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Sawai Announces Listing of Six Generic Drugs with 12 Strengths

Dec. 08. 2022

Osaka, Japan – December 8, 2022 – Sawai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (Sawai, Head office: Osaka, Japan, President: Kenzo Sawai) today announced the listing of six generic drugs with 12 strengths in the NHI (National Health Insurance) drug price list. Sawai’s product line now includes 335 compounds with 821 strengths.

The list of new products

1. Esomeprazole Capsules

Generic name Esomeprazole Magnesium Hydrate
Strengths Tablets: 10mg, 20mg
Brand products Nexium® Capsules 10mg, 20mg

2. Escitalopram Tablets, OD Tablets

Generic name Escitalopram Oxalate
Strengths Tablets: 10mg, 20mg
OD Tablets: 10mg, 20mg
Brand products Lexapro® Tablets 10mg, 20mg

3. Ramelteon Tablets

Generic name Ramelteon
Strengths 8mg
Brand products Rozerem® Tablets 8mg

4. Tolvaptan OD Tablets, Granules

Generic name Tolvaptan
Strengths Granules: 1%
OD Tablets: 7.5mg, 15mg
Brand products Samsca® Granules 1%
Samsca® OD Tablets 7.5mg, 15mg

5. Ibandronate Intravenous Injection Syringes

Generic name Ibandronate Sodium Hydrate
Strengths 1mg
Brand products Bonviva® Syringes for Intravenous Injection 1mg

6. Daptomycin for Intravenous Injection

Generic name Daptomycin
Strengths 350mg
Brand products Cubicin® IV 350mg

The products announced in this press release are not approved by the Food & Drug Administration for sale and distribution in the United States.