Lupin launches pneumonia drug Atovaquone in the US

Pharma major Lupin said it has launched pneumonia suspension Atovaquone, a generic substitute for Glaxosmithkline’s Mepron oral suspension. The drug, in the dosage of 750 mg per 5 milliliter, had annual sales of approximately USD 119 million in the US. It is indicated for the prevention of Pneumocystis jirovecii pneuomonia (PCP) in adults and adolescents aged […]

Alembic JV clears USFDA inspection at its dermatology plant

Alembic Pharmaceuticals said one of its dermatology-focused joint ventures cleared its first United States Food and Drugs Administration (USFDA) inspection at its new formulation manufacturing facility located at Karakhadi, Gujarat, India without any observations. The inspection was carried out between 15th October, 2018 and 19th October, 2018. Alembic holds 60% of Aleor, with Orbicular Pharmaceutical […]

Biocon’s Bangalore plant passes USFDA inspection without incident

Biocon, one of India’s foremost research-oriented pharmaceutical companies, said the US drug regulator has completed an inspection at its Bangalore facility without remarks. “The US FDA conducted a periodic cGMP inspection of our Drug Substance manufacturing site at Bangalore Campus from Sep 17 – 21, 2018. “The week-long audit concluded without any observations and no […]

Sun Pharma gets US FDA okay for eye drug

Sun Pharmaceutical Industries said it has got US Food and Drug Administration  approval for a new eye drug that will be used for lowering intraocular pressure or IOP  in patients with open-angle glaucoma or ocular hypertension. The medicine, latanoprost ophthalmic emulsion, was developed by group company Sun Pharma Advanced Research Co (SPARC), and was licensed by Sun Pharma, […]

Zydus Cadila gets USFDA approval for cholesterol, psychosis drugs

Zydus Cadila said it received the final approval from the USFDA to market cholesterol-lowering Gemfibrozil and antipsychotic Aripiprazole in the US. Gemfibrozil Tablets are used together with diet to treat very high cholesterol and triglyceride levels in people with pancreatitis. It is also used to lower the risk of stroke, heart attack or other heart […]

Alembic Pharma gets tentative generic nod for Allergan’s Latisse

Alembic Pharmaceuticals said it received tentative approval from the US Food & Drug Administration for launching a therapeutic equivalent of Latisse ophthalmic solution. Allergan Bimatoprost solution is used to treat loss of hair, or hypotrichosis, of the eyelashes. The solution, with an estimated US market size of $63 million, increases the length, thickness and darkness […]

Glenmark Pharma gets USFDA approval for generic cholesterol drug

Glenmark Pharmaceuticals said received approval from the United States Food & Drug Administration to sell cholesterol-lowering drug Colesevelam Hydrochloride in the country. The approval is for two packet sizes – 1.875 grams and 3.75 grams. Colesevelam Hydrochloride is the generic version of Daiichi Sankyo’s oral suspension Welchol. Welchol had annual sales of approximately $73.0 million for […]

Zydus Cadila gets tentative US approval for iron excess drug

Zydus Cadila said it has received tentative regulatory approval from the US Food & Drug Administration for selling Deferasirox, used to chelate or expel excess iron from the blood. The drug is sold under names such as Exjade, Desirox, Defrijet, Desifer, Rasiroxpine and Jadenu. Tentative approval means that the company has to wait for all […]

Glenmark Pharma gets UDFDA nod for first generic out of US facility

Glenmark Pharmaceuticals received a boost for its plans to manufacture drugs within the US, with the FDA approving the first generic manufacturing application from the facility. The FDA approved the manufacturing of Atovaquone and Proguanil Hydrochloride Tablets at its Monroe, North Carolina facility via a supplementary ANDA (drug application). “This approval is an important milestone for our […]

USFDA approves Dr Reddy Lab’s UK plant after seven-month scrutiny

The United States Food & Drugs Administration has closed its audit of the UK manufacturing plant of Dr Reddy’s Laboratories, the Indian pharmaceutical company said. In September last year, the company had announced that the US FDA issued a Form 483 with three observations regarding operations at the pharmaceutical drug manufacturing plant at Mirfield, leading […]

Zydus Cadila gets USFDA nod for NSAID Diclofenac Sodium

Pharmaceuticals maker Zydus Cadila said it received the final approval from the USFDA to market inflammation solution Diclofenac Sodium in the country. Diclofenac Sodium topical solution, 1.5%, is a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) used for symptomatic treatment of osteoarthritis of the knee. It will be manufactured at the group’s Topical manufacturing facility at Ahmedabad, the […]

Lupin gets tentative USFDA approval for billion-dollar testosterone drug

India-based pharma major Lupin said the US drugs regulator has granted it a conditional, or tentative, approval to sell a generic version of the popular testosterone gel AndroGel. AndroGel, made by AbbVie Inc, is a big-selling drug with annual sales of well over $1 bln. AbbVie, which has patents valid up to 2020 on the […]

Strides Shasun launches generic version of Merck’s allergy drug in US

Pharma manufacturer Strides Shasun said it received approval from the United States Food and Drug Administration to sell a generic version of Merck’s Periactin tablets. The US market for Cyproheptadine Hydrochloride Tablets is approximately USD 20 Million, according to IQVIA, the company said. The drug is an antihistamine used to relieve allergy symptoms such as […]

USFDA finds objections on inspecting Alembic Pharma’s Panelav plant

Alembic Pharmaceuticals said it has been issued with a Form 483 by the US Food and Drug Administration after the drug regulator conducted a routine inspection of its formulations facility in Panelav in Gujarat. Form 483 is issued to firm management at the conclusion of an inspection when an investigators observes conditions that in their […]

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