Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.

Sun Pharmaceutical Industries has launched INFUGEM in the US for intravenous use. It is the first chemotherapy product that comes in a premixed, ready-to-infuse formulation, was approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) in July 2018 in combination with other drugs for the treatment of breast, ovarian, non-small cell lung cancers, and as a single agent for the treatment of pancreatic cancer.

INFUGEM is an alcohol-free, clear, colorless, sterile solution of 10mg/mL gemcitabine in 0.9% sodium chloride that is supplied to pharmacists in ready-to-infuse bags as a Spike & Go package. It involves dose banding practice, whereby standardized doses of intravenous cytotoxic drugs are used for ranges of doses calculated for individual patients.

Sun Pharmaceutical Industries is the world’s fourth largest specialty generic pharmaceutical company and India’s top pharmaceutical company.