According to industry insiders, many more brands are lined up for launch, including one from Cipla
Cipla said it would launch favipiravir as "Ciplenza" in the first week of August, priced at 68 Indian rupees (91 cents) per 200 mg tablet
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Some firms are now considering starting their own distribution centres in major cities
The drug will be available through the government and hospitals only, the company said
Privately held Sovereign Pharma is manufacturing and packaging Cipla's remdesivir version
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Pharma major Cipla and drug firm Boehringer Ingelheim India on Monday announced partnership to co-market three new oral anti-diabetic drugs in the country. The companies have entered into a partnership for co-marketing three new oral anti-diabetics drugs --- Oboravo (Empagliflozin),Oboravo Met (Empagliflozin+Metformin) and Tiptengio (Empagliflozin+Linagliptin) in India, Cipla and Boehringer Ingelheim India Pvt Ltd said in a statement. As per the International Diabetes Federation, India is home to 7.7 crore diabetic adults aged between 20-79 years, ranking second behind China, and is poised to reach 13.42 crore patients by 2045, it added. "Diabetes continues to be a focus area for Cipla and with a strategic partnership with Boehringer Ingelheim coupled with our strong brand building, patient access and reach capabilities, we will be at the forefront of providing holistic diabetes care," Cipla India Business Executive VP & CEO Nikhil Chopra said. In a similar vein, Boehringer ...
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Sources say Cipla-BDR's favipiravir will be at least 30 per cent cheaper than Glenmark's price of Rs 103 per tablet. Cipla did not confirm.
A senior government official said it is in wait-and-watch mode and has not decided to take any suo motu action on the pricing of the drug
Hyderbad-based drug firm Hetero on Sunday said that it will price its generic version of the drug in the range of Rs 5,000-6,000 per dose
Glenmark Pharmaceuticals has launched the antiviral drug Favipiravir, while Cipla and Hetero have received approvals from the Drug Controller General of India to launch Remdesivir
Remdesivir is the only USFDA approved emergency use authorization treatment in severe (hospitalised) Covid-19 patients.
Industry sources estimate that at least 10,000 patients need the drug urgently in the areas with high case load
The USFDA had issued an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) to Gilead Sciences Inc for emergency use of remdesivir for the treatment of Covid-19 patients
Currently, the drug is allowed for "restricted emergency use" on severely ill hospitalised Covid patients in India.
The two companies had previously entered into a similar agreement in February 2018 for promotion and distribution of tocilizumab (Actemra) and other products
Patient recruitment for the tocilizumab combination therapy study will begin this month.