ANI Pharmaceuticals Announces FDA Approval and Immediate Launch of Nilutamide Tablets, the First Generic Competitor to Nilandron®
BAUDETTE, Minn., July 18, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“ANI”) (Nasdaq: ANIP) today announced that it has received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) of the Abbreviated New Drug Application (“ANDA”) for nilutamide tablets. Trailing twelve-month sales of Nilandron® were $23 million according to IMS Health. ANI will immediately launch the product.
Arthur S. Przybyl, ANI’s President and CEO stated, “The nilutamide approval exemplifies ANI’s strategic focus to introduce high barrier niche generic products. We are excited to have secured approval for a first-to-market generic that represents ANI’s second entry into the anti-cancer market and leverages our specialized high-potent manufacturing capability at our plant in Baudette, MN.
“The nilutamide launch is ANI’s eighth new product launch since the beginning of the second quarter of 2016. The previously-announced launches were hydrocortisone rectal cream 1% and 2.5%, Inderal® LA capsules, propranolol ER capsules, mesalamine enema, fenofibrate 50mg and 150mg capsules, oxycodone 5mg capsules, and hydroxyprogesterone caproate injection USP 250mg/mL. The launches are the direct result of internal product development, acquisitions and partnered distribution and represent the combined strategic approach to ANI’s product line expansion.”
About Nilutamide tablets
Nilutamide tablets are indicated for use in combination with surgical castration for the treatment of metastatic prostate cancer (Stage D2).
For maximum benefit, nilutamide treatment must begin on the same day as or on the day after surgical castration.
About ANI
ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the “Company” or “ANI”) is an integrated specialty pharmaceutical company developing, manufacturing, and marketing branded and generic prescription pharmaceuticals. The Company’s targeted areas of product development currently include narcotics, oncolytics (anti-cancers), hormones and steroids, and complex formulations involving extended release and combination products. For more information, please visit our website www.anipharmaceuticals.com.
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