Strides Pharma Science on Wednesday announced that its step-down wholly owned subsidiary, Strides Pharma Global, Singapore, has received approval for Ibuprofen oral suspension USP, 100 mg/5 mL (OTC) from the United States Food & Drug Administration.The product is bioequivalent and therapeutically equivalent to the reference listed drug (RLD), Children's Motrin oral suspension, 100 mg/mL, of Johnson & Johnson Consumer Inc.
Ibuprofen is a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) used to relieve pain from various conditions such as headache, dental pain, muscle aches. It is also used to reduce fever and to relieve minor aches and pain due to the common cold or flu.