Abbott launches single-dose formulation of Carbetocin to prevent PPH in India

This can impede access to quality healthcare for pregnant women in care settings where these requirements may not be feasible, it added.

"The room-temperature-stable formulation addresses the challenge of maintaining cold-chain storage or transportation, which helps increase access to preventive treatment for PPH, across geographies," it added.

Abbott has launched this formulation for the private market under its own brand through an in-licensing and co-marketing agreement with Ferring Pharmaceuticals Pvt Ltd India (Ferring), a subsidiary of the Switzerland-based global biopharmaceuticals company.

"With the introduction of this room-temperature- stable carbetocin formulation in collaboration with Ferring, we are reiterating our commitment to improve maternal care, enabling both mothers and children to live through better health.

"This formulation has proven efficacy, a convenient formulation that addresses the needs for heat stability and can help with better health outcomes for mothers who just delivered a baby," Abbott India Medical Director Srirupa Das said.

Abbott initiated operations in India in 1910 and has over 12,000 employees in the country.