Article: ViroPharma Submits Comments on Vancocin(R) Draft Bioequivalence Guidance.

- Company Calls for Additional Scientific Data and Withdrawal of Guidance -

EXTON, Pa., March 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ViroPharma Incorporated today announced its submission to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of comments on FDA's Office of Generic Drugs' (OGD) December 2008 draft guidance to establish the bioequivalence (BE) of generic copies of Vancocin(R) (vancomycin hydrochloride capsules).

Vancocin is the only approved product to treat Clostridium difficile-associated pseudomembranous colitis. This infection is one of the most common hospital acquired infections with up to 500,000 cases reported annually in health care facilities ...

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