Pharma

The recall is being initiated by Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc for 2,71,212 bottles of bupropion hydrochloride extended-release tablets, USP (SR) in the strengths of 150 mg and 200 mg, the FDA said.

Mr Piramal curtailed his presence in healthcare after he sold erstwhile Piramal Healthcare's domestic formulations division for $3.7 billion to Abbott in 2010.

With the growth momentum hit hard by the notes ban, Nomura had earlier projected GDP growth to dip to 6.9 per cent in 2017 from 7.1 per cent in 2016, with a sharp slowdown in the first half of the current year.

In respect of medicines not under price control, manufacturers are allowed to increase the maximum retail price by 10 per cent annually.

The FDA had inspected the Kothur formulation facility between January 16-24, 2017, Natco Pharma said in a statement.

Natco Pharma said it will provide due justifications and corrective action plan within next 15 working days to the address the USFDA observations.

There were media reports saying the company has got import alert from USFDA for its Paithan unit at Aurangabad for which BSE had sought for a clarification from Ajanta Pharma.

Quoting IMS MAT September 2016 data, Lupin said, Paxil CR tablets had US sales of $127.7 million.

The transaction will be EPS (earnings per share) accretive, Zydus Cadila said in a statement.

The additional sum is derived on the basis of the value of mutual funds, cash and bank balance, tax refunds etc at the time of closing, it added.

Balaji Srinivasan met Trump at the Trump Towers in New York on Thursday. No official announcement has been made yet.

Drug firm Cadila Healthcare has settled all outstanding patent litigation related to Livalo tablets with Kowa Company, Kowa Pharmaceuticals America Inc and Nissan Chemical Industries Ltd.

Citing IMS MAT September 2016 data, the company said MS Contin ER tablets had sales of USD 282.9 million in the US market.

US President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday said pharmaceutical companies are "getting away with murder".

The products to be marketed are generic versions of Taro's Topicort LP Emollient cream, 0.05 per cent and Topicort cream, 0.25 per cent, it added.