OTSUKA LAUNCHES OCUPRESS IN USA

17 May 1992

Otsuka America Pharmaceutical Inc has launched its beta blocker carteolol in the USA for the treatment of glaucoma. The drug will be marketed as Ocupress. OAPI says it hopes to target between 5% and 10% of the $220 million US glaucoma market. Ocupress is the fifth eye drop-based beta blocker to reach the market in the USA, and represents OAPI's first foray into prescription pharmaceuticals there.

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