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RANBAXY AND NIPPON CHEMIPHAR TO LAUNCH GENERICS IN JAPAN

July 17, 2006

India-based Ranbaxy Laboratories has announced that Nihon Pharmaceutical Industry, a joint venture between Ranbaxy and Japanese company Nippon Chemiphar, has successfully launched Clarithromycin 50-mg and 200-mg tablets and Terbinafine 125-mg tablets in Japan.

Clarithromycin, an antibiotic, and Terbinafine, an anti-fungal will be sold in Japan under the Nihon Pharmaceutical label.

Ranbaxy entered the Japanese market in 2002 through a strategic alliance with Nippon Chemiphar. In July 2005, the joint venture introduced its first co-developed product, Vogseal (generic Voglibose), for the treatment of diabetes.