Teva’s Complex Generic Ambitions Number Nearly A Dozen In 2021

As Israeli Firm Publishes Full-Year Results

Israeli giant Teva is hoping to follow the recent big-ticket launches of generic Truvada/Atripla and NuvaRing with multiple complex generics launches in the US this year. Management discussed individual product opportunities as Teva disclosed full-year financial earnings.

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Teva's generic operations in the US are worth around $4bn per year in revenues • Source: Shutterstock

Teva is eyeing as many as 11 complex generics launches in the US this year, although it is realistic about achieving all of them and admits uncertainty over exactly which products it will introduce.

The Israeli firm has already delivered on one, a generic version of Merck & Co’s NuvaRing (etonogestrel/ethinyl estradiol) vaginal ring...

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