Hikma has kicked off 2023 by introducing an authorized generic version of Jazz Pharmaceuticals’ Xyrem (sodium oxybate) 0.5g/ml oral solution in the US, delivering on a launch that had previously been slated for mid-2022 and which took a chunk out of Hikma’s annual sales forecast when it slipped to the following calendar year.
Citing a $1.3bn sales figure in 2021 for the branded treatment for narcolepsy with sudden onset of weak or paralyzed...



