Alembic Pharmaceuticals’ wholly owned subsidiary -- Aleor Dermaceuticals has received final approval from the US Food & Drug Administration (USFDA) for its Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) for Docosanol Cream, 10% (OTC). The approved ANDA is therapeutically equivalent to the reference listed drug product (RLD) Abreva Cream, 10% (OTC), of GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare. Docosanol Cream, 10% (OTC) is used for cold sore/fever blisters on the face or lips.
Docosanol Cream, 10% (OTC) has an estimated market size of $60 million for twelve months ending December 2021 according to IQVIA. Alembic has received a cumulative total of 166 ANDA approvals (142 final approvals and 24 tentative approvals) from USFDA.
Alembic Pharmaceuticals, a vertically integrated research and development pharmaceutical company, has been at the forefront of Healthcare since 1907.
