Market Surveillance Projects Handled by Dr. Ashutosh Pradhan

Sr. Brand Name (Company Name) Brief Detail About the Brand Date of Initiation
1. Hyperix (Nicholas-Piramal) Contains: St. John's Wort - A mild anti-depressant.

17th May 2001

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Methycobol (Wockhardt) Contains: Methycobalamin 500 µg acts on peripheral neuropathy in all clinical conditions that lead to it.

28th July 2001.

3. Doxcef (Lupin) Contains: Cefpodoxime proxetil - Third generation cephalosporin.

30th July 2001.

4. Aten (Kopran) Contains: Atenolol - Anti-hypertensive (ß-Blocker)

7th August 2001.

5. Powergesic (Jenburkt) Contains: Diclofenac sodium, Paracetamol IP, Chlorzazone USP - Combination of painkillers and muscle relaxant. 30th August 2001.
6. Flake Free (Boots-Piramal) Contains: Ketoconazole + Zinc Pyrithione - An anti-dandruff shampoo. Expected launch canceled. 6th Sept. 2001.
7. Trishun (Zandu) An ayurvedic product. Initially it was OTC and they wanted to make it prescriptive.

15th Sept. 2001.

8. Raloxifene (Lupin / Bayer) two surveys. Prevents Osteoporosis. Also, prevents the side effects of HRT.

27th Sept. and 17th Nov. 2001.

9. Threptin (Raptakos-Brett) Proteins and vitamins. Commonly prescribed in convalescent and PEM.

29th Sept. 2001.

10. Calpol (Glaxo SmithKline) Contains: Paracetamol. Wanted to boost the prescriptive market over Nimesulide. 10th October 2001.
11. Twinrix (Glaxo SmithKline) Vaccine against Hepatitis A + B 15th Nov. 2001.
12. Nootropil (UCB Pharma) Contains: Piracetam 800 mg. They are coming up with 1200 mg tablets with new brand name for MCI and wanted to judge the market trend. 20th Nov. 2001.
13. Evian A mineral water to be launched for the use in pediatrics age group. Conducted a market feasibility study. A French company launching its activities in India. Dec 2001-Jan 2002.
14. Curam (Novartis) A anti-biotic combo of Amoxycillin and Clavulanic Acid. February 2002.
15. Safiron (Khandelwal) A iron preparation - with stagnant sell - a market survey was done amongst leading general physicians and consulting physicians for reformulating brand strategy. March 2002.
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