Zydus Cadila gets USFDA nod for chemotherapy drug

Published On 2017-01-20 06:38 GMT   |   Update On 2017-01-20 06:38 GMT

New Delhi : Drug firm Zydus Cadila said it has received approval from the US health regulator to market methotrexate tablets, a chemotherapy drug, in the American market.


The company has received final approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) to market the drug, Zydus Cadila said in a regulatory filing.


The drug will be produced at the group's manufacturing facility in Ahmedabad.


The Gujarat-based group now has more than 105 approvals and has so far filed nearly 275 abbreviated new drug applications (ANDAs) since 2003-04.


Shares of Cadila Healthcare, the group's listed entity, Wednesday ended at Rs 356.35 apiece on the BSE, up 1.87 per cent from previous close.

Article Source : PTI

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