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Teva’s Austedo Positioned To Compete With A Generic Rival

 
• By Jessica Merrill

FDA approved Teva’s Austedo (deutetrabenazine) for chorea associated with Huntington’s disease, with a warning on depression and suicidality similar to generic Xenazine, but other parts of the labeling points to advantages.

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Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. secured FDA approval of Austedo (deutetrabenazine) April 3, and the drug appears to have a competitive price and label to compete against an older generically-available medicine, Lundbeck Inc.’s Xenazine (tetrabenazine). Austedo will be available to patients in two to three weeks, Teva said.

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