Zydus Cadila has received the final approval from the US FDA to market allopurinol tablets USP, 100 mg and 300 mg. The drug is indicated in the management of patients with gout and patients with cancer who are receiving therapy that causes elevations of serum and urinary uric acid levels. It will be manufactured at the group’s formulations manufacturing facility at Baddi.
According to IMS Health, IMS National Sales Perspective Audit, MAT August 2017, the sales of allopurinol tablets USP are estimated at $141.2 million.
The group now has more than 160 approvals and has so far filed over 300 ANDAs since the commencement of the filing process in FY 2003-04.
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