Zydus Cadila has received the final approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) to market Phentermine Hydrochloride Orally Disintegrating Tablets in strengths of 15 mg, 30 mg, and 37.5 mg.
The drug is used together with diet and exercise to treat obesity (overweight) in people with risk factors such as high blood pressure, high cholesterol or diabetes and will be produced at the group’s formulations manufacturing facility at Moraiya in Ahmedabad.
Zydus Cadila is an innovative, global pharmaceutical company that discovers, develops, manufactures and markets a broad range of healthcare therapies. The group now has more than 120 approvals and has so far filed over 300 ANDAs since the commencement of the filing process in FY 2003-04.