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Buprenorphine Hcl Injection - Generic Vial Available
BEDFORD, OH – May 25, 2005– Bedford Laboratories™, a division of Ben Venue Laboratories Inc., has announced that it has received FDA approval for Buprenorphine HCl Injection and will begin shipping product on May 25, 2005. This is the first generically approved vial presentation of Buprenex® from Reckitt, indicated for the relief of moderate to severe pain.
“In our continuing effort to offer the most comprehensive line of analgesic products in the multisource industry, Bedford Laboratories is once again very pleased to offer this very important product,” said David Gaugh, General Manager of Bedford Laboratories.
Bedford Laboratories will provide Buprenorphine HCl Injection in one presentation: 0.3mg/mL buprenorphine packaged in an amber glass vial. Prescribing information is available upon request from Bedford Laboratories’ professional services department, (800) 521-5169, or from the company’s web site, www.bedfordlabs.com.
Bedford Laboratories supplies the US and International markets with multisource and specialty injectable products. Headquartered in Bedford, Ohio, Bedford Laboratories is a division of Ben Venue Laboratories, Inc., a subsidiary of Boehringer Ingelheim Corporation based in Ridgefield, CT, and a member of the Boehringer Ingelheim group of companies.
The Boehringer Ingelheim group is one of the world’s 20 leading pharmaceutical companies. Headquartered in Ingelheim, Germany, it operates globally with 144 affiliates in 45 countries and more than 36,000 employees. Since it was founded in 1885, the family-owned company has been committed to researching, developing, manufacturing and marketing novel products of high therapeutic value for human and veterinary medicine.
In 2004, Boehringer Ingelheim posted net sales of US $10.2 billion (8.2 billion euro) while spending more than one fifth of net sales in its largest business segment, Prescription Medicines, on research and development.
For more information please visit www.boehringer-ingelheim.com. |
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