EU Commission Targets Teva Over Alleged Copaxone Antitrust Breach

Teva Prepared To Use ‘All The Legal And Procedural Rights’ Available

A 2021 investigation into Teva’s conduct over its Copaxone multiple sclerosis drug by the European Commission has led to the firm receiving a statement of objections, which details a preliminary finding that the company violated EU antitrust laws.

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The EC had conducted inspections of Teva in 2019 • Source: Shutterstock

Teva is prepared to leave no stone unturned in defending itself following the European Commission’s preliminary finding that the Israeli firm breached EU antitrust rules over Copaxone (glatiramer acetate), including by “artificially expanding” the multiple sclerosis treatment’s patent life to delay generic competition.

As part of its two-pronged preliminary finding, the Commission said that Teva had also “systematically spread misleading information about a competing

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