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Prasco releases authorized generic Shire drug

Prasco Laboratories and Shire enter an agreement for the distribution of the authorized generic version of Carbatrol (Carbamazepine) Extended-Release Capsules in 100 mg, 200 mg and 300 mg strengths in the US.

Carbamazepine Extended-Release Capsules are therapeutically equivalent and substitutable for the brand Carbatrol.

Carbatrol is used to treat certain types of seizures (partial, tonic-clonic, mixed) and certain types of nerve pain (trigeminal and glossopharyngeal neuralgia).

The product will be distributed in the US under the Prasco label.

Prasco CEO Christopher H Arington said Carbamazepine Extended-Release Capsules will provide patients with a therapeutically equivalent product to the brand as a Prasco Authorized Generic.

The financial terms of the agreement, however, have not been revealed.