USFDA nod to Zydus Efinaconazole Topical Solution
Ahmedabad: Zydus Lifesciences Limited (formerly known as Cadila Healthcare Limited) has announced that the company's subsidiary Zydus Worldwide DMCC has received final approval from the United States Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) to market Efinaconazole Topical Solution, 10%. (US RLD: Jublia).
Efinaconazole is an azole antifungal used for the topical treatment of Onychomycosis of the toenails due to Trichophyton rubrum and Trichophyton mentagrophytes.
The drug will be manufactured at the group's topical manufacturing facility at, Ahmedabad, India.
Jublia (Efinaconazole) topical solution, 10% had annual sales of $292 million in the United States according to IQVIA data (IQVIA MAT May 2022). The group now has 317 approvals and has so far filed over 420* ANDAs since the commencement of the filing process in FY 2003-04.
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Zydus group is headquartered in Ahmedabad, India, and ranks 4th in the Indian pharmaceutical industry. The group has manufacturing sites and research facilities spread across five states of Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa, Himachal Pradesh and Sikkim in India and in the US and Brazil.
