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Teva Delivers First US Forteo Equivalent

Approved Teriparatide Generic Is Slated To Launch ‘In The Coming Weeks’

 
• By Dave Wallace

Teva has celebrated a US nod for its generic version of Forteo, the first substitutable teriparatide rival to be approved by the US Food and Drug Administration.

Teva logo outside company building
The FDA has approved Teva’s teriparatide generic • Source: Shutterstock

Teva has become the first firm to garner approval for a substitutable generic rival to Eli Lilly’s Forteo (teriparatide) injection from the US Food and Drug Administration, with the firm indicating that its version of the osteoporosis treatment will be available in the US market in a matter of weeks.

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