Natco Pharma Limited has launched a generic version of cancer drug pomalidomide capsule – in strength of 1 mg, 2 mg, and 4 mg - in India under the brand name Pomalid. Pomalidomide is sold by Celgene Inc in the USA, under the brand name Pomalyst.
Pomalidomide is a thalidomide analogue indicated, in combination with dexamethasone, for patients with multiple myeloma (a type of blood cancer) who have received at least two prior therapies including lenalidomide and a proteasome inhibitor and have demonstrated disease progression on or within 60 days of completion of the last therapy.
Natco has priced Pomalid 1 mg,