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17 February 2022GenericsAlex Baldwin

Pfizer sues Teva over arthritis treatment

Pfizer has sued  Teva Pharmaceuticals, alleging that the Israeli pharma company is planning on releasing a generic of Pfizer’s Xeljanz XR (Tofacitinib Citrate) arthritis treatment before the branded drug’s key patent expires.

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