Revolymer strikes US deal for nicotine chewing gum

REVOLYMER, the Deeside polymer company which is developing a number of consumer products, has signed a US supply deal for its nicotine flavoured chewing gum.

It said the US was the largest nicotine gum market with an annual retail value of around $500m.

Under the deal a company called PL Developments plans to market and sell private label formats of Revolymer’s nicotine chewing gum products to its customer base.

Revolymer’s acting chief executive Robin Cridland said: “We are excited to have closed this significant deal covering the substantial US market for nicotine gum. The team at PLD is very experienced at packaging and distributing OTC (over the counter) pharmaceutical products and consumer healthcare goods nationally across America to major grocery, mass merchandiser, and pharmacy chains, and we look forward to a mutually fruitful relationship going forward.

“We are now focused on preparing a regulatory dossier with view to filing for and gaining marketing approval for our nicotine gum products in the US.”