Leiner Health Products
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
Marketing private label OTC cimetidine under an agreement with Lek Pharmaceuticals, which gained a tentative ANDA approval May 28 for the generic version of SmithKline Beecham's Tagamet HB H2 antagonist ("The Tan Sheet" June 1, In Brief). Carson City, Calif.-based Leiner says it will first market OTC cimetidine under private labels and then also under the company's proprietary Pharmacist Formula brand. Lek, based in Ljubljana, Slovenia, also markets Rx generic versions of Glaxo Wellcome's Zovirax antiviral...