FDA approves Teva's generic HIV drug

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, a Jerusalem-based drugmaker, recently earned Food and Drug Administration approval for its abacavir and lamivudine tablets to treat adults with HIV-1 infection.

Abacavir and lamivudine tablets are a generic version of GlaxoSmithKline's Epzicom tablets. Epzicom tablets reported annual sales of about $449 million in the U.S. as of July 2016, according to IMS data.

At present, Teva has more than 300 products pending approval from the FDA.

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