoever with the responsiveness and willingness to correct things to keep this customer happy. They bent over backward to make things right. The only thing that I would suggest is a better communication system. Maybe I've just been spoiled by Amazon.com though"
"I ordered from OverstockDeals.com even after reading the reviews here. You can not beat the prices. I took a risk. Some of the items were not in stock so I had to order somewhere else. Other item came in perfect condition, shipped promptly. I was concerned about credit back to my credit card since I was a bit paranoid after reading all bad reviews, but it came back all right. The communication was via email very prompt. I got replies the same day or the next day. The phone 1-800 number goes to voice mail so I did not bother leaving voice mails but was fine communicating via email. I take one star off for the phone going to voice mail during business hours."
"OverstockDeals.com - Go elsewhere for your purchases. OverstockDeals had high ratings on BizRate and had a good price on the bath vanity and mirror we wanted. (BizRate does not have legitimate ratings...because of their advertising and promotion of stores like OSDeals). The OverstockDeals website had a promotion listing "Free UPS Shipping" when we ordered. The day after I received an email indicating our order was being processed, I received an email from the Customer Service Department informing me that the website promotion was a mistake, and we owed $128.00 additional shipping charge if we wanted to still have the item shipped. This was simply a sophisticated bait and switch. I emailed Overstock Deals with a request to abide by their advertising, and received this response: "Despite the fact that the website says free shipping, the information on the website is incorrect and we are unable to honor it." I called Customer Service to try to get a live person, and simply received a voicemail box asking me to leave my name and phone number. A day has passed, and still no response. I will never deal with this unscrupulous company again."
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Some people swear by ballet boot camp or sweaty yoga sessions, but which workout really delivers the best full-body results? Before you invest in the next fitness craze, see how five pros measure up.
By Maureen Choi
NAME: Keisher "Fire" McLeod-Wells
WEIGHT: 109 pounds
WORKOUT ROUTINE: Strength-trains for two to three hours a day, five days a week. Alternates between jumping rope, shadowboxing with 2-pound weights, and sparring in the ring for 45 minutes.
BODY COMPOSITION: 14 percent body fat with a BMI of 16.6.
AEROBIC CAPACITY: VO2 Max of 48, which puts her in the 97th percentile for women between the ages of 30 and 39.
MUSCULAR STRENGTH: 50 crunches and 40 push-ups.
POWER: 14-inch vertical jump.
FLEXIBILITY: 7.5 inches on the sit-and-reach test.
THE VERDICT: If mellow yoga classes aren't for you, try McLeod-Wells' circuit-style boxing routine with endurance- and muscle-building exercises like jumping rope and shadowboxing. Plus, arm-sculpting jabbing sessions result in stellar upper-body strength, making tasks like carrying groceries and carting heavy loads of laundry a breeze. Flexibility can be deficient here, so adding Pilates or some other stretch-oriented class would boost your workouts in the ring.


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Welcome to Hey DJ, a series that delves into the St. Louis DJing scene. Get to know some local music lovers and their quirks as they fill out our short answer questionnaire, and find out where to catch them around town. Julian Kussman is DJ hobbbz, a decidedly strange misspelling of his childhood f ... More >>
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text: Mark Wahlberg Embraces Military, Becomes Hollywood's Next Big Action Star Print article Send a Tip by Movie Critic Assassins 25 Jun 2014 post a comment This weekend will not only bring huge box office numbers, it marks the launch of Hollywood's next action hero. It goes to show just how far a career can go. Mark Wahlberg left behind his days with Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch to become Hollywood's next "go to" talent on action projects. With Transformers: Age of Extinction set to storm theaters Friday, the actor' rise will soon be complete. So just how did he excel to this level? Simple, by heroically supporting military troops and families. In many ways, Wahlberg's career has been quite impressive. He starred in box office hits: The Italian Job, Planet of the Apes (2001), Invincible and The Departed, only to come crashing back to earth with Shooter (which greatly disappointed at the box office). He then rebounded with Contraband and Ted. His best career move came earlier this year with Lone Survivor. Not only did he take the lead role, he lead an effort to help military soldiers and their families through the Wounded Warrior Project. This unabashed support of U.S. military personnel through Lone Survivor's narrative, and in public view, has given him an extra edge few actors ever see. Let's face it, most of Hollywood's stock in actors (the Matt Damons of the world) are more prone to criticizing U.S. military servicemen rather than embrace them. It's refreshing to see an actor take the opposite route, and Wahlberg will be well rewarded with his appearance in Transformers (a franchise that continues to honor U.S. military men and women quite well under franchise director Michael Bay). As the phrase goes in Hollywood, "numbers don't lie." Wahlberg will pull the biggest box office opening of his career with Transformers, and will become Hollywood's next big action star. His service in supporting our military will also give him staying power in theaters. In a time where many action stars find their box office stock dwindling, Wahlberg has found a way to heighten his to historic levels. With any luck, this could start a new trend of future action stars standing side by side with our military heroes. What a trend what would be, and more great moments like these.


