Orange ibuprofen tablets get green light from FDA

The Food and Drug Administration approved Granules India’s orange-colored ibuprofen tablets, reported MoneyControl.

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The anti-inflammatory drug is a generic version of Johnson and Johnson’s Motrin IB tablets, which are also orange.

C Krishna Prasad, chairman and managing director of Granules, said the company saw a large demand for the orange ibuprofen tablets from its customers — like Wal-Mart — who prefer to market the drug as their own generic competition to brand name drugs.

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