Pharmaceutical Business review

FDA approves Teva ANDA to market generic Prevacid SoluTab

Teva has already executed the shipment of this product.

Lansoprazole is in a group of drugs called proton pump inhibitors. Lansoprazole decreases the amount of acid produced in the stomach.

Lansoprazole is used to treat and prevent stomach and intestinal ulcers, erosive esophagitis (damage to the esophagus from stomach acid), and other conditions involving excessive stomach acid such as Zollinger-Ellison syndrome.