HYDERABAD, India--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories (NYSE: RDY) announced today that it has launched CLOPIDOGREL TABLETS, USP 75 mg & 300 mg, a bioequivalent generic version of PLAVIX®, in the U.S. market on May 18, 2012. The ANDAs for Clopidogrel Tablets USP, 75 mg & 300 mg are approved by the United States Food & Drug Administration (USFDA). Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories was among the first applicants to submit a substantially complete ANDA for Clopidogrel Tablets USP, 300 mg with a Paragraph IV certification, and was awarded 180 days of marketing exclusivity for this strength.
The PLAVIX® brand had U.S. sales of approximately $6.740 billion for the most recent twelve months ending March 2012 according to IMS Health.
Dr. Reddy’s Clopidogrel Tablets USP, 75 mg are available in bottle count sizes of 30, 90 and 500, and Clopidogrel Tablets USP, 300 mg are available in blister packs of 30's count.
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About Dr. Reddy’s
Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd. (NYSE: RDY) is an integrated global pharmaceutical company committed to providing affordable and innovative medicines for healthier lives. Through its three businesses - Pharmaceutical Services and Active Ingredients, Global Generics and Proprietary Products – Dr. Reddy’s offers a portfolio of products and services including APIs, custom pharmaceutical services, generics, biosimilars, differentiated formulations and NCEs. Therapeutic focus is on gastro-intestinal, cardiovascular, diabetology, oncology, pain management, anti-infective and pediatrics. Major markets include India, USA, Russia and CIS, Germany, UK, Venezuela, S. Africa, Romania, and New Zealand. For more information, log on to: www.drreddys.com
Plavix® is a registered trademark of Sanofi-Aventis.
IMS National Sales Perspectives: Retail and Non-Retail MAT March 2012