Sun Pharma Seeing Efforts To Speed Up Development For Complex Generics

Indian Firm Enjoys Good Financial Q2, US Formulations Up By More Than 20%

29 Oct 2024

While the firm’s mind and money continues to gear towards branded and novel drugs, India’s Sun Pharma still maintains a mammoth global generics business, including in the US where Sun saw a healthy leap in sales during its financial second quarter.

Sun Pharma is pleased with ongoing efforts by the US Food and Drug Administration to facilitate and speed up development for complex generics, but feels more can still be done to guide generics manufacturers.

“We’ve indicated that there are products for which there is lack of clarity from a regulatory point of view,” commented...

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