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Glenmark Launches Tiotropium DPI In Spain

As Company Looks At Several Other European Markets For Tavulus

 
• By Akriti Seth

India’s Glenmark has announced the launch of Tavulus, its generic version of Boehringer Ingelheim’s Spiriva Handihaler, in Spain. The company is also looking to launch its tiotropium bromide dry powder inhaler in other key European markets. 

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Glenmark launches tiotropium bromide dry powder inhaler under the brand name Tavulus in Spain • Source: Alamy

Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Limited has launched its tiotropium bromide dry powder inhaler under the brand name Tavulus in Spain. The Indian company’s launch of the bioequivalent version of Boehringer Ingelheim’s Spiriva Handihaler in Spain follows its recent launch in the UK under the name Tiogiva (see sidebar).

With the Spanish launch, Glenmark said it “became one of the first companies to launch a bioequivalent version of the dry powder inhaler” in the UK and in Europe, noting that the launch in Spain was part of Glenmark’s wider strategic exclusive in-licensing arrangement to market tiotropium DPI in Western Europe

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