After Perrigo Company PLC’s withdrawal of its first-to-launch generic to Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.’s ProAir (albuterol sulphate) led Lupin Limited and Teva to split gains, the Indian company is ramping up capacity of the respiratory drug ahead of a delayed flu season and amid another wave of COVID-19 cases in the US.
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Having gained from Perrigo’s withdrawal of generic ProAir (albuterol sulphate), Lupin plans to ramp up capacity by Q4 as demand is seen rising on account of flu and COVID-19 cases in the US. Meanwhile, FDA observations at its Somerset facility are a dampener

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