Zydus Lifesciences gets NOC from Health Canada for ZDS-Varenicline tablets
Ahmedabad: Zydus Lifesciences Limited has received NOC (Notice of Compliance) from Health Canada for ZDS-Varenicline tablets 0.5 &1 mg. This is the group’s first NOC approval in Canada.
Varenicline is used as an aid in smoking cessation. It is a partial nicotinic acetylcholine receptor agonist, designed to partially activate this system while displacing nicotine at its sites of action in the brain.
ZDS-Varenicline tablets will be produced at Zydus Lifescience Ltd, SEZ, Ahmedabad.
Varenicline tablets had annual sales of 15 mn Canadian dollar in Canada (IQVIA MAT December 2024).
This Canadian approval follows Zydus Lifesciences’ earlier approval in 2023, when it received final approval from the United States Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) to manufacture and market Varenicline Tablets, 0.5 mg and 1 mg (USRLD: Chantix Tablets).
Zydus Lifesciences Ltd. is an innovative, global lifesciences company that discovers, develops, manufactures, and markets a broad range of healthcare therapies. The group employs 27,000 people worldwide, including 1,400 scientists engaged in R & D. Over the last decade, Zydus has introduced several innovative, first-in-class products in the market for treating unmet healthcare needs with vaccines, therapeutics, biologicals and biosimilars.
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