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.FDA grants approval for APP Pharmaceuticals drug
APP Pharmaceuticals receives FDA approval to market generic infection treatment


Buzz up! 0 Print..Companies:Fresenius Kabi PharmaceuticalsBristol-Myers Squibb Company.On Monday June 21, 2010, 8:36 am
SCHAUMBURG, Ill. (AP) -- APP Pharmaceuticals received marketing approval for its generic anti-infective treatment, the company said Monday.

The Food and Drug Administration gave approval to market Aztreonam for Injection in two dosage strengths, 1 gram 20 milliliters and 2 grams 30 milliliters. APP plans to launch Aztreonam immediately.

It said Aztreonam is therapeutically equivalent to the Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. drug Azactam. The branded product had about $86 million in U.S. sales last year.