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6 May 2011

Actavis Launches Olanzapine Tablets in Four European Nations

Iceland-based generic drugmaker Actavis has launched Olanzapine tablets in Spain, Bulgaria, Slovakia and Hungary after the patents expired on 24 April.

Actavis Group, the world's fourth largest generic pharmaceutical company, launched schizophrenia treatment Olanzapine in Spain, Bulgaria, Slovakia and Hungary immediately after the patents expired on 24 April.

 

Olanzapine is the generic equivalent of the brand product Zyprexa? from Eli Lilly. It is used in the treatment of schizophrenia and bi-polar disorder. The product is launched in two forms by Actavis at this time; as film coated tablets in Bulgaria, orodispersible tablets in Slovakia and Hungary, and in both forms in Spain.

 

Olanzapine Actavis was developed at Actavis' R&D site in Hafnarfjordur, Iceland and produced at the Company's manufacturing site in Malta.

 

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