Strides Arcolab gains on receiving USFDA approval for Acetazolamide Injection

11 May 2012 Evaluate

Strides Arcolab is currently trading at Rs. 694.95, up by 3.40 points or 0.49% from its previous closing of Rs. 691.55 on the BSE.

The scrip opened at Rs. 692.00 and has touched a high and low of Rs. 694.95 and Rs. 691.20 respectively.

The BSE group 'A' stock of face value Rs. 10 has touched a 52 week high of Rs. 709.90 on 09-May-2012 and a 52 week low of Rs. 276.25 on 22-Aug-2011.

Last one week high and low of the scrip stood at Rs. 709.90 and Rs. 666.00 respectively. The current market cap of the company is Rs. 4,061.00 crore.

The promoters holding in the company stood at 28.35% while Institutions and Non-Institutions held 55.55% and 16.11% respectively.

Strides Arcolab (Strides) has received ANDA approval from USFDA for Acetazolamide Injection USP, 500 mg/ vial (preservative free) in lyophilized format. The product is expected to be launched shortly. According to IMS, the 2011 US market for Injectable Acetazolamide approximates to $10 million with only one active player.

Acetazolamide is the fourteenth product approved under the Sagent - Strides partnership. Strides is developing and supplying more than 25 injectable products for the USA market which will be marketed by Sagent.

Acetazolamide is used for adjunctive treatment of - edema due to congestive heart failure; drug-induced edema; centrencephalic epilepsies (petit mal, unlocalized seizures); chronic simple (open-angle) glaucoma, secondary glaucoma, and preoperatively in acute angle-closure glaucoma where delay of surgery is desired in order to lower intraocular pressure.

Strides Arcolab is a global pharmaceuticals headquartered in Bangalore, India that develops and manufactures a wide range of IP-led niche pharmaceuticals products with an emphasis on sterile injectables.

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