JERUSALEM--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NASDAQ: TEVA), today announced the submission of a Biologics License Application (BLA) with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for XM02, a granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) for the reduction in the duration of severe neutropenia and the incidence of febrile neutropenia in patients treated with established myelosuppressive chemotherapy for cancer. XM02 was principally developed as a similar biological medicinal product to Neupogen®, the trademark for filgrastim (G-CSF). In September 2008, XM02 received marketing authorization in the European Union (EU) where a biosimilars pathway exists. XM02 was launched in several EU markets under the trade name TevaGrastim® and will be launched in additional EU markets over time.
