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January 19, 2006
Mylan Announces Tentative Approval for Rabeprazole Sodium Delayed-Release Tablets
Mylan Announces Tentative Approval for Rabeprazole Sodium Delayed-Release Tablets
Mylan Announces Tentative Approval for Rabeprazole Sodium Delayed-Release TabletsPITTSBURGH, Jan. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Mylan Laboratories Inc.
(NYSE: MYL) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has
granted tentative approval for Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc.'s Abbreviated New
Drug Application for Rabeprazole Sodium Delayed-release Tablets, 20 mg.
Rabeprazole Sodium Delayed-release Tablets are the generic version of Eisai
Medical Research Inc.'s Aciphex® Tablets, which had annual U.S. sales of
approximately $1.3 billion as of June 2005.
Mylan Laboratories Inc. is a leading pharmaceutical company with three principal subsidiaries, Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc., Mylan Technologies Inc. and UDL Laboratories, Inc. that develop, license, manufacture, market and distribute an extensive line of generic and proprietary products.
For more information about Mylan, visit www.mylan.com.
SOURCE Mylan Laboratories Inc.
01/19/2006
CONTACT: Patrick Fitzgerald or Kris King of Mylan Laboratories Inc.,
+1-724-514-1800
Web site: http://www.mylan.com
(MYL)