Teva and Mylan Settle Copaxone® Patent Litigation in France, the UK and the Netherlands

PITTSBURGH, Nov. 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Teva Pharmaceutical Industries (NYSE: TEVA) and Mylan Inc. (NASDAQ: MYL) today announce that certain of their affiliates have agreed to settle and dismiss pending patent litigation involving Copaxone® (glatiramer acetate) in the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and France relating to non-infringement and the validity of European Patent 0,762,888, which expires in May 2015. The terms of the settlement are confidential.

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