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Ubuntu is the distro people love to hate. That is ironic, as it's spawned a larger number of currently forked distros than any other flavour of Linux. Just take a look at the GNU/Linux Distribution Timeline from futurist.se/gldt. It's a truly nuts diagram of just how forked the Linux world has become. Totting up the currently live distros, Ubuntu is easily the most fertile with 70 forks. Debian and Red Hat have just over 60 each, and as for the total? We lost count after 280...
The recent Debian debate on Systemd or Upstart generated a lot of noise against Upstart, but why would Canonical do anything but put Upstart forward as its primary choice? Why hate a company for putting its own developed project first? Certainly, Canonical does make some odd decisions, but then many large companies do. Internal politics, lawyers, and the personal preferences of charismatic owners can sway decisions that look odd from the outside. That's why this issue we're going to fix Ubuntu. It's the ideal time, too: the latest long term support release, 14.04 Trusty Tahr, is out, and you've likely installed it. So now's the time to put right all those things that annoy you about Ubuntu.
We're not just concentrating on the cutting edge of Linux, but this issue there's a double-dose of expert guides to the best low-resource Linux distros and FOSS software.
So if you're running older hardware like the ASUS EeePC then we've got the know-how to keep it ticking over.
Finally we interview the head of the Linux Professional Institute UK, Bill Quinn, to discover how demand for the LPI Certification has rapidly grown over the last few years and how the LPIC is helping shape UK education in schools, colleges and universities, to a point that Linux will start driving our children's computing education. It's an exciting development that's going to have long-lasting and dramatic implications for Linux and the UK economy, spreading computer literacy and the use of Linux.
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More than 2,000 pounds of pot were compressed and hidden in 12 large deep freezers at a warehouse in Fort Wayne, and the DEA says an Indianapolis man is facing federal narcotic charges in connection with the cache.
Martin Gonzalez-Medina, 50, was charged Wednesday with possession of marijuana with the intent to distribute.
He was scheduled to appear today in front a U.S. magistrate and has a detention hearing scheduled later in the week, according to a statement issued by Jack Riley, special agent-in-charge of the Chicago Field Division of the Drug Enforcement Administration, which covers Fort Wayne.
If convicted, Gonzalez-Medina would face a mandatory minimum of five to 40 years in prison in addition to a fine of up to $5 million, the statement said.
"This is the most significant marijuana seizure in Northeast Indiana in several years," Riley said in the statement. "This seizure shows that large scale criminal drug trafficking organizations continue to try to use Fort Wayne both as a local distribution center and a transshipment point for distribution to other states."
The seizure was made Monday as the marijuana was delivered to a warehouse off Industrial Road, according to the statement. It said the marijuana, which originated in Mexico, was transported through Texas before arriving in Fort Wayne.
The investigation was conducted by a DEA task force made up of federal agents from the DEA and IRS, as well as officers from the Steuben County Sheriff's Department, the Noble County Sheriff's Department and the Fort Wayne Police Department.


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HOLIDAY — Tarpon Springs coach Ron Hawn wanted a trophy to play for in the program's newfound rivalry with Anclote. He found an anchor at an antique store that he sandblasted and placed on a plaque. The Spongers spent Friday night making sure they kept it. Led by a balanced ...
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Sat. Aug. 23, 2014 at 12:41 a.m. | Bob Putnam
Tarpon Springs Coach: Ron Hawn (third season, 13-15*) Last season: 7-5 Class/district: 5A-8 Colors: Maroon and white Stadium: Sponger Stadium, 1411 S. Gulf Road, Tarpon Springs Playoff history: 1970, 1972, 1975, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, ...
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We're rolling out daily district previews for all 78 varsity football teams in the area. Today we look at a five-team all-Pinellas league. Overview On paper, this looks like Lakewood's district all the way. The Spartans advanced to the Class 5A state semifinals last year and only lost by two ...
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Tue. Aug. 12, 2014 at 5:43 p.m. | Rodney Page and Bob Putnam
Tarpon Springs' Louis Zervos was one of four kickers selected for the Under Armour game, to be held in January at Tropicana Field. Zervos, a rising senior, earned a roster spot after a strong performance at a Kohl's kicking camp over the weekend. "(I made it) by winning the camp," ...
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Tue. July 22, 2014 at 3:54 p.m. | Bob Putnam
Area teams came up big in the weekend Sling N Shoot 7-on-7 tournament at USF, with three teams — Armwood, East Lake and Alonso — making the semifinals. Armwood eventually prevailed, beating East Lake 20-13 in the championship Sunday. Here are the players who caught our eye Sunday: Top 10 ...
