AstraZeneca will licence Byetta (exenatide) to Teva permitting launch in US of a generic in October 2017.
Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.,announced that they have settled the patent litigation with AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP, AstraZeneca AB and Amylin Pharmaceuticals, LLC relating to AstraZeneca�s US Patent Nos. 6,858,576, 6,872,700, 6,956,026, 7,297,761, 6,902,744, 7,521,423, and 7,741,269 and AstraZeneca�s Byetta (exenatide), and entered into a settlement and license agreement with AstraZeneca, pursuant to which AstraZeneca granted a license to Teva to manufacture and commercialize the generic version of Byetta described in Teva�s ANDA No. 205984 in the United States.
The settlement allows Teva to commercialize its generic version of Byetta (exenatide injection) in the U.S. beginning October 15, 2017 or earlier under certain circumstances. All other terms of the agreement are confidential.