Ranbaxy gets go-ahead for generic Tylenol version in USA

6 December 2001

Ranbaxy Pharmaceuticals, a wholly-owned subsidiary of RanbaxyLaboratories, has received US approval for acetaminophen and codeine phosphate tablets USP, 300mg/30mg and 300mg/60mg, a generic version of McNeal Consumer Healthcare's Tylenol with Codeine tablets No 3 and No 4. The tablets, which are to be launched immediately, are indicated for the relief of mild-to-moderately-severe pain. Sales of Tylenol in 2000 totaled $81.4 million.

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