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Pulmicort Turbuhaler Receives Approvable Letter From the FDA WESTBOROUGH, Mass., June 18, 1996 -- Astra has received an Approvable Letter from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for Pulmicort Turbuhaler, the company's breath-activated dry-powder corticosteroid inhaler. The product is to be marketed through Astra's wholly owned subsidiary Astra USA, Inc. "This is an important milestone in the process of making our product available for prescription in the United States. We are pleased that our application has reached this stage of regulatory review and are working with the FDA to address their remaining questions," said Jan Larsson, President and CEO of Astra USA. Astra's Pulmicort(TM) is currently the largest selling anti-asthma agent in Europe, where the product has benefited from the recognition of asthma as an inflammatory condition in the airways. Astra AB (NYSE: ASTRA) is one of the world's fastest growing pharmaceutical companies, employing approximately 17,000 persons in 40 countries. Astra USA markets such prescription products as RHINOCORT(R) (budesonide) Nasal Inhaler, TOPROL-XL(TM) (metoprolol succinate), XYLOCAINE(R) (lidocaine), FOSCAVIR(R) (foscarnet) and EMLA(R) Cream. E-mail this page to a friend or colleague! To print, use this version