Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Limited Announces Favorable Court Decision Regarding Generic Allegra

JERUSALEM--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 27, 2006--Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Nasdaq: TEVA) announced today that the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey has denied a motion filed by Aventis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Albany Molecular Research, Inc. for a preliminary injunction related to Teva’s Fexofenadine Hydrochloride Tablets, the AB-rated generic equivalent of Aventis’ antihistamine Allegra(R) Tablets. On September 6, 2005, Teva and Barr announced that they had entered into an agreement and launched the Fexofenadine Hydrochloride Tablet products. Under the agreement, Barr took the regulatory steps necessary to permit Teva to obtain final U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval of Teva’s Fexofenadine Hydrochloride Tablets and to sell the product within Barr’s 180-day exclusivity.

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