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Daiichi Sankyo Welchol gets FDA nod

Welchol for Oral Suspension is used in comination with fruit juice or diet soft drinks, and is indicated for the adult patients suffering from primary hyperlipidemia and type 2 diabetes.

Daiichi Sankyo‘s Welchol helps in improving LDL cholesterol and glycemic control when used in addition with diet and exercise by the adult patients with high LDL cholesterol and type 2 diabetes.

Daiichi Sankyo Medical Research and Strategy Therapeutic Areas Hypertension and Metabolism head, executive medical director Oliseyenum Nwose said Welchol for Oral Suspension is once-daily, sugar-free, citrus-flavored and non-systemically absorbed, which means it is not metabolized in the liver or kidneys.