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Case Status:    ONGOING    
On or around 12/05/2023 (Date of last review)

Filing Date: September 23, 2020

According to the Complaint, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Limited purports to develop, manufacture, market, and distribute generic medicines, specialty medicines, and biopharmaceutical products in North America, Europe, and internationally.

Among Teva's products is Copaxone (glatiramer acetate), a prescription drug that is used to treat relapsing forms of multiple sclerosis. Throughout the Class Period, Teva consistently described Copaxone as the Company's "leading specialty medicine," reporting Copaxone sales and revenues that consistently dwarfed the same metrics for other Teva specialty products.

The Complaint alleges that throughout the Class Period, Defendants made materially false and misleading statements regarding the Company's business, operations, and compliance policies. Specifically, the Complaint alleges Defendants made false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (i) Teva had made substantial illegal kickback payments to charitable foundations to cover Medicare co-payment obligations of patients taking Copaxone; (ii) accordingly, Teva's revenues derived from Copaxone were in part the product of unlawful conduct and thus unsustainable; (iii) the foregoing misconduct subjected Teva to a foreseeable risk of heightened regulatory scrutiny and enforcement, as well as reputational harm when the truth became known; and (iv) as a result, the Company's public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times.

On March 26, 2021, the Court issued an Order appointing Lead Plaintiff and Counsel. Lead Plaintiff filed an amended Complaint on May 25. Defendants filed a Motion to Dismiss the amended Complaint on August 23. On March 25, 2022, the Court issued an Order granting in part and denying in part Defendants' Motion to Dismiss.

On August 2, 2022, the Court issued an Order staying the case pending the resolution of United States v. Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc., docketed under 20-CV-1154 in the District of Massachusetts.

Lead Plaintiff filed a Motion for Class Certification on September 13, 2022. On November 3, 2023, the Court issued an Order granting Plaintiff's Class Certification Motion.

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