Pharmaceutical Business review

Teva launches generic Lexapro tablets

Escitalopram Oxalate Tablet is the generic version of Forest Laboratories’ depression and generalized anxiety disorder treatment tablets.

Teva has received a 180-day period of marketing exclusivity as it is the first company to file an abbreviated new drug application(ANDA) containing a paragraph IV certification for the product.

The brand product had annual sales of approximately $2.9bn in the US, based on IMS sales data.

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