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IVAX Receives FDA Approvable Letter for Albuterol HFA in Breath-Activated Inhaler.

Publication: Business Wire
Publication Date: 07-JUL-04 		Format: Online - approximately 578 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

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MIAMI -- IVAX Corporation (AMEX:IVX)(LSE:IVX.L) announced today that it has received an approvable letter from the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its New Drug Application (NDA) for albuterol sulfate using non-ozone-depleting, CFC-free propellant in IVAX' patented breath-activated aerosol inhaler.

Albuterol, a beta-agonist bronchodilator, is the primary rescue medicine for the relief of asthma symptoms. Over 90% of the more than 50 million albuterol inhalers sold in the U.S. last year contained chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) propellants, which are expected to be eventually removed from...

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