Teva Pharmaceuticals, a U.S. affiliate of Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NYSE and TASE: TEVA), and NATCO Pharma Limited (NSE: NATCOPHARM; BSE: 524816), announced today the launch of additional strengths for the generic version of Revlimid®1 (lenalidomide capsules), in 2.5 mg, and 20 mg strengths, in the United States.
The companies have launched four other strengths of the product in March 2022 in the US market. With today’s launch the companies made available all the strengths of lenalidomide in the US market.
Teva’s lenalidomide capsules are a prescription medicine used in adults for the treatment of (i) multiple myeloma in combination with the medicine dexamethasone, (ii) certain myelodysplastic syndromes, and (iii) mantle cell lymphoma following specific prior treatment. Please see the below “What are lenalidomide capsules?” section for more information.
“The launch of additional strengths for the generic version of Revlimid® in the U.S. enhances access to an important treatment option for patients, and further demonstrates Teva’s commitment to making generic drugs available to the patients who need them,” said Christine Baeder, SVP, Chief Operating Officer, US Generics and Biosimilars, at Teva USA.
With nearly 500 generic medicines available, Teva has the largest portfolio of FDA-approved generic products on the market, and holds the leading position in first-to-file opportunities, with approximately 100 pending first-to-files in the U.S. Currently, 1 in 12 generic prescriptions dispensed in the U.S. is filled with a Teva generic product.
Revlimid® had annual sales of $2.9 billion as of January, 2023, according to IQVIA data.
What are lenalidomide capsules?
Lenalidomide capsules are a prescription medicine, used to treat adults with:
- multiple myeloma (MM)
- in combination with the medicine dexamethasone
- a condition called myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS). Lenalidomide capsules are for the type of MDS with a chromosome problem where part of chromosome 5 is missing. This type of MDS is known as deletion 5q MDS. People with this type of MDS may have low red blood cell counts that require treatment with blood transfusions.
- mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) when the disease comes back or becomes worse after treatment with 2 prior medicines, one of which included bortezomib. MCL is a cancer of a type of white blood cell called lymphocytes that are in the lymph nodes.
Lenalidomide capsules should not be used to treat people who have chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) unless they are participants in a controlled clinical trial.
It is not known if lenalidomide capsules are safe and effective in children.
About Teva
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NYSE and TASE: TEVA) has been developing and producing medicines to improve people’s lives for more than a century. We are a global leader in generic and innovative medicines with a portfolio consisting of over 3,500 products in nearly every therapeutic area. Around 200 million people around the world take a Teva medicine every day, and are served by one of the largest and most complex supply chains in the pharmaceutical industry. Along with our established presence in generics, we have significant innovative research and operations supporting our growing portfolio of innovative and biopharmaceutical products.
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