Zydus Cadila gets USFDA nod to market generic Lansoprazole tablets

PTI Updated - November 29, 2018 at 02:07 PM.

A unit of Zydus Cadila. (file photo)

Zydus Cadila has received final nod from the US health regulator to market generic Lansoprazole delayed release orally disintegrating tablets in the strengths of 15 mg and 30 mg.

The product “will be manufactured at the group’s formulations manufacturing facility at Moraiya, Ahmedabad’’, the company said in a statement today.

Lansoprazole tablets are used for the treatment of conditions such as ulcers, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and Zollinger-Ellison syndrome that are caused by stomach acid.

The company has also received tentative approval from the USFDA for generic Linagliptin tablets in the strength of 5 mg. Linagliptin tablets will be manufactured at the group’s formulations manufacturing facility at SEZ, Ahmedabad, the statement said.

The product is indicated as an adjunct to diet and exercise to improve glycemic control in adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus. The group now has 236 approvals and has so far filed over 340 abbreviated new drug applications since the commencement of its filing process.

Shares of Cadila Healthcare, the listed entity of the group, were trading at Rs 347.50 per scrip on the BSE, up 1.39 per cent from their previous close.

Published on November 29, 2018 08:36