Teva Announces Agreement to Divest Teva-Takeda, its Business Venture in Japan
December 05 2024 - 6:00PM
Today, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NYSE and TASE: TEVA)
announced that it has entered into an agreement with JKI,
established by the fund managed and operated by J-Will, whereby all
shares of Teva Takeda Pharma Limited and its wholly owned
subsidiary Teva Takeda Yakuhin Ltd. will be transferred to JKI.
Teva recently communicated that it was open to
exploring new strategic approaches in Japan, including a possible
divestment of its Teva-Takeda business venture, in alignment with
its Pivot to Growth strategy. The divestment will allow Teva to
focus on its innovative medicines business in Japan.
Teva expects the divestiture to be completed by
1 April, 2025, subject to standard closing conditions, including
obtaining required regulatory approvals. All the employees of the
business venture in Japan will remain employed, subject to the
terms of the agreement.
“This is another step in our Pivot to Growth
strategy to focus the business,” said Mark Sabag, Executive Vice
President, International Markets Commercial. “Furthermore, we are
confident that this agreement with JKI will ensure the continued
delivery of high-quality, affordable medicines to patients in
Japan.”
About TevaTeva Pharmaceutical
Industries Ltd. (NYSE and TASE: TEVA) is a global pharmaceutical
leader, harnessing our generics expertise and stepping up
innovation to continue the momentum behind the discovery, delivery,
and expanded development of modern medicine. For over 120 years,
Teva's commitment to bettering health has never wavered. Today, the
company’s global network of capabilities enables its ~37,000
employees across 58 markets to push the boundaries of scientific
innovation and deliver quality medicines to help improve health
outcomes of millions of patients every day. To learn more about how
Teva is all in for better health, visit www.tevapharm.com.
Cautionary Note Regarding
Forward-Looking StatementsThis press release contains
forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, which are based on
management’s current beliefs and expectations and are subject to
substantial risks and uncertainties, both known and unknown, that
could cause our future results, performance or achievements to
differ significantly from that expressed or implied by such
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meaning and expression in connection with any discussion of future
operating or financial performance. Important factors that could
cause or contribute to such differences include risks and
uncertainties relating to: our ability to successfully divest our
Teva-Takeda business venture in Japan; the terms, timing,
structure, benefits and costs of such divestiture and whether such
divestiture will be consummated at all; the impact of any
divestiture transaction on the remaining businesses of Teva in
Japan and our ability to focus on our innovative business in Japan;
our ability to satisfy the closing conditions to completing the
divestiture of our business venture in Japan, including to obtain
the required regulatory approvals; our ability to successfully
execute our Pivot to Growth strategy, including to expand our
innovative and biosimilar medicines pipeline and profitably
commercialize the innovative medicines and biosimilar portfolio,
whether organically or through business development, and to sustain
and focus our portfolio of generics medicines; and other factors
discussed in our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the third
quarter of 2024 and in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year
ended December 31, 2023, including in the sections captioned "Risk
Factors.” Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date on
which they are made, and we assume no obligation to update or
revise any forward-looking statements or other information
contained herein, whether as a result of new information, future
events or otherwise. You are cautioned not to put undue reliance on
these forward-looking statements.
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