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Mon. July 21, 2014 at 1:52 p.m. | Kelly Parsons and Jacob Lynn
Our third annual countdown of the top 100 football players in Tampa Bay. Past performances — spanning the fall, spring and summer — and promise of big things to come are all taken into consideration. Today: players 21 through 30. Previous installments: 91-100 81-90 71-80 61-70 51-60 41-50 31-40
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Our third annual countdown of the top 100 football players in Tampa Bay. Past performances — spanning the fall, spring and summer — and promise of big things to come are all taken into consideration. Today: players 61 through 70. Previous installments: 91-100 81-90 71-80
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Gibbs guard Daniel Davis has transferred to Tarpon Springs, Gladiators boys basketball coach Larry Murphy said. Davis, a senior, battled through injuries last season to average 11.3 points and 4.7 assists per game. Davis' younger brother, Donald, a 6-foot-3 junior who played JV last season, will also be playing for ...
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Tarpon Springs rising senior Mitchell Wilcox, a 6-foot-4, 230-pound tight end and defensive lineman, made his college choice official Saturday night after playing with Team Tampa in the IMG 7v7 National Champinship. Wilcox, who had a breakout spring, chose the Bulls over offers from James Madison, Ball State and Miami ...
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Pitcher of the Year: Kama Woodall, Fr., Canterbury Why we picked her: The ace of the staff dominated this season, finishing 14-4 with a 0.86 ERA and 196 strikeouts. Her four losses all came in the regular season against teams that eventually made the state semifinals: Hagerty (8A), Oakleaf (6A), ...
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Wed. June 11, 2014 at 4:18 p.m. | Bob Putnam
HOLIDAY — It may have been blistering hot Tuesday morning at Anclote for the first Westside 7-on-7 games, but Gulf's Keshaun Peters and Avery Welch couldn't have been happier to be on a football field. Both players missed the Bucs' spring practices due to academic ineligibility, but are now eligible ...
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Spring football always introduces us to new faces, gives us a glimpse of turnaround teams and proves that the elite players are still very much top-tier talents. Our thoughts after teams stowed away the pads for spring: Breakout players Trent Chmelik, Countryside: The junior, who is taking over as the ...
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Thu. June 05, 2014 at 6:24 p.m. | Times Staff
Tarpon Springs tight end/defensive lineman Mitchell Wilcox picked up an offer from USF, his first from a state school. Wilcox, a 6-foot-4, 230-pound senior, is now up to six offers. The others are Ball State, Charleston Southern, James Madison, Miami of Ohio and Samford He said he expects to get another one ...
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Tue. June 03, 2014 at 4:25 p.m. | Bob Putnam
at St. Petersburg Tarpon Springs 10, Northeast 0 Gibbs 18, Tarpon Springs 7 Gibbs 14, Northeast 7 Spring game-breakers: In the win over host Northeast, Tarpon Springs running back Sergio Troncoso had a hard-fought 7-yard touchdown run in the final minute of the second quarter to ice the game. ...
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TAMPA — Colleges called Blake High School football coach Darryl Gordon all day Tuesday, just like they had the day before, and the day before that. They want to know about Shavar Manuel, the hulking 6-foot-4, 260-pound sophomore defensive lineman who now has the full attention of every team in ...
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NEW YORK (AP) -- Henrik Lundqvist and some soft ice in front of his net kept the New York Rangers in the Stanley Cup finals.
Lundqvist made 40 saves in the Rangers' 2-1 victory in Game 4 that kept the Los Angeles Kings from a sweep on Wednesday night.
Twice Los Angeles put the puck on the goal line without getting it all the way across.
The last came with 1:11 left in the game when Rangers forward Derek Stepan pushed the puck out of danger after it got behind Lundqvist.
"It's probably the product of moving a lot," Lundqvist said. "I stay deep in the net, so there's a lot of snow there."
"I thought I had it because I felt the puck, felt like I got a good piece of it on that deflection. I was yelling at the ref to blow the whistle. Then I realized it was behind me for a couple seconds."
Benoit Pouliot and Martin St. Louis each scored for the Rangers. Los Angeles leads the series 3-1 and will get its second shot to claim the Cup for the second time in three years Friday night at home.
"We would have liked to finish it tonight, but having the next game back at home, that is where we are comfortable," Kings defenseman Drew Doughty said.
"We are in front of our fans, we are at the Staples Center, we are on good ice. I'm looking forward to it."
According to the Elias Sports Bureau, Lundqvist is the first goaltender to record at least 40 saves in an elimination regulation win in the Cup finals since the NHL began recording saves as an official statistic in the 1950s.
"Hank stood on his head," Stepan said. "He made some big saves in some big times for us. Hank stood tall and he's a big part of why we are going back to LA."
Pouliot scored 7:25 into the first period and St. Louis added a goal in the second. New York squandered multiple two-goal advantages in losing the first two games in overtime in Los Angeles.
Not this time.
Lundqvist and the Rangers continued their mastery of extending their season. New York is 11-2 in the past 13 games when facing elimination, and Lundqvist was in goal for all of them.
