Zydus launches device to improve breathing

Bengaluru: Zydus Lifesciences Limited an innovation-led life-sciences company with an international presence, launches PEPAIRTM, India’s first affordable Oscillating Positive Expiratory Pressure (OPEP) device featuring a 3-resistance system designed to help clear congestion and support effective mucous clearance and improve breathing in patients with COPD, Asthma, and Bronchiectasis.

PEPAIRTM is an innovative, drug-free, handheld device with patented design. More than 90 lakh patients suffer from these chronic respiratory conditions in India. Chronic mucous hypersecretion is a common problem amongst these patients that requires an airway clearance solution for everyday care. PEPAIRTM is being launched in agreement with AeroDel Technology Innovations Pvt. Ltd, an Indian medical device company focused on simplifying inhalation through drug-delivery, pulmonary rehabilitation.