Strides Arcolab, a Rs 1000 crore plus Bangalore based phrama company, has received order from the Ministry of Health, Government of India for supply of 7.40 lakh doses of oseltamivir capsules - the generic equivalent of Tamiflu - Roche's innovator product, drug prescribed to treat influenza - A (H1N1). The company is commencing the supply immediately.

Strides' generic oseltamivir is manufactured in its US FDA approved and WHO pre-qualified oral dosage forms manufacturing facility in Bangalore. It has also conducted necessary bioequivalence studies and established bioequivalence of is product with Tamiflu.

Aloka Sengupta, president, business development India operations, said, "Strides has equipped itself to meet any emergency since the outbreak of the epidemic and is delighted to partner with the MoH in its efforts to contain the epidemic."