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Lupin gets USFDA nod for hypertension treatment drug in US

Tuesday, December 27, 2016

Drug major Lupin has received tentative approval from the US health regulator to sell Olmesartan medoximil tablets, used for treating high blood pressure, in the American market.

"It has received tentative (rpt) tentative approval for Olmesartan medoximil tablets, 5 mg, 20 mg and 40 mg from the US Food and Drug Administration (USFDA)," Lupin Ltd said in a BSE filing today.

Olmesartan medoximil tablets, generic version of Daiichi Sankyo's Benicar, are indicated for the treatment of hypertension, along with other anti-hypertensive agents to lower blood pressure, it added.

Quoting IMS MAT September 2016 sales data, Lupin further said that Benicar tablets had annual US sales of USD 1.06 billion.

Shares of the company were trading 0.71 per cent up at Rs 1,457 apiece on BSE.

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