2d Generic Version of Diet Pill Rimonabant (Acomplia / Zimulti) Launched in India
ond Acomplia (rimonabant) Indian pharmaceutical company, Torrent Pharmaceuticals Ltd., has announced that it also is selling a generic version of the new Sanofi-Aventis diet drug Acomplia (rimonabant) under the name Rimoslim.
The news, which attracted little attention in the West, occurred almost simultaneously with last week’s announcement by Zydus [...]
Quitting smoking rimonabant
Quitting smoking rimonabantQuitting smoking is difficult, and the fact that quitting smoking often leads to unhealthy weight gain is often a justification for people to delay their attempts to break free from their habit.
Smoking is the leading preventable cause of death in the world today, and if [...]
Sanofi-Aventis, developer of diet drug Acomplia (rimonabant) (Acomplia / Zimulti), said on May 24th it was “examining all legal options” in light of the emergence of three different companies offering generic versions of rimonabant in India.
The development puts Sanofi in the odd position of facing generic competition [...]
Copies of Diet Drug Acomplia (Rimonabant)
Copies of diet drug Acomplia ( rimonabant ) are being widely sold at Indian pharmacies without a prescription for as little as $3.60 for a month’s supply of the pill, according to reports from the Indian media.
A half-dozen pharmaceutical companies — including such well-regarded generic drug manufacturers [...]
Competitor for Diet Drug Rimonabant (Acomplia) Now Has Name: Taranabant
While Sanofi’s diet drug Acomplia (rimonabant) remains stalled at the FDA, a potential competitor currently in phase III trials, Merck’s MK-0364, now has an official generic name: Taranabant.
Taranabant is Merck’s cannabinoid-1 (CB-1) receptor inverse agonist, and from reports we periodically receive from participants in the phase III [...]
Zydus Cadila, an Indian manufacturer of generic drugs headed by one of the country’s richest men, said on May 17th it has launched a version of the new Sanofi-Aventis diet drug Acomplia (rimonabant) under the name Slimona .
“ Slimona (Rimonabant) is a selective CB1 Endocannabinoid (EC) [...]
Do Indian Versions of Diet Drug Rimonabant Work the Same as Acomplia?
With several mid-sized Indian pharmaceutical companies now selling a drug in India that they say is rimonabant, how likely is it that these drugs work exactly the same way as the Sanofi-Aventis drug Acomplia (rimonabant) ?
That, of course, is always the question when drug companies bring out [...]
