Dr Reddy’s Laboratories launches Testosterone Gel in the US

Hyderabad-headquartered Dr Reddy’s Laboratories said it has launched a therapeutic equivalent of AbbVie Inc’s AndroGel in the US market, a month after rival Lupin did so. Testosterone Gel is used for hormone replacement in men who are not able to produce enough testosterone. The medication is absorbed through the skin, enters the bloodstream, and helps […]

Zydus’ Ahmedabad plant gets 14 observations in USFDA inspection

Pharmaceutical manufacturer Zydus Cadila said that the United States Food and Drug Administration has issued 14 observations after an inspection at its manufacturing facility at Moraiya, Ahmedabad. Observations indicate that the inspectors did not find everything up to order, and want the company to make amendments to its procedures and process at the facility. Moraiya […]

Cipla launches generic Sensipar amid legal battle with Amgen

Pharmaceutical major Cipla and its subsidiary Cipla USA announced the phased launch of a generic therapeutic equivalent version of Sensipar, a branded drug manufactured by Amgen Inc. The launch, however, is a subject of ongoing litigation, Cipla said in a regulatory filing. Amgen’s Sensipar generated US sales of $1.43 billion in 2018. Cinacalcet hydrochloride tablets […]

Zydus Cadila gets USFDA nod for generic Syprine, Tracleer drugs

Pharmaceutical manufacturer Zydus Cadila said it received approval from the United States Food and Drug Administration for the sales of a generic version of Valeant Pharmaceuticals’ Syprine capsules and a generic version of Actelion Pharmaceuticals’ Tracleer tablets. Trientine Hydrochloride capsules are chelating agents used for the treatment of Wilson’s disease, a genetic metabolic defect that […]

Torrent Pharma’s Indrad plant gets ‘procedural observations’ by USFDA

Ahmedabad-based Torrent Pharmaceuticals said its manufacturing facility at Indrad in Gujarat was subject to certain ‘procedural observations’ by the United States Food and Drug Administration following a routine inspection. The pharma company did not quantify how many observations were made by the US health regulator. Procedural observations are referred to as deficiencies in standard operating […]

Zydus Cadila Gets USFDA Nod For Sales Of Rheumatoid Arthritis Drugs

Pharmaceutical manufacturer Zydus Cadila said it received final approval from the United States Food and Drug Administration for sales of a generic version of Aventis Pharma’s Arava tablets. Leflunomide tablets, belonging to a class of medications called disease modifying anti-rheumatic drugs, is used of the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis. Zydus said that its tablets will […]

Alembic Pharma gets two approvals from USFDA

Alembic Pharmaceuticals said it received approvals from the United States Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) for sales of a therapeutic equivalent of French pharma major Sanofi Aventis’ Aubagio tablets and for a therapeutic equivalent of Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation’s Tobrex Ophthalmic Solution. Teriflunomide pills are used to reduce flare-ups in people with relapsing multiple sclerosis (MS). […]

Granules India gets nod for paracetamol tablets in USA

Pharmaceutical manufacturer Granules India Ltd said that it has received approval from the United States Food and Drug Administration to sell a bioequivalent version of Johnson & Johnson’s Tylenol tablets. Acetaminophen Extended Release tablets, also known as Paracetamol, are used primarily for temporary pain management, including arthritis relief. It will be sold in doses of […]

Caplin Sterlites to supply products to Baxter International

Indian pharmaceutical manufacturer Caplin Point Laboratories said that its  wholly-owned subsidiary Caplin Sterlites Ltd signed a licence and supply agreement with US healthcare firm Baxter International for sales of five generic injectable drugs. Under the agreement, Caplin will be supplying its products to Baxter for sales. “All these ANDAs [generic drugs] have been developed in-house, […]

Zydus Cadila receives tentative USFDA nod for generic Vimpat tablets

Pharmaceutical manufacturer Zydus Cadila said that it received tentative approval from the US Food and Drug Administration for sales of a generic equivalent of UCB Inc’s Vimpat tablets. A tentative approval means that the company has to wait for all patent and other protections to expire before starting the sale of the drug. Lacosamide is […]

Zydus Cadila receives tentative USFDA nod for overactive bladder drug

Pharmaceutical manufacturer Zydus Cadila said that it has received tentative approval from the US Food and Drug Administration for sales of mirabegron extended-release tablets. A tentative approval means that the company has to wait for all patent and other protections to expire before starting the sale of the drug. The tablets, currently sold under the […]

Strides Pharma to launch Potassium Chloride Extended-Release markets in US market

Pharmaceutical Strides Pharma Science Ltd said wholly owned subsidiary Vensun Pharmaceuticals and partner Pharmaceutics International received approval from the United States Food and Drug Administration to launch a generic equivalent of Merck’s potassium chloride extended-release tablets. The drug will be launched in the doses of 750 mg, 1,125 mg and 1,500 mg. Strides Pharma already […]

Zydus Cadila receives US nod for generic version of Gilead Sciences’ Letairis

Pharmaceutical manufacturer Zydus Cadila said that it has received approval from the United States Food and Drug Administration for the sales of a generic equivalent of Gilead Sciences’ hypertension drug Letairis. Ambrisentan tablets had sales of $943 million in the US market in 2018, marking it among the bigger drugs in the market. Ambrisentan tablets […]

Lupin, Unichem, Alembic & Zydus okayed to sell generic Cialis in US

Indian pharmaceutical manufacturers Lupin, Unichem Laboratories and Alembic Pharmaceuticals said that they has received approval from the United States Food and Drug Administration to sell generic versions of Eli Lilly’s Cialis erectile dysfunction tablets, while rival Zydus Cadila said it has already begun selling the tablets on day 1. The patent for Cialis, owned by […]