Cipla holds talks with mining giant to supply AIDS drugs for South African workers
Indian pharmaceutical giant Cipla is holding talks with London based mining giant, Anglo American for supplying AIDS drugs to South African workers. About 11% of South African population is HIV positive, totaling around 4.7 million people, giving it the dubious distinction of being the country with the maximum number of HIV positive people in the world. The HIV scourge is sure to have a...Ranbaxy joins hand with Cipla to co-market ciprofloxacin
Two of the leading pharmaceutical industries, Ranbaxy Laboratories and Cipla announced an alliance to co-market Ranbaxy’s once-a-day formulation of Ciprofloxacin. The formulation had recently received Drug Controller General of India’s (DCGIs) approval for marketing in India. Ciproloxacin is a unique dosage form of the broad-spectrum antibiotic. The domestic market for ciprofloxacin is estimated...Cipla In India Can Manufacture Drug For Bird Flu
NEW DELHI: Indian Pharmaceutical company Cipla has offered to manufacture an antiviral drug for bird flu called Zanamivir (Relenza) that is currently being manufactured by Glaxo Smithkline. It has already made Tamiflu in its lab. // The drug has not been as well known and popular as Tamiflu has but is cheaper and sometimes a better alternative to Tamiflu. Dr Y K Hameid, CEO of Cipla...FDA Gives Preliminary Nod To Cipla And Sun Drugs
A U.S. Food and Drug Administration statement has said that drug maker Cipla Ltd. has been given tentative approval for its generic AIDS drug nevirapine// that is to be marketed in a tablet form. Sun Pharma Ltd has also received similar approval for ondansetron in the injection form. Ondansetron is used to prevent of nausea and vomiting following chemotherapy or radiation t...Cipla's HIV Drug Gets FDA Approval
Pharma giant Cipla has received the approval from the Food and Drug Administration for its "abbreviated new drug application (ANDA) for anti-HIV/AIDS// drug Slamivudine," according to a posting on the FDA site. The website reported that the tentative approval for ANDA is for an oral solution with strength of 10mg per ml. The new drug belongs to a class of drugs called as nucleoside re...