Madison Square Garden had a different feel than the festive atmosphere of Game 3 when the Rangers returned home from Los Angeles. There were no T-shirts draped over the seats, and some of the seats in prime-viewing areas were empty. But as the Rangers started to score, the crowd slowly came alive, roaring in approval.
The Rangers also have won an NHL-record eight consecutive home games when facing elimination, dating to 2008, behind Lundqvist.
"This is do-or-die," St. Louis said. "Before the game, we were in our game-day routine. We're a confident bunch. We've done great things.
"We got our first one, and I'm sure that's going to help our mood."
The Kings pressed for the tying goal in the third period and outshot the Rangers 15-1 in the frame and 41-19 overall.
"I think we sat back a little too much in the third period. But we didn't blow the lead this time," Stepan said.
Two nights after Jonathan Quick stopped 32 shots in a 3-0 victory that put the Kings on the brink of another championship, Pouliot got a puck past him.
St. Louis then put in a rebound at the left post 6:27 into the second, giving the Rangers their fifth two-goal lead of the series. But just like in Games 1 and 2, a two-goal deficit sparked the Kings.
At the tail end of a Rangers power play, New York defenseman Dan Girardi broke his stick and lost the puck to Kings captain Dustin Brown for a breakaway the other way.
Brown made several moves in front of Lundqvist before tucking a forehand inside the right post to make it 2-1 with 11:13 left in the second.
"He made some good saves, but we didn't test him," Brown said of the Rangers goalie. "Enough or make it hard enough on him."
The Kings had a chance to get even, but the Rangers killed Dominic Moore's cross-checking penalty late in the period. Jeff Carter then got behind Girardi before being stopped on a breakaway by Lundqvist.
Pouliot broke Quick's shutout streak at 123 minutes, 1 second. New York hadn't scored since Derick Brassard's second-period goal in Game 2. Pouliot's fifth goal of the playoffs came 2 seconds after Kings defenseman Willie Mitchell finished serving a high-sticking penalty.


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Certain statements in this Report constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance, or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements may include, but are not limited to, that the U.S. District Court does not approve the stipulations of dismissal relating to our patent infringement ligation with Par and Impax, that the FTC or DOJ challenge the enforceability of the Settlement Agreements with Par and Impax, or that private plaintiffs challenge the Settlement Agreements with Par and Impax, whether or not additional third parties may seek to market generic versions of Oxectaź and the results of any litigation that we have filed or may file to defend and/or assert our patents against such companies, the possible occurrence of one of the specific events that would result in Par or Impax marketing a generic Oxectaź earlier than we anticipate, the possible approval by the FDA of Sandoz' or Ranbaxy's generic Oxecta product prior to the expiry of our patents covering Oxecta, our and our licensee's ability to successfully launch and commercialize our products and technologies including Oxectaź Tablets and Nexafedź Tablets, the price discounting that may be offered by Pfizer for Oxecta, our and our licensee's ability to obtain necessary regulatory approvals and commercialize products utilizing our technologies and the market acceptance of and competitive environment for any of our products, the willingness of wholesalers and pharmacies to stock Nexafed Tablets, expectations regarding potential market share for our products and the timing of first sales, our ability to enter into additional license agreements for our other product candidates, our exposure to product liability and other lawsuits in connection with the commercialization of our products, the increased cost of insurance and the availability of product liability insurance coverage, the ability to avoid infringement of patents, trademarks and other proprietary rights of third parties, and the ability of our patents to protect our products from generic competition, our ability to protect and enforce our patent rights in any paragraph IV patent infringement litigation, and the ability to fulfill the FDA requirements for approving our product candidates for commercial manufacturing and distribution in the United States, including, without limitation, the adequacy of the results of the laboratory and clinical studies completed to date, the results of laboratory and clinical studies we may complete in the future to support FDA approval of our product candidates and the sufficiency of our development to meet over-the-counter, or OTC, Monograph standards as applicable, the adequacy of the development program for our product candidates, including whether additional clinical studies will be required to support FDA approval of our product candidates, changes in regulatory requirements, adverse safety findings relating to our product candidates, whether the FDA will agree with our analysis of our clinical and laboratory studies and how it may evaluate the results of these studies or whether further studies of our product candidates will be required to support FDA approval, whether or when we are able to obtain FDA approval of labeling for our product candidates for the proposed indications and will be able to promote the features of our abuse discouraging technologies, whether our product candidates will ultimately deter abuse in commercial settings and whether our Impede technology will disrupt the processing of pseudoephedrine into methamphetamine. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terms such as "may," "will," "should," "could," "would," "expects," "plans," "anticipates," "believes," "estimates," "projects," "predicts," "potential" and similar expressions intended to identify forward-looking statements. These statements reflect our current views and beliefs with respect to future events and are based on assumptions and subject to significant risks and uncertainties. Given these uncertainties, you should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. We discuss many of these risks in greater detail in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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Company Overview
We are a specialty pharmaceutical company engaged in the research, development and commercialization of technologies and products intended to address medication abuse and misuse. We have discovered and developed two proprietary technologies. Our Aversionź Technology is a mixture of inactive ingredients incorporated into pharmaceutical tablets and capsules intended to address some common methods of product tampering associated with opioid abuse. Pfizer Inc.'s Oxecta (oxycodone HCl) tablets, CII is the first approved and marketed product utilizing Aversion and is commercialized under a license agreement we have with a subsidiary of Pfizer, or the Pfizer Agreement. We have also developed our Impedeź Technology which is a combination of inactive ingredients that are intended to prevent the extraction of pseudoephedrine from tablets and disrupt the direct conversion of pseudoephedrine from tablets into methamphetamine.
