Dr Reddy's Laboratories has received US Food and Drug Administration's nod for selling ibandronate sodium tablets used to treat osteoporosis, the regulator's website showed on Thursday, according to a Reuters report.

The tablets are the generic version of Boniva, a brand sold by a unit of Swiss pharmaceutical firm Roche. Cipla, another Indian drug manufacturer, received US regulatory approval for AIDS treatment drug nevirapine, the website showed. The drug is a generic version of German pharma major Boehringer Ingelheim's Viramune tablets, added the report.