Aurobindo Pharma has received the final approval from the US Food and Drug Administration to manufacture and market Atracurium Besylate injection in single and multi-dose vials in the US market.
Atracurium besylate is a neuromuscular-blocking drug or skeletal muscle relaxant in the category of non-depolarizing neuromuscular-blocking drugs, used adjunctively in anesthesia to facilitate endotracheal intubation and to provide skeletal muscle relaxation during surgery or mechanical ventilation. Atracurium is classified as an intermediate-duration non-depolarizing neuromuscular-blocking agent.
The drug is a bio-equivalent and therapeutically equivalent to the reference listed drug product Atracurium Besylate Injections of Eurohealth International Sarl.