Zydus Lifesciences bags USFDA tentative nod for Edaravone Injection to treat amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Edaravone is used to treat a certain type of nerve disease called amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.;
Ahmedabad: Zydus Lifesciences Limited has announced that the Company has received tentative approval from the United States Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) to manufacture and market Edaravone Injection, 30 mg/100 mL (0.3 mg/mL), Single-Dose Vial, (RLD: RADICAVA).
Edaravone is used to treat a certain type of nerve disease called amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS, also commonly called Lou Gehrig's disease).
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a rare and terminal neurodegenerative disease that results in the progressive loss of motor neurons. Motor neurons control voluntary muscles. ALS is the most common form of the motor neuron diseases. Early symptoms of ALS include muscle twitches, stiff muscles, muscle wasting, and gradual increasing weakness.
The drug will be manufactured at the group’s injectable manufacturing facility at Jarod, near Vadodara (India).
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