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Zydus Cadila to launch two new vaccines

MUMBAI OCT. 22. The Rs. 1,000-crore Zydus Cadila will shortly launch a varicella vaccine (for chicken pox) and a Hepatitis A vaccine to counter liver disease. The varicella vaccine will be launched in the next two months while the Hepatitis A vaccine will hit the market in another five months, company General Manager, V. S. Venkatesh, told UNI here.

The fourth largest pharma company in the country, Zydus Cadila has already received the approval of the Drugs Controller General of India for both products, he said. The new vaccines follow Zydus Cadila's latest introduction, a Purified Duck Embryo Rabies (PDER) vaccine branded `Vaxirab', which was launched here yesterday. While Zydus Cadila hoped to wrest Rs. 17 crores to Rs. 20 crores of the Rs. 160 crore rabies vaccine market in the first year, it aimed to make similar significant inroads into the Rs. 8 crore varicella vaccine market.

— UNI

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