The launched product is from Lupin’s Pithampur manufacturing facility

Mumbai: Pharma Major Lupin Limited (Lupin) announced the launch of its Moxifloxacin Hydrochloride Ophthalmic solution USP, 0.5% (base) having received an approval from the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) earlier.

Lupin’s Moxifloxacin Hydrochloride Ophthalmic solution USP, 0.5% (base), is an AT1 rated generic equivalent of Novartis Pharms Corp.’s Vigamox® Ophthalmic solution. It is indicated for the treatment of bacterial conjunctivitis caused by susceptible strains of the organisms.

Vigamox® Ophthalmic solution had US sales of USD 267.9 million (IMS MAT March 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 4^th and the 6^th largest generics pharmaceutical company by market capitalization and revenues globally (March 31^st, 2017, Bloomberg). The Company is the 4^th largest pharmaceutical player in the US by prescriptions (Quintiles IMS MAT March 2017); the 2^nd largest Indian pharmaceutical company by global revenues; the 6^th largest generic pharmaceutical player in Japan and the 6^th largest company in Indian Pharmaceutical Market (Quintiles IMS MAT March 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
Ph: +91-22-66402531
Email: poojathakran@lupin.com

Or

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

*Safe Harbor Statement

Vigamox® is registered trademark of Novartis AG.