Strides Shasun will launch Ranitidine Tablets USP, 150 mg (OTC) in the US markets. The company is already a key player in the US Ranitidine Rx market with 32% market share through its approval for Ranitidine Tablets USP, 150 mg and 300 mg. The new launch will further strengthen the company’s Ranitidine franchise. According to IRI data, the US OTC market for Ranitidine Tablets, which is the generic form of the popular brand Zantac, is around $200 million.
This is the first product approval from the company’s 50:50 JV with Vivimed Labs. The product will be backward integrated and will be manufactured at the JV’s Oral dosage facility in Chennai. Strides will have exclusive marketing rights for the product in the US. The product will be launched immediately.
The company has 82 cumulative ANDA filings with USFDA (including its JV with Vivimed) of which 50 ANDAs have been approved as of date and 32 are pending approval.
Strides Shasun (formerly known as Strides Arcolab) is engaged in manufacturing, sale and export of pharmaceutical products. It offers general tablets, hard gelatin and soft gelatin capsules, sachets, potent drugs and semi-solids.
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