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Dr Reddy's gets US nod for osteoporosis drug

The tablets are the generic version of Boniva, a brand sold by a unit of Swiss drugmaker Roche

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Reuters Mumbai
Last Updated : Jan 21 2013 | 4:10 AM IST

Dr Reddy's Laboratories has received US Food and Drug Administration's approval for selling ibandronate sodium tablets used to treat osteoporosis, the regulator's website showed on Thursday.

The tablets are the generic version of Boniva, a brand sold by a unit of Swiss drugmaker Roche.

Cipla, another Indian drugmaker, received US regulatory approval for AIDS treatment drug nevirapine, the website showed. The drug is a generic version of German drugmaker Boehringer Ingelheim's Viramune tablets.

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