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Teva receives US FDA tentative approval for Benazepril tablets
Israel | Tuesday, November 11, 2003, 08:00 Hrs  [IST]

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted tentative approval for the company's ANDA for Benazepril Hydrochloride tablets, 5 mg, 10 mg, 20 mg and 40 mg. Final approval is anticipated upon expiry of pediatric exclusivity, which protects the brand product until February 11, 2004.

Benazepril Hydrochloride tablets are the AB-rated generic equivalent of Novartis' antihypertensive agent Lotensin tablets. Annual sales of the brand product are approximately $333 million.

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