We have 7 additional opioid products utilizing Aversion in various stages of development. Pursuant to a September 24, 2012 letter agreement with Pfizer, all rights to these development-stage opioid products have reverted back to us. Our product containing hydrocodone bitartrate and acetaminophen utilizing the Aversion technology, or hydrocodone/acetaminophen, is the most advanced opioid product in development and the primary focus of our opioid development efforts. Hydrocodone/acetaminophen is the most widely prescribed and often abused opioid product in the United States. Pfizer previously completed a clinical study demonstrating the hydrocodone/acetaminophen product is bioequivalent to its reference listed drug, however we believe the Pfizer product may have contained up to 12% more hydrocodone bitartrate than expected. We have estimated that the Pfizer study would have achieved the bioequivalence standard after adjusting the results for such additional amount of hydrocodone bitartrate. We filed an Investigational New Drug Application, or IND, with the Food and Drug Administration, or FDA, on December 20, 2012, which became effective in late January 2013. On August 26, 2013, we announced the top-line results from Study AP-ADF-301 ("Study 301"), a phase II clinical study in 40 recreational drug abusers assessing the liability of snorting our hydrocodone/acetaminophen product. Study 301s primary endpoint indicated that Aversion hydrocodone/acetaminophen had slightly lower numeric mean maximum drug liking compared to an equivalent dose of a generic hydrocodone/acetaminophen tablet, however these results were not statistically significant. The Study 301 secondary endpoints demonstrated statistical significance in mean minimum drug liking, including the Overall Drug Liking score and the Take Drug Again assessment. We intend to further evaluate the data from Study 301 and plan to meet with the FDA to discuss the Study 301 results. The projected timeline for submission of the NDA for Aversion hydrocodone/acetaminophen is expected to be delayed. The revised timeline for submission of the NDA for Aversion hydrocodone/acetaminophen will be determined following our meeting with the FDA. We have a meeting scheduled with the FDA to discuss the results of Study 301 on December 5, 2013.
We launched Nexafed commercially in mid-December 2012 into the $1 billion United States over the counter market, or OTC, for cold and allergy products containing a nasal decongestant through drug wholesalers to retail pharmacies. Nexafed was demonstrated in a clinical study to meet the FDA Guideline standards for bioequivalence to the reference drug Sudafedź marketed by Johnson & Johnson Corporation. We anticipate developing line extensions for our Nexafed franchise to capitalize on the many different combination offerings in the OTC cold/allergy market. We have developed a second generation prototype formulation of our Impede Technology, or Impede 2.0, to further improve our Nexafed franchise. Studies sponsored by us at an independent laboratory using an optimized, high yield direct conversion test method that is designed to replicate the direct conversion, or one-pot, process commonly used by clandestine methamphetamine laboratories yielded no measurable amount of methamphetamine compared to an approximate 38% yield with our older Impede Technology. Subsequent one-pot testing with the new formulations demonstrated variability in the one-pot conversion method making it unsuitable to enter into the marketplace. We continue to perform research into improvements for our IMPEDE technology.
We also have discovered an early-stage technology which, in proof of concept laboratory tests, demonstrates the ability to limit the release of the active ingredient from tablets when multiple tablets are consumed simultaneously.
Aversion Technology Overview
Aversion Technology is a unique composition of inactive pharmaceutical ingredients utilized with an opioid or other drug susceptible of abuse to provide abuse deterrent functionality. We have four issued U.S. patents covering all of our Aversion Technology opioid products, which patents expire between 2023 and 2025. Our Aversion Technology products are intended to provide the same therapeutic benefits of the active drug ingredient as currently marketed products containing the same active pharmaceutical ingredient, while simultaneously discouraging the following common methods of pharmaceutical product misuse and abuse:
· Drug abusers may dissolve pharmaceutical tablets or capsules in water, alcohol, or other common solvents, filter the dissolved solution into a syringe, and inject the resulting fluid intravenously to obtain euphoric effects. Aversion Technology tablets dissolved in generally available solvents, including water or alcohol, into a volume and form suitable for intravenous injection, converts the tablet into a viscous gel mixture. We believe this gel will limit or impede drug abusers from extracting and injecting the active ingredients from our tablets.
