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Mumbai, May 22: Drugmaker Cipla on Wednesday announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) has granted it final approval for the Lanreotide injection, used for the treatment of acromegaly and gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumours (GEP-NETs).
It added that the USFDA approval is based on an Abbreviated New Drug Application (NDA).
Lanreotide injection is supplied as 120 mg/0.5 mL, 90 mg/0.3 mL, and 60 mg/0.2 mL single-dose, pre-filled, and ready-to-inject syringe.
According to IQVIA (IMS Health), Somatuline Depot (Lanreotide) had US sales of approximately $898 million in the last year, that is till March 2024.