Teva fails to reclassify MS drug to thwart generics

Teva Pharmaceuticals has failed to redefine its multiple sclerosis drug Copaxone (glatiramer acetate) as a biological product instead of a drug, after the US District Court for the District of Columbia dismissed its efforts as “uncompetitive” on December 31.

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