Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical (SHA:600196, HKG:2196) unit Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical Industrial Development obtained registration approval for Deferasirox tablets and granules from China's National Medical Products Administration, a Friday Hong Kong bourse filing said.
The drugs are indicated for the treatment of chronic iron overload due to blood transfusions in patients above two years of age and in patients over 10 with non-transfusion-dependent thalassemia syndromes.