Alembic Pharmaceuticals announces USFDA Final Approval for Arformoterol Tartrate Inhalation Solution, 15 mcg (base)/2 mL Unit-dose Vial

Alembic Pharmaceuticals announces USFDA Final Approval for Arformoterol Tartrate Inhalation Solution, 15 mcg (base)/2 mL Unit-dose Vial

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  • Date: 11 May,2022

11 May 2022, Mumbai: Alembic Pharmaceuticals Limited (Alembic) today announced that it has received final approval from the US Food & Drug Administration (USFDA) for its Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) for Arformoterol Tartrate Inhalation Solution, 15 mcg (base)/2 mL Unit-dose Vial. The approved ANDA is therapeutically equivalent to the reference listed drug product (RLD), Brovana Inhalation Solution, 15 mcg/2 mL, of Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. Arformoterol Tartarate Inhalation Solution is a long-acting beta2-adrenergic agonist (beta2-agonist) indicated for long-term, twice daily (morning and evening) administration in the maintenance treatment of bronchoconstriction in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), including chronic bronchitis and emphysema.

This ANDA has been co-developed in partnership with Orbicular Pharmaceutical Technologies Private Limited.

Arformoterol Tartrate Inhalation Solution, 15 mcg (base)/2 mL Unit-dose Vial, has an estimated market size of US$ 251 million for twelve months ending Dec 2021 according to IQVIA.

Alembic has a cumulative total of 167 ANDA approvals (143 final approvals and 24 tentative approvals) from USFDA, including this second inhalational ANDA approval.

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