Teva will stop manufacturing Oxycontin at year's end (Press Release)

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Pres Release - Teva


JERUSALEM--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mar 6, 2007 - Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Nasdaq: TEVA) announced today that it will continue to sell its generic version of OxyContin tablets at least through the end of 2007. In October 2006, Teva settled a patent dispute with the Purdue Frederick Company and certain of its affiliates pertaining to Teva's generic version of Purdue's OxyContin (oxycodone HCl extended-release) tablets. The settlement provided a full release of Teva and its distributors, purchasers and patients and requires Teva to cease sales of the product upon the occurrence of certain contingencies.

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., headquartered in Israel, is among the top 20 pharmaceutical companies in the world and is the leading generic pharmaceutical company. The company develops, manufactures and markets generic and innovative human pharmaceuticals and active pharmaceutical ingredients, as well as animal health pharmaceutical products. Over 80 percent of Teva's sales are in North America and Europe.

Safe Harbor Statement under the U. S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: This release contains forward-looking statements, which express the current beliefs and expectations of management. Such statements are based on management's current beliefs and expectations and involve a number of known and unknown risks and uncertainties that could cause Teva's future results, performance or achievements to differ significantly from the results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Important factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include risks relating to Teva`s ability to successfully develop and commercialize additional pharmaceutical products, the introduction of competing generic equivalents, the competition from brand-name companies that are under increased pressure to counter generic products, or competitors that seek to delay the introduction of generic product, Teva's ability to generate revenues and profits closely tied to our success in obtaining U.S. market exclusivity for generic products, the impact of consolidation of our distributors and customers, regulatory changes that may prevent Teva from utilizing exclusivity periods, potential liability for sales of generic products prior to a final resolution of outstanding patent litigation, including that relating to the generic versions of Allegra(R), Neurontin(R) and Wellbutrin XL(R) , the effects of competition on our innovative products, especially Copaxone(R) sales, the impact of pharmaceutical industry regulation and pending legislation that could affect the pharmaceutical industry, the difficulty of predicting U.S. Food and Drug Administration, European Medicines Agency and other regulatory authority approvals, the regulatory environment and changes in the health policies and structures of various countries, Teva's ability to successfully identify, consummate and integrate acquisitions, potential exposure to product liability claims which are not covered by insurance, dependence on effectiveness of our patents and other protections for innovative products, significant operations worldwide that may be adversely affected by terrorism, political or economical instability or major hostilities, the difficulty of complex manufacturing of our products and supply delays, environmental risks, fluctuations in currency, exchange and interest rates, operating results and other factors that are discussed in Teva's Annual Report on Form 20-F and its other filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date on which they are made and the Company undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

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So does this mean that all (with the exception of the Purdue made generic) of the generic OC's will cease to be produced, and it will go back to pharmacies only filling RX's with Perdue OC's?
 
well nonabusable in the sense of snorting or shooting personaaly eating an 80 fucks me up
 
this is good news....OC is very addictive.

But i bet some other company will just produce more OC's and take more $$
 
~*geNeRaTiOn E*~ said:
^ that's what i'm sayin. the Teva 80s sucked ass!

I'm prety sure we can agree that TEVA did their job extremely well and set an example yet to be mached in detering abuse. It however has ceased to stop determined people from making dangeroud solutions to break down the pills. Junkies always find a way to get what they want. If it takes 4 hours longer to prep while sitting in an acid bath then so be it.

They are generally considered the worst oxy's you can possibly get on the market if what you want them for is a nodding session. On the other hand this phenominally well protected extended release mechanism has killed, mamed, and severely injured dozens of junkies trying to get their fix (IV) when a purdue would have done the job with less death involved.

They are also just terribly under-strength anecdotally when compared to the the purdue or even the ABG variants. This ultimately hurts the person in pain who can't afford $800 a month for brand name.

Want to make everyone happy? Just make the simplest water soluable matrix like purdue did and no one gets hurt prepping a shot that they will still do knowing full well the wax polymers may be the end of them or one of their organs.
 
^Even when crushed and eaten, an 80mg Teva feels like 20mg of oxycodone. I know the FDA has guidelines to make sure the potency in generics is accurate to the original, but in this case something is wrong. I friends with legitimate pain issues who tell me the same thing.
 
n4k33n said:
^Even when crushed and eaten, an 80mg Teva feels like 20mg of oxycodone. I know the FDA has guidelines to make sure the potency in generics is accurate to the original, but in this case something is wrong. I friends with legitimate pain issues who tell me the same thing.

I totally agree ^ ^
 
A few years ago when the tevas first came out i tried 2 80's parachuted on a totally empty stomach, i was sorely dissapointed. I was getting them from this yo boy who was stealing them from his mom, he didnt know what he had so i grabbed 2 for ten bucks, i would have rather got a dime of dope haha. I dont get how those things can be so weak, it felt like i ate a 40mg perdue OC. 160mgs crushed and taken orally should have rocked me, i feel bad for people with pain management issues that cant afford the brand name pills, and have to settle for piss poor generics.
 
yah i agree on it being a good thing, its made it really hard to get the original OC anymore cuz how much generic shit there is floating around. The generic shit is weak as hell!!!!!!
 
Dude the ABG's and Endos are the shit. id take Endos over Purdues anyday. I prefer em.

ABG is just as good as the brand name, it IS the brand name, shit. just cuz they stamp it with a ABG instead of OC when it comes outta the purdue lab dont make shit difference....

But yea good to have no TEVA's but at the same time id rather have a teva than nothin.
 
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