Cipla to Launch Ciplenza Next Month to Treat COVID-19 Patients in India
Ciplenza Priced at Rs 68 per Tablet
Mumbai: Cipla Limited today announced that it will commercially launch Ciplenza in the first week of August priced at Rs 68 per tablet for the treatment of COVID-19 patients in India.
In a statement, the company said that it has received regulatory approval from the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) for the launch of Favipiravir in the country under the brand name Ciplenza.
The accelerated approval for manufacturing and marketing of the drug is aimed at meeting the urgent and unmet medical need for COVID-19 treatment options in the country through restricted emergency use, the drug company said.
As part of its efforts to enable speedy access to cater to the demand, Cipla will commercially launch Ciplenza in the first week of August priced at Rs 68 per tablet, it added.
To ensure fair and equitable distribution of the drug, supplies will be undertaken predominantly through hospital channels and via open channels, prioritised for regions with a high burden of COVID-19 cases.
The drug has been jointly developed by Cipla and CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (IICT).
As part of this partnership, CSIR-IICT has successfully developed a convenient and cost-effective synthetic process for Favipiravir. The entire process and Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API) of the drug has been transferred to Cipla to manufacture and market the drug at scale.
Favipiravir is an off patent, oral anti-viral drug that has been shown to hasten clinical recovery in COVID -19 patients with mild to moderate symptoms.
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