Shijiazhuang Sihua Pharmaceutical Group’s New Product, Linezolid Dry Suspension, Approved


发布时间:2024-04-23

【概要描述】 The pursuit of dreams knows no bounds, and innovation never pauses. On April 23, Shijiazhuang Sihua Pharmaceutical Group became the first domestic pharmaceutical company to obtain drug production registration approval for linezolid dry suspension for oral administration—classified as a Category 4 generic—with a specification of 5 mL:100 mg (each bottle containing 3 g of linezolid). The product has also passed the evaluation of quality and therapeutic equivalence for generic drugs, making it the group’s third approved linezolid formulation following the approvals of linezolid glucose injection (100 mL) and linezolid sodium chloride injection (300 mL), thereby further expanding the company’s product portfolio.
The pursuit of dreams knows no bounds, and innovation never pauses. On April 23, Shijiazhuang Sihua Pharmaceutical Group became the first domestic pharmaceutical company to obtain drug production registration approval for linezolid dry suspension for oral administration—classified as a Category 4 generic—with a specification of 5 mL: 100 mg (each bottle containing 3 g of linezolid). The product has also passed the evaluation of quality and therapeutic equivalence for generic drugs, making it the group’s third approved linezolid formulation following the approvals of linezolid glucose injection (100 mL) and linezolid sodium chloride injection (300 mL), thereby further expanding the company’s product portfolio.
Linezolid, an artificially synthesized oxazolidinone antibiotic, is currently approved in China for three dosage forms: injectable solution, tablets, and dry suspension. Among these, Shijiazhuang Sihua Pharmaceutical Group was one of the earliest developers and the first to obtain approval for the linezolid dry suspension.
According to available information, this product is indicated for the treatment of the following infections caused by susceptible strains of specific microorganisms: hospital-acquired pneumonia, community-acquired pneumonia, complicated skin and soft-tissue infections, uncomplicated skin and soft-tissue infections, and infections caused by vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium, among others.
In recent years, Shijiazhuang Sihua Pharmaceutical Group has focused on market demand, proactively implemented “active pharmaceutical ingredient plus formulation” strategies and differentiated innovation initiatives, and accelerated the development of age-friendly and pediatric-specific dosage forms such as dry suspensions, thereby continuously enhancing its capacity and level of service in support of the Healthy China initiative. To date, the group has steadily intensified its independent R&D and innovation efforts, expedited the industrialization of complex formulations, and seen a steady stream of groundbreaking R&D achievements. Among these, 80 drug varieties comprising 109 dosage forms have either passed or been deemed to have passed the consistency evaluation. In addition, six dry suspension products—cefaclor dry suspension, cefuroxime axetil dry suspension, azithromycin dry suspension, oseltamivir phosphate dry suspension, stibipentol dry suspension, and linezolid dry suspension—have been approved for marketing, providing robust momentum for optimizing the product portfolio and facilitating industrial transformation.

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