Abraxis launches generic ondansetron injection in USA

8 January 2007

Los Angeles, USA-based biopharmaceutical company Abraxis BioScience has launched ondansetron injection, USP, the generic equivalent of GlaxoSmithKline's Zofran. The company added that it will market the product in single- and multiple-dose bar coded latex-free vials.

The drug is indicated for the prevention of the nausea and vomiting associated with courses of emetogenic chemotherapy, including high-dose cisplatin. Pharmaceutical monitoring organization IMS estimates that US sales of ondansetron exceeded $587.0 million in 2005.

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