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Dr Reddy's gets US nod for osteoporosis drug

Dr Reddy's Laboratories has received US Food and Drug Administration's approval for selling ibandronate sodium tablets used to treat osteoporosis, the regulator's website showed on Thursday.

May 03, 2012 / 16:30 IST

Dr Reddy's Laboratories has received US Food and Drug Administration's approval for selling ibandronate sodium tablets used to treat osteoporosis, the regulator's website showed on Thursday.


The tablets are the generic version of Boniva, a brand sold by a unit of Swiss drugmaker Roche.

Cipla, another Indian drugmaker, received US regulatory approval for AIDS treatment drug nevirapine, the website showed. The drug is a generic version of German drugmaker Boehringer Ingelheim's Viramune tablets.

first published: May 3, 2012 03:26 pm

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