Zydus Cadila anti-cancer drug Palbociclib gets tentative USFDA nod

Palbociclib is an anti-cancer medicine that interferes with the growth and spread of cancer cells in the body.

Published On 2020-09-25 06:15 GMT   |   Update On 2020-09-25 06:15 GMT

Ahmedabad: Drugmaker, Zydus Cadila, has recently announced that the company has received tentative approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration(USFDA) to market Palbociclib Capsules, (US RLD: Ibrance Capsules). The capsules are available in the strengths of 75 mg, 100 mg, and 125 mg. Palbociclib is an anti-cancer medicine that interferes with the growth and spread of...

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Ahmedabad: Drugmaker, Zydus Cadila, has recently announced that the company has received tentative approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration(USFDA) to market Palbociclib Capsules, (US RLD: Ibrance Capsules).

The capsules are available in the strengths of 75 mg, 100 mg, and 125 mg.

Palbociclib is an anti-cancer medicine that interferes with the growth and spread of cancer cells in the body. It is used in adults to treat hormone receptor (HR)-positive, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-negative breast cancer that has spread to other parts of the body (metastatic) in combination with an aromatase inhibitor as the first hormonal based therapy in postmenopausal women or in men, or fulvestrant with disease progression following hormonal therapy.

The drug will be manufactured at the group's formulation manufacturing facility at the SEZ, Ahmedabad.

The group now has 302 approvals and has so far filed over 390 ANDAs since the commencement of the filing process in FY 2003-04.

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Zydus Cadila is a global pharmaceutical company headquartered in Ahmedabad, India.

The company discovers, develops, manufactures, and markets a broad range of healthcare therapies.





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