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Amneal got FDA approval September 18 for generic lanreotide, 120 mg/0.5 mL in a prefilled syringe, referencing Ipsen's Somatuline Depot. It launched the same week.
The brand did 983 million dollars in US sales over the 12 months through July, per IQVIA.
The detail that matters: the approval carries Competitive Generic Therapy designation. That is the FDA's flag for drugs facing inadequate generic competition.
Indications are acromegaly, advanced gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumors, and carcinoid syndrome. Amneal says it adds a material growth driver to its Affordable Medicines business, made on its own manufacturing lines.
A complex injectable in a roughly billion-dollar market is a different kind of generic launch than a pill. In-house capacity is how it holds the share it wins.
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