Executives at Vifor Pharma, a company of the Swiss Galenica group (SIX: GALN), have welcomed the US Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) approval of a supplemental New Drug Application (sNDA) for Veltassa (patiromer) for oral suspension, with important updates to the product labeling label.
Its updated US label no longer includes a boxed warning regarding the separation of Veltassa and other oral medications.
It is now recommended that patients take the drug at least three hours before or after other oral medications, rather than the previous six hours.
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