TheraTech Inc. announced Monday that Ivers-Lee, a division ofBecton Dickinson & Co., has agreed to produce TheraTech'stransdermal patches.

Ivers-Lee will provide an alternative manufacturing site inWest Caldwell, N.J., for TheraTech's liquid reservoiertransdermal products. TheraTech (NASDAQ:THRT) of Salt LakeCity expects its new manufacturing facilities to be completedby mid-1994.

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