Biocon Expands Into Middle East With Tabuk Partnership

Tabuk Will Commercialize Select Biocon Generics In The Region

Biocon is set to bolster its planned expansion into the MENA region through a partnership with Saudi firm Tabuk Pharmaceuticals, which will commercialize select Biocon generics in the Middle East.

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Biocon is expanding into the Middle East through a partnership with Tabuk Pharmaceuticals • Source: Alamy

India’s Biocon, Ltd. has announced a partnership with Tabuk Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Co., a leading pharmaceutical firm in the Middle East and North Africa region, to commercialize select Biocon generics in the Middle East.

Biocon will develop and manufacture the products while Tabuk will commercialize them, taking charge of their marketing authorizations and assuming...

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