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Lupin Receives Tentative Approval from U.S. FDA for Rivaroxaban Tablets USP

January 23, 2024

Mumbai, Baltimore, January 23, 2024: Global pharma major Lupin Limited (Lupin) today announced that it has received approval from the United States Food and Drug Administration (U.S. FDA) for its Abbreviated New Drug Application for Dronedarone Tablets USP, 400 mg, to market a generic equivalent of Multaq® Tablets, 400 mg of Sanofi-Aventis U.S. LLC. The product will be manufactured at Lupin’s Goa facility in India.

Rivaroxaban Tablets USP are indicated:

  • to reduce risk of stroke and systemic embolism in nonvalvular atrial fibrillation

  • for treatment of deep vein thrombosis (DVT)

  • for treatment of pulmonary embolism (PE)

  • for reduction in the risk of recurrence of DVT or PE

  • for the prophylaxis of DVT, which may lead to PE in patients undergoing knee or hip replacement surgery

  • for prophylaxis of venous thromboembolism (VTE) in acutely ill medical patients

  • to reduce the risk of major cardiovascular events in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD)

  • to reduce the risk of major thrombotic vascular events in patients with peripheral artery disease (PAD), including patients after recent lower extremity revascularization due to symptomatic PAD

  • for treatment of VTE and reduction in the risk of recurrent VTE in pediatric patients from birth to less than 18 years

  • for thromboprophylaxis in pediatric patients 2 years and older with congenital heart disease after the Fontan procedure

 

Rivaroxaban Tablets USP (RLD Xarelto®) had estimated annual sales of USD 8,249 million in the U.S. (IQVIA MAT November 2023).

About Lupin

Lupin is an innovation-led transnational pharmaceutical company headquartered in Mumbai, India. The Company develops and commercializes a wide range of branded and generic formulations, biotechnology products, and APIs in over 100 markets in the U.S., India, South Africa, and across the Asia Pacific (APAC), Latin America (LATAM), Europe, and Middle East regions.

The Company enjoys a leadership position in the cardiovascular, anti-diabetic, and respiratory segments and has a significant presence in the anti-infective, gastro-intestinal (GI), central nervous system (CNS), and women’s health areas. Lupin is the third-largest pharmaceutical company in the U.S. by prescriptions. The company invested 7.9% of its revenue in research and development in FY23.

Lupin has 15 manufacturing sites, 7 research centers, more than 20,000 professionals working globally, and has been consistently recognized as a ‘Great Place to Work’ in the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals sector.

For further information or queries please contact –

Heena Dhedhi

Deputy General Manager – Corporate Communications

heenadhedhi@lupin.com

*Safe Harbor Statement

Xarelto®is the registered trademark of Bayer Aktiengesellschaft

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