Cipla receives USFDA approval for Sevelamer Carbonate tablets

Tanay Loya / 27 Oct 2017

Cipla receives USFDA approval for Sevelamer Carbonate tablets

Cipla Ltd, a global pharmaceutical company, announced that it has received USFDA approval for Sevelamer Carbonate tablets.

Cipla Ltd, a global pharmaceutical company, announced that it has received USFDA approval for Sevelamer Carbonate tablets.

The company announced that its subsidiary InvaGen Pharmaceuticals has received final approval for its abbreviated new drug application (ANDA) for Sevelamer Carbonate Tablets, 800 mg, from the United States Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) for marketing a generic version of the said tablet. The tablets is used for controlling serum phosphorus in adults with chronic kidney disease on dialysis.

The company in its press release said that it will be immediately commencing the commercial launch of the tablets. Sevelamer Carbonate Tablets are an AB-rated generic equivalent to Renvela tablets, 800 mg of Genzyme Corporation which had US sales of approximately USD 1.85 billion for the 12-month period ending August 2017.

At 10:02 am, Cipla was trading at Rs 622.70 per share, up Rs. 11.20 or 1.83 per cent from its previous closing price of Rs. 611.50. The scrip opened at Rs. 625 per share and touched a high and low of Rs. 625.80 and Rs. 618.25, respectively on the NSE. The scrip attracted a traded volume of 5,25,992 shares on the NSE.

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