Glenmark Generics said that the company received ANDA approval from US FDA for Ciclopirox Olamine cream 0.77% and would commence marketing and distribution of the product in U.S. market.
Ciclopirox Olamine is the generic equivalent of Loprox cream marketed by Medicis. It falls at the dermatology segment and used to treat infections tinea pedis, tinea cruris, tinea corporis and tinea vesicolor. Ciclopirox Olamine cream generated sales of about $8 million for the 12-month period ended September 2009.
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