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    Zydus Cadila gets USFDA approval for Esomeprazole Magnesium delayed-release capsules

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    Zydus Cadila gets USFDA approval for Esomeprazole Magnesium delayed-release capsules

    The company said Esomeprazole belongs to the group of medicines termed as proton pump inhibitors.


    New Delhi: Zydus Cadila has received final approval from the US health regulator to market Esomeprazole Magnesium delayed-release capsules, used to treat acid reflux. The approval has been granted in the strengths of 25 mg and 40 mg, the company said in a BSE filing.


    Zydus Cadila said the drug will be produced at the group's formulations manufacturing facility at Ahmedabad.


    The company said Esomeprazole belongs to the group of medicines termed as proton pump inhibitors.


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    Esomeprazole reduces the amount of acid secreted by the stomach.




    It is used to treat the symptoms of gastroesophageal reflux disease, to reduce the risk of stomach ulcers in some people taking pain medicines, to treat patients with a stomach infection (Helicobacter pylori) along with certain antibiotics and long-term treatment of conditions where the stomach makes too much acid.


    The group has more than 266 approvals and so far filed over 350 abbreviated new drug applications (ANDAs) since it started filings in 2003-04.


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    Source : PTI

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    Farhat Nasim
    Farhat Nasim

      Farhat Nasim joined Medical Dialogue an Editor for the Business Section in 2017. She Covers all the updates in the Pharmaceutical field, Policy, Insurance, Business Healthcare, Medical News, Health News, Pharma News, Healthcare and Investment. She is a graduate of St.Xavier’s College Ranchi. She can be contacted at editorial@medicaldialogues.in Contact no. 011-43720751 To know about our editorial team click here

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