Aurobindo Pharma gets USFDA approval for Potassium Chloride Extended- Release tablets

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announced that the company has received final approval from the (USFDA) to manufacture and market Chloride Extended- Release tablets, 8 mEq (600 mg) and 10 mEq (750 mg). Chloride Extended-Release tablets, a generic version of Upsher-Smith's Klor-Con Extended Release tablets.

The product will be launched in January 2019.

Chloride tablets are indicated for the treatment of hypokalemia, with or without metabolic alkalosis, in digitalis intoxication, and in hypokalemic familial The approved product has an estimated market size of ~US$ 60 million for the twelve months ending October 2018, according to IQVIA.

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First Published: Fri, December 21 2018. 16:11 IST