India’s Rs 20,000-crore cardiac drug market is in for a shake-up as generic launches of Novartis’ heart-failure drug Vymada begin. Mumbai-based Glenmark Pharmaceuticals on Monday announced the launch of their own brand of Sacubitril-valsartan tablets Sacu V, priced between Rs 19-35 per tablet.
Sheetal Sapale, president (marketing), AIOCD-AWACS said that at least 40 more brands are expected to be launched in this category, leading to a price erosion of at least 50 per cent.
Earlier in December, JB Pharma, which had acquired the Azmarda brand from Novartis AG, Switzerland for the India region for a consideration of Rs 246 crores in April 2022, had slashed its prices by half to Rs 39.6 per tablet. Only four companies were marketing Novartis’ drug in India who had acquired the brands from the innovator – Mankind, Dr Reddy’s Laboratories, JB Pharma apart from Novartis itself. Now, a slew of generic makers is set to ente
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