After a strong fourth quarter, Cipla Ltd. has entered fiscal 2020 on an “optimistic note”, gearing for a ramp-up in markets like the US, where it hopes to introduce its first respiratory inhalation generic, albuterol, later this year.
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Cipla, which expects to enter the US albuterol inhalation market later this year, believes that it has the cost competitiveness to price “significantly lower” than competition and take a “fair share” of a market that recently saw the arrival of authorized generics.

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