烟草在线据《生物技术》报道编译　　星科公司将出售其不再生产的可溶解烟草产品的商标和技术。

　　在10月3日的一份监管文件中，位于弗吉尼亚州的这家公司表示，它已经将设备及存货出售给以前的一些雇员。

　　与Starion公司的交易的承兑票据合计将近590,000美元。Starion还将租赁星科公司位于弗吉尼亚州Chase城市的部分设施，并且支付特许使用费。

　　星科自2001年以来一直在销售可以在口中溶解的烟草片，但销量一直偏低。

　　2012年底，该公司停止销售Ariva和Stonewall产品。其重点转向膳食补充剂，包括其Antabloc消炎产品。

　　该公司的CEO深陷与弗吉尼亚州州长鲍勃·麦克唐纳有关的一个政治丑闻中。

US: Star Scientific Licensing Tobacco Products

　　Star Scientific Inc. is licensing the trademarks and technology for its discontinued dissolvable tobacco products.

　　In a regulatory filing Thursday, the Glen Allen, Va.-based company said it has sold its equipment and inventory to a group of former employees.

　　The transaction with Starion LLC is taking place in promissory notes totaling nearly $590,000. Starion also will lease part of Star Scientific's Chase City, Va., facility and pay royalties.

　　Star Scientific had sold varieties of tobacco lozenges that dissolve in the user's mouth since 2001, but sales had been low.

　　It stopped marketing its Ariva and Stonewall products at the end of 2012. Its focus then shifted dietary supplements, including its Antabloc anti-inflammatory support product.

　　The company's CEO is at the heart of a political scandal involving Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell. Enditem