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Sun Pharmaceutical’s generic Depo-Testosterone Injection wins FDA approval

Therapeutically equivalent to Depo-Testosterone Injection of Pfizer, the Testosterone Cypionate Injection USP, 100 mg/mL and 200mg/mL is indicated for males with deficiency or absence of endogenous testosterone.

The generic product is approved as a replacement therapy in the male patients with conditions associated with symptoms of deficiency or absence of endogenous testosterone.

In the US, annual revenues of the product were approximately $130m, according to April-2013, IMS MAT data.

The Indian pharmaceutical company manufactures and markets a range of pharmaceutical products covering therapy areas of psychiatry, neurology, cardiology, nephrology, gastroenterology, orthopedics and ophthalmology.