Zenara Pharma Receives CDSCO Approval to Manufacture and Sell Generic of Pfizer’s COVID drug

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Source: Zenara Pharma

“We believe Paxzen is an extremely effective treatment option against COVID-19 and, at the same time, is a very complex product to develop and manufacture.” - Dr Jagadeesh Babu Rangisetty, Co-founder and Managing Director, Zenara Pharma

July 2022 : Hyderabad-based Zenara Pharma, a fully owned subsidiary of Biophore India Pharmaceuticals, has announced that it has received approval from the Central Drugs Standard Control Organization (CDSCO) to manufacture and sell Nirmatrelvir and Ritonavir tablets in a combi pack as a treatment option for patients with mild to moderate symptoms of Covid-19. The tablet, which will be sold under the brand name ‘Paxzen’, is being manufactured at Zenara’s US FDA approved state-of-the-art facility in Hyderabad.

This approval by the CDSCO has been granted under the emergency authorization route considering the unmet medical need in COVID-19 for an effective and affordable therapy for the patients

Dr Jagadeesh Babu Rangisetty, Co-founder and Managing Director, Zenara Pharma, says, “We believe Paxzen is an extremely effective treatment option against COVID-19 and, at the same time, is a very complex product to develop and manufacture. We have brought this product to the market in record time and this is one of the first approvals of this product in India.”

He further said, “I am proud to say that we have our own in-house API and are not dependent on any imports for production. We believe that this will ensure stability and rapid production and availability of this treatment for the Indian market.”

This product’s breakthrough approval in the US was given by the US FDA in Dec 2021 and is indicated for the treatment of mild-to-moderate COVID-19 in adults. It was the first oral pill that has been approved by US FDA and with a better safety profile than subsequently approved oral therapies.