Zydus Cadila gets USFDA nod for cancer drug

Cadila group now has more than 105 approvals and has so far filed nearly 275 ANDAs since 2003-04

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Press Trust of India New Delhi
Last Updated : Jan 18 2017 | 5:08 PM IST
Drug firm Zydus Cadila today said it has received approval from the US health regulator to market methotrexate tablets, a chemotherapy drug, in the American market.

The company has received final approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) to market the drug, Zydus Cadila said in a regulatory filing.

The drug will be produced at the group's manufacturing facility in Ahmedabad.

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The Gujarat-based group now has more than 105 approvals and has so far filed nearly 275 abbreviated new drug applications (ANDAs) since 2003-04.

Shares of Cadila Healthcare, the group's listed entity, today ended at Rs 356.35 apiece on the BSE, up 1.87 per cent from previous close.
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First Published: Jan 18 2017 | 4:23 PM IST

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