Strides arm and its partner get USFDA nod for hypokalemia treatment drug

Press Trust of India  |  New Delhi 

Drug firm said its Vensun Pharmaceuticals, Inc., USA, and its partner Pharmaceutics International, Inc. (Pii), have received approval from the US regulator for jointly developed extended-release tablets.

The approved product, used in treatment of patients with hypokalemia, is a generic version of Merck, Inc's extended-release tablets, it said.

Quoting IQVIA MAT data, Science said the US market for extended-release tablets is approximately USD 240 million.

The product will be manufactured by Pii and will be marketed by Strides in the US market, it said.

Shares of Strides Pharma Science were trading 0.26 per cent higher at Rs 477.60 apiece on the BSE.

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First Published: Tue, April 02 2019. 12:00 IST