Teva's NDA for albuterol MDPI accepted by FDA

JERUSALEM — Teva Pharmaceuticals on Monday announced that the Food and Drug Administration has accepted the company's new drug application for albuterol multi-dose dry-powder inhaler, a breath-actuated dry-powder inhaler for the treatment or prevention of bronchospasm in patients 12 years of age and older with reversible obstructive airway disease. The inhaler also is indicated for the prevention of exercise-induced bronchospasm in patients 12 years of age and older, according to the company.

“We are extremely pleased the FDA has accepted for review the NDA for albuterol MDPI. If approved, albuterol MDPI would become the first breath-actuated dry-powder symptomatic and rescue inhaler available to asthma patients,” said Tushar Shah, M.D., SVP Teva global respiratory research and development. “As the current market-leader in asthma rescue inhalers, it is our hope that the new dry-powder innovation utilized with albuterol MDPI will help fill an unmet need in the existing asthma market.”