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“We have assured quantities of medicines manufactured at Tchaikapharma High Quality Medicines. Based on current consumption, we maintain a minimum of a 4-month supply. If there is increased demand, we are ready to respond.”

Tchaikapharma’s latest medicinal product to receive marketing authorisation from the Bulgarian Drug Agency is Clopasa (colchicine) 0.5 mg tablets – the first gout treatment in the company’s broad portfolio.

Clopasa belongs to the group of medicines with antipathic action. It is used for the treatment of acute attacks of gout, in the condition of chronic gout, for the prevention of acute attacks when starting treatment with other drugs lowering uric acid in the blood and urine or when treating periodic diseases (Familial Mediterranean Fever).

The medicinal product is available on prescription.
ATC code: M04AC01

The newest medicinal product to receive Marketing Authorization from the Medicines Executive Agency is:

Semefro 50 mg/850 mg film-coated tablets

Semefro 50 mg/1000 mg film-coated tablets

Active ingredients: sitagliptin/metformin hydrochloride

Semefro contains two different medicines called sitagliptin and metformin.

– Sitagliptin belongs to a class of medicines called DPP-4 inhibitors (dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitors)

– metformin belongs to a class of medicines called biguanidines.

They work together to control blood sugar levels in adult patients with a form of diabetes called “type 2 diabetes”. This medication increases the levels of insulin produced after a meal and reduces the amount of sugar produced by the body.

Along with diet and exercise, the drug helps lower blood sugar.

The medication can be used alone or with certain other diabetes medications, (insulin, sulfonylurea, or glitazone).

This is a prescription-only medicinal product.

ATC code: A10BD07

The turnover from transactions with Bulgarian shares reached just under BGN 6 million, and two-thirds of it (just over BGN 4 million) was formed by transactions with shares of Tchaikapharma High Quality Medicines. Another 4 companies formed another quarter of the turnover, SOFIX recorded a minimal decrease.

Read the full article here in Bulgarian.

Tchaikapharma has launched two new medicinal products on the market, which are already commercially available:

Methylprednisolone-Chaikapharma (methylprednisolone) 40 mg powder and solvent for for injection solution

TromBai (cilostazol) 100 mg tablets

The distributor of the medicinal products is Commercial League – Global Pharmа Center.