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HAUPPAUGE, N.Y. The Food and Drug Administration has approved a generic treatment for hypertension and liver cirrhosis made by Amneal Pharmaceuticals, Amneal said Thursday.

The FDA approved Amneal’s spironolactone hydrochloride tablets in the 25 mg, 50 mg and 100 mg strengths. The drug is a generic version of Pfizer’s Aldactone. Various versions of the drug had sales of $91 million in 2009, according to IMS Health.

NEW YORK Pfizer reported mixed results this week in a late-stage clinical trial combining two drugs in patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer.

The drug maker said the combination of Pfizer’s Sutent (sunitinib) and Tarceva (erlotinib), made by Genentech and OSI Pharmaceuticals, kept the disease from progressing, but did not improve patients’ overall survival, which was the trial’s primary goal. The company expects to present results at the European Society for Medical Oncology Congress in Milan in October.

NEW YORK The Food and Drug Administration has approved a prefilled dual-chamber syringe made by Pfizer for treating hemophilia, Pfizer said.

The FDA approved the syringe for administering the drug Xyntha (antihemophilic factor [recombinant]) for hemophilia A. The drug is used to prevent and control bleeding episodes in patients.

MORRIS PLAINS, N.J. Visine has developed a new eye-drop formula that relieves eye redness and irritation.

New Visine maximum redness relief formula uses a special Hydroblend formula to soothe irritation and provide up to ten hours of comfort, Visine said. In line with the product launch, Visine has developed a free app for iPhone and iPod Touch -- the Visine red eye remover application -- that eliminates red eye from consumers' photos in moments.