【UNITED NATIONS】Prescription drug abuse is growing in India and the problem is serious in South Asia, according to a UN report which said drugs enter the region's illicit markets through various channels, being diverted from India's pharma industry and smuggled from Afghanistan.
The International Narcotics Control Board (INCB), an independent UN body tasked with monitoring the production and consumption of narcotics worldwide, said in its annual report that governments in South Asia continue to respond strongly to the threat of drug trafficking and abuse in the region.
"South Asia is facing a serious and growing drug abuse problem, including the abuse of pharmaceutical preparations containing narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances. Prescription drug abuse is growing in India," the report said.
○Dr Reddy's launches Avelox generic in US
【Hyderabad】Dr Reddy's Laboratories Ltd announced today that it has launched Moxifloxacin Hydrochloride Tablets, 400 mg, a therapeutic equivalent generic version of Avelox (moxifloxacin HCl) tablets 400mg in the US market on Tuesday.
The product has been approved from the US Food and Drug Administration, a release from the Hyderabad-based pharma major said.
The Avelox tablets brand had US sales of approximately $195 million for the most recent 12 months ended in December 2013 according to IMS Health.
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Prescription drug abuse growing in India: UN report
Dr Reddy's launches Avelox generic in US
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