Zydus gets USFDA nod for bowel disease drug Balsalazide Disodium
The product will be manufactured at the group’s formulation manufacturing facility in SEZ, Ahmedabad, India.
Ahmedabad: Zydus Lifesciences Limited has announced that the company has received final approval from the United States Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) for Balsalazide Disodium Capsules USP, 750 mg (USRLD: Colazal Capsules, 750 mg). Balsalazide Disodium is used to treat bowel diseases like ulcerative colitis. It helps reduce symptoms of ulcerative colitis such as diarrhea,...
Ahmedabad: Zydus Lifesciences Limited has announced that the company has received final approval from the United States Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) for Balsalazide Disodium Capsules USP, 750 mg (USRLD: Colazal Capsules, 750 mg).
Balsalazide Disodium is used to treat bowel diseases like ulcerative colitis. It helps reduce symptoms of ulcerative colitis such as diarrhea, rectal bleeding, and stomach pain. Balsalazide belongs to a class of drugs known as aminosalicylates and works by reducing swelling in the colon.
The product will be manufactured at the group’s formulation manufacturing facility in SEZ, Ahmedabad (India).
Balsalazide Disodium Capsules USP, 750 mg had annual sales of USD 29 mn in the United States (IQVIA MAT April 2023). The group now has 372 approvals and has so far filed over 442* ANDAs since the commencement of the filing process in FY 2003-04.
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Zydus Lifesciences Limited, Formerly known as Cadila Healthcare Limited, is an Indian Pharmaceutical company headquartered in Ahmedabad. The company was founded in the year 1952 by Mr. Ramanbhai B. Patel (late), a first-generation entrepreneur and a doyen in the field of Indian Pharmaceuticals. It is primarily engaged in the manufacture of generic drugs.
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