· Drug abusers may crush pharmaceutical tablets or capsules and intranasally snort the resulting powder to absorb active ingredient through the nasal passages to obtain euphoric effects. The combination of Aversion Technology inactive ingredients is intended to induce nasal passage discomfort if the tablets are snorted. We believe products which utilize Aversion Technology may be disliked and will discourage prospective nasal drug abusers from snorting crushed tablets or capsules.
The extent and manner in which any of the features described below will be described in the FDA approved label for our pipeline products will be dependent on the results of and the acceptance by the FDA of our and our licensees' studies for each product.
Oxecta is a Schedule II narcotic indicated for the management of acute and chronic moderate to severe pain where the use of an opioid analgesic is appropriate. Oxecta utilizes our Aversion Technology. Pfizer received FDA approval for its 505(b)(2) NDA for Oxecta on June 17, 2011 and introduced the product into the market in February 2012. Pending receipt of the FDA's advice on Pfizer's proposed Oxecta promotional materials, which were submitted to the FDA in July 2012, Pfizer did not market Oxecta to physicians. As such, Pfizer attained no meaningful sales of Oxecta in 2012 or during the nine months ended September 30, 2013. In April 2013 Pfizer received FDA's advice on its Oxecta promotional materials and commenced a non-branded marketing campaign to raise awareness of the problem of opioid abuse in the 3rd quarter of 2013. We have been informed by Pfizer that it will expand commercialization of Oxecta to health care providers in the fourth quarter of 2013. These activities will be directed to a national cross section of healthcare professionals who treat pain, but will not include the use of field representatives.
The safety and efficacy of Oxecta 5mg and 7.5mg tablets was established by demonstrating bioequivalence to commercially available oxycodone immediate-release tablets in the fasted state. Oxecta differs from oxycodone tablets when taken with a high fat meal though these differences are not considered clinically relevant, and Oxecta can be taken without regard to food. The FDA-approved label for Oxecta describes elements unique to our Aversion Technology, which differs from current commercially available oxycodone immediate-release tablets. The label for Oxecta includes the results from a clinical study that evaluated the effects of nasally snorting crushed Oxecta and commercially available oxycodone tablets, and limitations on exposing Oxecta tablets to water and other solvents and administration through feeding tubes. The clinical study evaluated 40 non-dependent recreational opioid users, who self-administered the equivalent of 15mg of oxycodone. After accounting for a first sequence effect, the study demonstrated:
· 30% of subjects exposed to Oxecta responded that they would not take
the drug again compared to 5% of subjects exposed to immediate-release
· subjects taking Oxecta reported a higher incidence of nasopharyngeal and facial adverse events compared to immediate-release oxycodone;
· a decreased ability to completely insufflate two crushed Oxecta tablets
within a fixed time period (21 of 40 subjects), while all subjects were
able to completely insufflate the entire dose of immediate-release
oxycodone; and
· small numeric differences in the median and mean drug liking scores, which were lower in response to Oxecta than immediate-release oxycodone.
Although we believe these abuse deterrent characteristics differentiate Oxecta from immediate-release oxycodone products currently on the market, consistent with FDA guidance which requires epidemiology studies to support a claim of abuse deterrence, the clinical significance of the difference in drug liking and difference in response to taking the drug again in this study has not been established. There is no evidence that Oxecta has a reduced liability compared to immediate release oxycodone. Pfizer has agreed to a post-approval commitment with the FDA to perform an epidemiology study to assess the actual impact on abuse of Oxecta tablets.
Further, the Oxecta product label guides patients not to crush and dissolve the tablets or pre-soak, lick or otherwise wet the tablets prior to administration. Similarly, caregivers are advised not to crush and dissolve the tablets or otherwise use Oxecta for administration via nasogastric, gastric or other feeding tubes as it may cause an obstruction. Our laboratory studies demonstrated that the Oxecta tablet characteristics may change when Oxecta is exposed to certain solvents, including water.
Pfizer License, Development and Commercialization Agreement
In October 2007, we entered into a License, Development and Commercialization Agreement, or the Pfizer Agreement, with King Pharmaceuticals Research and Development, Inc., now a subsidiary of Pfizer, covering the United States, Canada and Mexico. Under the Pfizer Agreement, Pfizer will manufacture and commercialize Oxecta in the United States. As of September 30, 2013, we had received an aggregate of $78.5 million in payments from Pfizer in the form of a $30.0 million upfront cash payment, milestone payments, option fees and reimbursement for research and development expenses, including a $20.0 million milestone fee relating to the receipt of FDA approval of the NDA for Oxecta. In addition, Pfizer remits to us a royalty of 5% on net sales of Oxecta, based on current annual net sales levels.
