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Tuesday, March 02 2021 - 18:56
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Cipla receives final approval for generic version of GlaxoSmithKline's IMITREX(R) (Sumatriptan Nasal Spray, 20 mg)
MUMBAI, India, 02 March 2021 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ --

    Cipla Limited (BSE: 500087); (NSE: CIPLA EQ) (hereinafter referred to as 
"Cipla") today announced that it has received final approval for its 
Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) for Sumatriptan Nasal Spray, 20 mg from 
the United States Food and Drug Administration (U.S. FDA).

    Cipla's Sumatriptan Nasal Spray USP, 20 mg is an AB-rated generic 
therapeutic equivalent version of GlaxoSmithKline's Imitrex(R) Nasal Spray.   

    Imitrex(R) Nasal Spray is a serotonin (5-HT1B/1D) receptor agonist 
(triptan) indicated for acute treatment of migraine with or without aura in 
adults.

    According to IQVIA (IMS Health), Imitrex(R) Nasal Spray 20mg and its 
generic equivalents had US sales of approximately $53.3M for the 12-month 
period ending  December 2020. 

    About Cipla:

    Established in 1935, Cipla is a global pharmaceutical company focused on 
agile and sustainable growth, complex generics, and deepening portfolio in our 
home markets of India, South Africa, North America, and key regulated and 
emerging markets. Our strengths in the respiratory, anti-retroviral, urology, 
cardiology, anti-infective and CNS segments are well-known. Our 46 
manufacturing sites around the world produce 50+ dosage forms and 1,500+ 
products using cutting-edge technology platforms to cater to our 80+ markets. 
Cipla is ranked 3rd largest in pharma in India (IQVIA MAT December' 20), 3rd 
largest in the pharma private market in South Africa (IQVIA MAT December'20), 
and is among the most dispensed generic players in the U.S. For over eight 
decades, making a difference to patients has inspired every aspect of Cipla's 
work. Our paradigm-changing offer of a triple anti-retroviral therapy in 
HIV/AIDS at less than a dollar a day in Africa in 2001 is widely acknowledged 
as having contributed to bringing inclusiveness, accessibility and 
affordability to the centre of the HIV movement. A responsible corporate 
citizen, Cipla's humanitarian approach to healthcare in pursuit of its purpose 
of 'Caring for Life' and deep-rooted community links wherever it is present 
make it a partner of choice to global health bodies, peers and all 
stakeholders. For more, please visit www.cipla.com [http://www.cipla.com/] , or 
click on Twitter [https://twitter.com/Cipla_Global], Facebook 
[https://m.facebook.com/Cipla/], LinkedIn 
[https://www.linkedin.com/company/cipla]

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    Source: Cipla
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