The United States Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) has given final permission to Zydus Lifesciences to market Febuxostat Tablets, 40 mg and 80 mg (USRLD: Uloric Tablets). The purpose of febuxostat tablets is to reduce hyperuricemia (high levels of uric acid in the blood) in gout patients who have either undergone unsuccessful allopurinol treatment or are ineligible for allopurinol therapy. The group’s formulation manufacturing facility in Moraiya, Ahmedabad, India, will produce the medication.
According to IQVIA data, the yearly sales of Febuxostat tablets in the United States were 32 million USD (IQVIA MAT Sept. 2022).