Ranbaxy lining up new drug delivery system

8 July 1999

India's Ranbaxy Laboratories has filed patents in the USA as well asIndia for three novel drug delivery systems for modified products, the Economic Times reports.

The newspaper said Ranbaxy has signed an agreement with Bayer AG to license out to the German firm a delivery system for the anti-infective ciprofloxacin. It quoted the company's executive vice-president and head of research, J M Khanna, as saying that details of the Bayer deal would be unveiled over the next two months, though its value has been estimated by analysts at over $100 million.

Mr Khanna said the new products are in the anti-infective, cardiovascular and antihistamine areas. "In some markets, we will launch on our own and in some others we will go for licensing deals," he added.

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