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NEW ORLEANS – Today, Civica Rx (Civica, Inc.) and Xellia Pharmaceuticals announced a product supply agreement under which Xellia will manufacture essential antibiotics, including Vancomycin and Daptomycin, for Civica’s member health systems.
Earlier this year, Ochsner Health(Ochsner) announced that it was one of the founding members of Civica Rx, a new not-for-profit generic drug company established to address chronic shortages of generic drugs and related high prices.
This marks the first time that Civica is announcing the production of generic drugs – and the initial medications to be supplied – since the company launched in late 2018. It has committed to partnering with suppliers to deliver 14 essential generic medications this year. Shortages of these anti-infective medications, like Vancomycin and Daptomycin, are impacting patient care in hospitals across the United States
Ochsner and its patients have been affected by several of these situations, including shortages of some IV antibiotics used to treat severe infections, specific local anesthetics required for common surgical procedures and non-opioid pain management medications. The highly-collaborative initiative will result in lower costs and more predictable supplies of many medicines, helping ensure that patients and their needs come first in the generic drug marketplace.
Headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark, Xellia will help avoid drug shortages and enable the supply security Civica and its member health systems, like Ochsner, are seeking. The company has a long-standing heritage of manufacturing with an emphasis on quality and security of supply. They also produce their own active pharmaceutical ingredients, as well as finished injectable drug products for serious and often life-threatening bacterial and fungal infections. Xellia will make medications for Civica under Xellia’s Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) and Civica labeling and New Drug Code (NDC).
Civica Rx represents approximately 900 hospitals across the United States whose focus is to address national drug shortages and high prices of life-saving medications. Civica Rx is partnering with FDA approved suppliers in the short-term and working towards becoming a Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved manufacturer. ###
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