Friday, 6 March 2009

Quinapril Hydrochloride + Hydrochlorothiazide (Accuretic): Ranbaxy got final approval, product to be developed in Ohm Lab

After recent letter from USFDA, wherein, FDA invoked Application Integrity Policy (AIP) against Ranbaxy's Paonta Sahib facility as reported by us here, now, there is a good news for Ranbaxy. Ranbaxy has started getting more approvals from there US based manufacturing facility OHM Laboratories .

Ranbaxy announced Here that the company has received an approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its Abbreviated New Drug Application for Quinapril Hydrochloride + Hydrochlorothiazide (Quinapril + HCTZ) Tablets, 10mg/12.5mg, 20mg/12.5mg and 20mg/25mg.

The Application for the drug was submitted by Ranbaxy, from its OHM Laboratories manufacturing facility, at New Jersey, USA. The Office of Generic Drugs, USFDA, had determined the Ranbaxy formulations to be bioequivalent and as having the same therapeutic effect as that of the reference listed drug, Accuretic Tablets of Pfizer Pharmaceuticals Ltd.This is the second ANDA approval granted by the USFDA, to Ranbaxy, in the last two months. Quinapril + HCTZ, is an ACE inhibitor and is used to treat high blood pressure.Ohm, based in North Brunswick, New Jersey, USA, is a wholly owned subsidiary of Ranbaxy Laboratories Limited. Ohm is engaged in the sale and distribution of generic and branded private label, OTC products in the U.S. healthcare system.

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