Aurobindo Pharma Limited announce that the company has received final approval from the US Food & Drug Administration (USFDA) to manufacture and market Ibandronate Sodium Tablets, 150 mg. This product is expected to be launched in Q1 FY16-17.
The approved ANDA is bioequivalent and therapeutically equivalent to the reference listed drug product (RLD) Boniva® Tablets of Hoffman-La Roche Inc.
Ibandronate Sodium Tablets is used in the treatment and prevention of osteoporosis in postmenopausal women. The approved product has an estimated market size of US$ 55 million for the twelve months ending January 2016 according to IMS.
This is the 65th ANDA (including 14 tentative approvals) to be approved out of Unit VII formulation facility in Hyderabad, India for manufacturing Oral Non-Antibiotic products. Aurobindo now has a total of 243 ANDA approvals (208 Final approvals including 10 from Aurolife Pharma LLC and 35 tentative approvals) from USFDA.
