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Mylan obtains FDA approval for generic Depakote ER

Mylan, a diversified generic and pharmaceutical company, has announced that its subsidiary Mylan Pharmaceuticals has received final approval from the FDA for its abbreviated new drug application for divalproex Sodium extended-release tablets, 250mg and 500mg.

Mylan has been awarded 180 days of marketing exclusivity for the 500mg strength, which it will begin to ship February 2, 2009. Mylan was the first company to file a substantially complete abbreviated new drug application containing a Paragraph IV certification for the 500mg strength.

Divalproex Sodium extended-release (Divalproex ER) tablets are the generic version of Abbott Laboratories’s Depakote ER.