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Sun Pharma announces US FDA approval for generic Zetia® tablets

Mumbai, June 17, 2017: Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Reuters: SUN.BO, Bloomberg: SUNP IN, NSE: SUNPHARMA, BSE: 524715, “Sun Pharma” and includes its subsidiaries or associate companies) today announced that one of its wholly owned subsidiaries has received final approval from US FDA for its Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) for generic version of Zetia® , (ezetimibe) Tablets 10mg. These generic ezetimibe tablets are therapeutic equivalents of Merck’s Zetia® tablets. As per IMS, ezetimibe tablets had annual sales of approximately US$2.7 billion in the US for the 12 months ended April 2017.

Corporate Comm India(CCI Newswire)

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