Aversion Technology Opioid Products in Development We have multiple opioid products utilizing our Aversion Technology in various stages of development, including the following: Comparable Brand Aversion Technology Name1 Status Tablets Hydrocodone Vicodinź, IND submitted to the FDA on December bitartrate/acetaminophen Lortabź, Norcoź 20, 2012. NDA submission timeline to be updated following December 5, 2013 meeting with FDA. Hydromorphone HCl Dilaudidź Proof of Concept2 Methadone HCl Methadose Proof of Concept2 Morphine Sulfate MSIRź Proof of Concept2 Oxycodone Percocetź Proof of Concept2 HCl/acetaminophen Oxymorphone HCl Opanaź Proof of Concept2 Tramadol HCl Ultramź Proof of Concept2
1 Comparable Brand Name refers to currently marketed prescription products in
the United States containing the same active analgesic ingredient(s) as in the
corresponding Aversion Technology product.
2 Proof of Concept is attained upon demonstration of product stability and bioavailability parameters. All proof of concept formulations contain niacin and will require reformulation.
Development of Aversion Hydrocodone/Acetaminophen
Our hydrocodone/acetaminophen product was previously under development by Pfizer who, before returning the product to us: (1) removed niacin from the formulation, (2) conducted bioequivalence testing and (3) held a pre-IND meeting with the FDA. We expect our clinical development program for our hydrocodone/acetaminophen product to consist of:
· A pharmacokinetic study in about 36 fasted subjects to establish
bioequivalence of product made by a new contract manufacturer to the
FDA's reference listed drug and determine the food effect on our
· A pharmacokinetic study in about 24 subjects to establish safety compared to the reference listed drugs tramadol/acetaminophen (for acetaminophen) and hydrocodone bitartrate/ibuprofen (for hydrocodone);
· A pharmacokinetic study in about 24 subjects demonstrating dose proportionality of our formulation;
· A nasal abuse liability liking study in about 40 recreational drug users against a reference drug, or Study AP-ADF-301;
· Laboratory studies demonstrating extraction, syringing and particle size characteristics of our product; and
· An assessment of the routes of abuse of hydrocodone products.
On August 26, 2013, we announced top-line results from Study AP-ADF-301 (Study 301), a phase II clinical study in 40 recreational drug abusers assessing the abuse liability of snorting of our crushed hydrocodone/acetaminophen product. Study 301's primary endpoint indicated Aversion hydrocodone/acetaminophen had slightly lower numeric mean maximum drug liking (Emax: 72.1) compared to an equivalent dose of a generic hydrocodone/acetaminophen tablet: Emax: 75.6) currently on the market, however these results were not statistically significant (p=0.22). The secondary endpoints demonstrated the effects of the Aversion ingredients on drug snorting. Aversion hydrocodone/acetaminophen's mean minimum liking (Emin: 40.2) was less than the comparator (Emin: 50.4) (the difference being statistically significant at p=0.0003). The mean minimum drug liking for Aversion H&A and the placebo control were 40.2 and 48.8, respectively (the difference being statistically significant at p=0.0042). A score below 50 indicates a subject disliked the drug they were taking at some point during the treatment (a score of 50 means neither like or dislike), and a score greater than 50 indicates they liked the drug they were taking.
The mean minimum liking results correlated closely the Overall Drug Liking score
(ODL) and Take Drug Again assessment (TDA). ODL assessed the subject like or
dislike for the drug experience 12 hours after taking the dose. The ODL for
Aversion hydrocodone/acetaminophen (52.7) was lower than the generic comparator
(71.0) (the difference being statistically significant at p=0.0001) with a score of 50 indicating a neither a like or dislike. TDA assessed a subject's willingness to take the drug again assessed 12 hours after taking the dose. The TDA for Aversion hydrocodone/acetaminophen (45.1) was lower than the generic comparator (71.0) (the difference being statistically significant at p=0.0001) with the Aversion hydrocodone/acetaminophen score below 50 indicating an unwillingness to take the drug again.
There were no serious adverse events reported for Aversion hydrocodone/acetaminophen. There was no sequence effect identified in the study but a carryover effect between the 5 study crossover periods was identified for the Emax measure but not the Emin measure. This effect is being further evaluated.
We intend to further evaluate the data from this study and have scheduled to meet with the FDA on December 5, 2013 to discuss these results. Given the absence of statistical significance in Study 301s primary endpoint relating to maximum drug liking, the timeline for submission of a NDA for Aversion hydrocodone/acetaminophen product is expected to be delayed. The revised projected timeline for submission of the NDA will be determined following our meeting with the FDA. Although we do not expect the need to conduct additional nasal abuse like/dislike studies for Aversion hydrocodone/acetaminophen product, this will not be confirmed until our meeting with the FDA to discuss the Study 301 results.
We have completed scale-up activities for our Aversion hydrocodone/acetaminophen product at the proposed commercial manufacturer and have manufactured our registration batches for use in subsequent clinical trials.
