Amneal Wins Race For US NuvaRing Rival

Immediately Started Commercialization Of Contraceptive

Amneal has become the first company to secure US approval for, and to launch, a generic alternative to Merck & Co’s top-selling, off-patent NuvaRing contraceptive device in the US. Other generics developers appear to be several months behind.

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Amneal has become the first company to offer a generic of Merck's NuvaRing contraceptive in the US • Source: Shutterstock

Amneal Pharmaceuticals has immediately launched upon approval the first generic alternative to Merck & Co’s NuvaRing (etonogestrel/ethinylestradiol) vaginal ring. In securing US Food and Drug Administration approval for its EluRyng branded generic, the US generics specialist has outpaced many of its peers that are also targeting NuvaRing as part of strategies to pursue complex generics.

Approved as an abbreviated new drug application, EluRyng vaginal ring, delivering 0.12mg of etonogestrel and 0

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