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Actavis finds a Xifaxan date

Teva’s Actavis will be able to offer a generic alternative to Bausch Health’s Xifaxan (rifaximin) 550mg tablets in the US around two years before the longest-lasting US patent protecting the gastrointestinal drug expires. Under the terms of a patent-litigation settlement that ends proceedings in a Delaware district court, Actavis can market, without royalties, its own approved generic of Xifaxan 550mg from 1 January 2028. Alternatively, from the same date, the generics firm can license restricted supplies of an authorised generic.

Teva’s Actavis will be able to offer a generic alternative to Bausch Health’s Xifaxan (rifaximin) 550mg tablets in the US around two years before the longest-lasting US patent protecting the gastrointestinal drug expires. Under the terms of a patent-litigation settlement that ends proceedings in a Delaware district court, Actavis can market, without royalties, its own approved generic of Xifaxan 550mg from 1 January 2028. Alternatively, from the same date, the generics firm can license restricted supplies of an authorised generic.

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