We continue to evaluate possible partnering of our Aversion development products with alternative strategic partners.
Impede Technology Overview
Our Impede Technology, a proprietary mixture of inactive ingredients, is intended to prevent the extraction of pseudoephedrine, or PSE, from tablets and disrupt the direct conversion of PSE from tablets into methamphetamine. The chemical structure of PSE is very similar to methamphetamine, facilitating a straight-forward chemical conversion to methamphetamine. OTC PSE products are sometimes purchased and used for this conversion. There are multiple known processes to convert PSE to methamphetamine, all of which are not complex and do not require specialized equipment; however, many do require readily available but uncommon ingredients. Two of the three most popular processes follow two general processing steps: (1) dissolving the PSE tablets in a solvent to isolate purified PSE and (2) a chemical reduction of the PSE into methamphetamine for drying into crystals. The third method, or the "one-pot" method, involves the direct chemical reduction of the PSE to methamphetamine in the presence of the tablet's inactive ingredients. All the solvents used are ultimately dried off or otherwise removed so a vast range of solvents are amenable to the process.
Studies sponsored by us at an independent laboratory and confirmed by a law enforcement agency, demonstrated our Impede Technology prevents the extraction of PSE from tablets for conversion into methamphetamine using what we believe are the two most common extraction methods, each requiring extraction of PSE as an initial step. Laboratory tests conducted on our behalf by an independent CRO using the "one-pot" method demonstrated that our Impede Technology disrupted the direct conversion of PSE from the tablets into methamphetamine. The study compared the amount of pure methamphetamine hydrochloride produced from Nexafed and Johnson & Johnson's Sudafedź tablets. Using one hundred 30 mg tablets of both products in multiple one-pot tests with a variety of commonly used solvents, the study demonstrated an average of 38% of the maximum 2.7 grams of pure methamphetamine hydrochloride was recovered from Nexafed. Comparatively, approximately twice as much pure methamphetamine hydrochloride was recovered from Sudafedź tablets. Both products yielded a substantial amount of additional solids such that the purity of the total powder provided contained approximately 65% methamphetamine hydrochloride.
We are conducting research on Impede 2.0, our next generation Impede Technology, to further improve our Nexafed franchise. Studies sponsored by us at an independent laboratory using an optimized, high yield direct conversion test method that is designed to replicate the direct conversion, or one-pot, process commonly used by clandestine methamphetamine laboratories yielded no measurable amount of methamphetamine compared to an approximate 38% yield with our older Impede Technology. Subsequent one-pot testing with the new formulation demonstrated variability in the one-pot conversion method making it unsuitable to enter into the marketplace. We continue to perform research into improvements for our IMPEDE technology.
Separately, we now intend to advance the research and development of our first line extension of NEXAFED, a combination product with additional active ingredients, using our IMPEDE 1.0 technology.
Our Nexafed product is an immediate-release pseudoephedrine HCl, tablet which utilizes our patent pending Impede Technology. PSE is a widely-used nasal decongestant available in many non-prescription and prescription cold, sinus and allergy products We have demonstrated that our Nexafed 30mg tablets is bioequivalent to Johnson & Johnson's Sudafedź 30mg Tablets when a single 2 tablets dose is administered. Commencing in 2006, the Combat Methamphetamine Epidemic Act, or CMEA, required all non-prescription PSE products to be held securely behind the pharmacy counter, has set monthly consumer purchase volume limits, and has necessitated consumer interaction with pharmacy personnel to purchase PSE-containing products. We intend to capitalize on this consumer-pharmacist interaction at the point of sale by soliciting distribution to pharmacies and educating and encouraging pharmacists to recommend Nexafed to their customers.
We launched Nexafed commercially in mid-December 2012 into the United States OTC market for cold and allergy products and have shipped Nexafed to several regional and national drug wholesalers for redistribution to pharmacies, including the three largest U.S. drug wholesalers: McKesson, Cardinal Health and AmerisourceBergen. In March 2013, we completed our first shipment of Nexafed directly to the warehouse of a regional drug chain who, we understand, would further stock all of their pharmacies with Nexafed. We have also gained support from other pharmacy chain customers. Generally, these chain customers purchase their pseudoephedrine products through their pharmacy departments - as opposed to a centralized OTC purchasing operation. The support for Nexafed from these chain customers varies from providing Nexafed educational materials to their pharmacists and allowing each pharmacy to make their own purchasing decision, to the stocking of Nexafed as their only 30mg pseudoephedrine product. We estimate Nexafed is currently stocked in approximately 2,900 US pharmacies or about 4.5% of the 65,000 pharmacy outlets. About 50% of these pharmacies are repeat customers. We continue to work to expand the wholesale and retail distribution network for Nexafed and intend to re-approach some chain customers already stocking Nexafed with programs designed to improve penetration in those chains. . . .


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