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Drug maker Lupin on Tuesday said its biosimilar product Rymti, indicated for the treatment of arthritis, has received approval from the Canadian health authority. The company's product is the biosimilar of reference drug Enbrel (Etanercept). The product is indicated for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, juvenile idiopathic arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, axial spondyloarthritis , plaque psoriasis and paediatric plaque psoriasis. "The approval for Rymti in Canada is a key milestone in our endeavours to improve access to medicines," Lupin Biotech President Cyrus Karkaria said in a statement. It underscores the scientific success of the company's biosimilar programmes and commitment to advancing healthcare through innovation, he added.
Pharmaceuticals firm Lupin Ltd on Friday said it has launched the generic sodium sulfate, potassium sulfate and magnesium sulfate oral solution, used for cleansing colon as a preparation for colonoscopy, in the US market following approval from the country's health regulator. The approval by the US Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) is for sodium sulfate, potassium sulfate and magnesium sulfate oral solution of strength 17.5 g/3.13 g/1.6 g per 6 ounces, Lupin Ltd said in a regulatory filing. The approved oral solution is a generic equivalent of Suprep Bowel Prep Kit Oral Solution, 17.5 g/3.13 g/1.6 g per 6 ounces, of Braintree Laboratories Inc, it added. The solution had an estimated annual sales of USD 202 million in the US, the company said citing IQVIA MAT July 2022 data.
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Lupin on Monday said it has received a tentative approval from the US health regulator to market Dasatinib tablets, used to treat certain types of cancer, in America. The company in partnership with Pharmascience Inc. has received approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for Dasatinib tablets in strengths of 20 mg, 50 mg, 70 mg, 80 mg, 100 mg, and 140 mg, it said in a statement. The Mumbai-based drug maker's product is a generic version of Bristol-Myers Squibb Company's Sprycel tablets. As per IQVIA MAT data, Dasatinib tablets had an estimated annual sale of USD 1,569 million in the US. Shares of Lupin settled at Rs 662.50 apiece, up 1.49 per cent on the BSE.
Drug maker Lupin on Thursday said it has inked a licensing pact with Japan-based I'rom Group Co for a product used in the treatment of postmenopausal women with osteoporosis, among others. Under the terms of the agreement, I'rom along with the Mumbai-based drugmaker will conduct clinical trials, register, distribute and market biosimilar Denosumab in Japan on an exclusive basis. Denosumab is indicated for the treatment of postmenopausal women with osteoporosis at high risk of fracture and prevention of skeletal-related events in patients with bone metastases from solid tumours, among other indications. Following the completion of the clinical trial and receipt of marketing authorisation in Japan, I'rom will commercialise the product in the island nation, Lupin said in a statement. As part of the agreement, the drug maker will receive multiple milestone payments, it added. Currently, Denosumab is available under two brands, Pralia and Ranmark, with market size of about USD 500 mill
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Lupin on Wednesday said it has received approval from the USFDA for Formoterol Fumarate Inhalation Solution, used in treating symptoms of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. The company has received approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) for the product which is a generic version of Mylan Specialty's Perforomist Inhalation Solution, the Mumbai-based drug maker said in a statement. As per IQVIA MAT June 2022 data, the medication had annual sales of around USD 282 million in the US market. Shares of Lupin ended 2.55 per cent down at Rs 677.65 apiece on the BSE on Wednesday.
Pharmaceuticals firm Lupin Ltd on Thursday said it has received approval from the US health regulator to market its generic rufinamide tablets used in the treatment seizures. The approval granted by the US Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) is for the abbreviated new drug application (ANDA) of rufinamide tablets of strengths 100 mg, 200 mg, and 400 mg, Lupin said in a statement. These are the generic equivalent of banzel tablets of same strengths of Eisai Inc, it added. The product will be manufactured at Lupin's facility in Goa, the company said. Rufinamide tablets had estimated annual sales of USD 164 million in the US, Lupin said citing IQVIA MAT June 2022 data.
Homegrown pharmaceutical firm Lupin Ltd is rationalising its product portfolio in the US, transitioning from simple oral solid medicines to more complex generics to overcome the impact of price erosion witnessed in the market, according to the company's CEO Vinita Gupta. With its planned product pipeline for complex generic medicines in the next two years, she said in the years to come the company hopes to have up to 40 per cent of its revenue coming from such medicines in the US market. "...Oral solids (are) still the bread and butter (for the company), but the kind of price erosion one has witnessed on the oral solid side, we decided that it made sense to rationalise the portfolio that does not make sense," she told analysts. Gupta further said, "Whether it's negative margin or low margin, it makes sense to really take the overhead out of our P&L (profit and loss) to improve profitability. We are taking those steps." She was responding to a query on Lupin's strategy to counter ..
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The product is the generic equivalent of Vertex Pharmaceuticals' Kalydeco tablets, Lupin said in a statement
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