Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Limited Announces Tentative Approval of Generic Seroquel(R) Tablets

JERUSALEM--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Nasdaq: TEVA) announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted tentative approval for the Company’s Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) to market its generic version of AstraZeneca’s antipsychotic agent Seroquel® (Quetiapine Fumarate) Tablets, Eq. 25 mg base, 50 mg base, 100 mg base, 150 mg base, 200 mg base, 300 mg base and 400 mg base. The brand product had annual sales of approximately $3.8 billion in the United States for the twelve months that ended September 30, 2008, based on IMS sales data. Final approval of this product is expected upon resolution of patent litigation.
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