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US FDA approval for Aurobindo's Lisinopril & Hydrochlorothiazide tabs

Our Bureau, MumbaiThursday, March 16, 2006, 08:00 Hrs  [IST]

The US FDA has approved Aurobindo Pharma's Lisinopril and Hydrochlorothiazide tablets, 10 / 12.5 mg, 20 / 12.5 mg, and 20 / 25 mg. The market opportunity for the above product is around USD 100 million. With this approval company's product basket for the USA market has gone upto eleven, said a release. This combination belongs to the class of medicines called high blood pressure medicines (antihypertensives). It is used to treat high blood pressure (hypertension). Lisinopril and Hydrochlorothiazide tablets, 10 / 12.5 mg, 20 / 12.5 mg, and 20 / 25 mg is the generic version of Prinzide Tablets, 10 / 12.5 mg, 20 / 12.5 mg, and 20 / 25 mg of Merck research Laboratories.

 
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