Friday, July 25, 2008

Sagent Pharmaceuticals Launches Amiodarone HCl Injection, USP

Sagent Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a privately-held specialty pharmaceutical company, today announced that it has launched amiodarone HCl injection, USP, a class III antiarrhythmic indicated for the treatment and prophylaxis of frequently recurring ventricular fibrillation and hemodynamically unstable ventricular tachycardia -- a potentially life-threatening irregular heart beat. Sagent's amiodarone HCl injection will be available immediately in 150 mg/3 mL single dose prefilled syringes. According to IMS data, 2007 sales of injectable amiodarone in the United States were approximately $8 million. Amiodarone prefilled syringes are manufactured for Sagent by Gland Pharma.
The details can be read here.

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