Roxane's generic Keppra cleared in USA

26 January 2009

The USA's Roxane Laboratories, a unit of Germany's Boehringer Ingelheim, says that its Abbreviated New Drug Application for levetiracetam  tablets, 250mg, 500mg, 750mg, 1,000mg and oral solution 100mg/mL has  been approved. The product is available for immediate shipment to  wholesalers and pharmacies nationwide.

Roxane's products are the AB-rated generic equivalent to Belgian  drugmaker UCB's epilepsy treatment Keppra (levetiracetam). Annual sales  of the branded tablets and oral solution are approximately $1.28  billion.

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