Mumbai: Pharma Major Lupin announced that it has received final approval for its Carbidopa Tablets, 25 mg from the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market a generic version of Aton Pharma, Inc.’s Lodosyn® Tablets, 25 mg.

Lupin’s Carbidopa Tablets, 25 mg is the AB rated generic equivalent of Aton Pharma, Inc.’s Lodosyn® Tablets, 25 mg. It is indicated for use with carbidopa-levodopa or with levodopa in the treatment of the symptoms of idiopathic Parkinson’s disease (paralysis agitans), postencephalitic parkinsonism, and symptomatic parkinsonism, which may follow injury to the nervous system by carbon monoxide intoxication and/or manganese intoxication.

Carbidopa Tablets, 25 mg had annual sales of approximately USD 21.9 million in the US (IMS MAT June 2017).

About Lupin Limited

Lupin is an innovation led transnational pharmaceutical company developing and delivering a wide range of branded & generic formulations, biotechnology products and APIs globally. The Company is a significant player in the Cardiovascular, Diabetology, Asthma, Pediatric, CNS, GI, Anti-Infective and NSAID space and holds global leadership position in the Anti-TB segment.

Lupin is the 7^th and 6^th largest generics pharmaceutical company by market capitalization (June 30^th, 2017, Bloomberg) and revenues (March 31^st, 2017, Bloomberg) respectively. The Company is the 4^th largest pharmaceutical player in the US by prescriptions (Quintiles IMS MAT March 2017); 2^nd largest Indian pharmaceutical company by global revenues (March 31^st, 2017, Bloomberg); 6^th largest generic pharmaceutical player in Japan and 6^th largest company in Indian Pharmaceutical Market (Quintiles IMS MAT June 2017). For the financial year ended 31^st March, 2017, Lupin’s Consolidated sales and Net profit stood at Rs. 171,198 million (USD 2.55 billion) and Rs. 25,575 million (USD 381 million) respectively. Please visit http://www.lupin.com for more information. You could also follow us on Twitter – www.twitter.com/lupinlimited

CIN: L24100MH1983PLC029442 Registered Office: Lupin Ltd, 3^rd Floor, Kalpataru Inspire, Off Western Express Highway, Santacruz (East), Mumbai 400 055. 

For further information or queries please contact –

Pooja Thakran
VP – Corporate Communications
Email: poojathakran@lupin.com
Ph: +91-22-66402531 / 8291013225

or

Arvind Bothra
Head – Investor Relations and M&A
Email: arvindbothra@lupin.com
Ph: +91-22-66402137

*Safe Harbor Statement

Lodosyn® is a registered trademark of Aton Pharma, Inc.