Alembic Pharma bags USFDA nod for Arformoterol Tartrate Inhalation Solution
This ANDA has been co-developed in partnership with Orbicular Pharmaceutical Technologies Private Limited.
Vadodara: Drugmaker, Alembic Pharmaceuticals Limited, today announced that the company has received final approval from the US Food & Drug Administration (USFDA) for its Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) for Arformoterol Tartrate Inhalation Solution, 15 mcg (base)/2 ml Unit-dose Vial.
The approved ANDA is therapeutically equivalent to the reference listed drug product (RlD), Brovana Inhalation Solution, 15 mcg/2 ml, of Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.
Arformoterol Tartarate Inhalation Solution is a longacting beta2-adrenergic agonist (beta2-agonist) indicated for long-term, twice daily (morning and evening) administration in the maintenance treatment of bronchoconstriction in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), including chronic bronchitis and emphysema.
This ANDA has been co-developed in partnership with Orbicular Pharmaceutical Technologies Private Limited.
Arformoterol Tartrate Inhalation Solution, 15 mcg (base)/2 ml Unit-dose Vial, has an estimated market size of US$ 251 million for twelve months ending Dec 2021 according to IQVIA.
Alembic has a cumulative total of 167 ANDA approvals (143 final approvals and 24 tentative approvals) from USFDA, including this second inhalational ANDA approval.
Medical Dialogues team had earlier reported that the company had received final approval from the US Food & Drug Administration (USFDA) for its Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) for Formoterol Fumarate Inhalation Solution, 20 mcg/2 mL per Unit-Dose Vial.
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Alembic Pharmaceuticals Limited is a vertically integrated research and development pharmaceutical company headquartered in Gujarat. Alembic is a publicly listed company that manufactures and markets generic pharmaceutical products all over the world.
Alembic's state of the art research and manufacturing facilities are approved by regulatory authorities of many developed countries including the USFDA.
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