Teva’s DuoResp Spiromax® Wins Leading Award for Medical Design Excellence

AMSTERDAM, July 2, 2015 /PRNewswire/ --

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. today announced that its
DuoResp Spiromax^® inhaler has won silver at the 2015 Medical Design Excellence Awards (MDEA). The awards recognize significant advances in medical product design that improve the quality of healthcare delivery. DuoResp Spiromax^® (budesonide/formoterol fumarate dihydrate) is a new multi-dose dry-powder inhaler for the management of asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

"Innovative, patient-focused design is extremely important at a time when real-world behaviors and outcomes are what count," said Rob Koremans, MD., President and CEO, Teva Global Specialty Medicines. "We are incredibly proud to be leading the way in providing people with asthma and COPD with inhalers that recognize and support their needs and long term health, and are delighted with this prestigious acknowledgment for DuoResp Spiromax."

Many people with asthma and COPD are inadequately controlled as a consequence of poor inhaler technique which can lead to suboptimal outcomes in clinical practice and daily life.

DuoResp Spiromax^® represents a step forward in supporting improved inhaler technique and disease control. It contains a combination of budesonide, an inhaled corticosteroid to treat the underlying inflammation in asthma and COPD, and formoterol fumarate dihydrate, a long-acting beta₂-adrenergic agonist for the relief of bronchoconstriction in asthma and COPD. With its design, the Spiromax^® inhaler incorporates a specific combination of features and provides consistent drug delivery across inspiratory flow rates. DuoResp Spiromax^® received marketing authorization from the European Commission on the 29th of April 2014, and is currently available to patients in multiple countries across Europe.

About Asthma and COPD in Europe 

Twenty million people in European Union are living with asthma, with an estimated 82,000 hospital admissions each year costing some €33.9 billion. COPD affects 23 million people in Europe, resulting in 1.1 million hospital admissions annually and estimated indirect and direct costs of €48.4 billion.

About the Medical Design Excellence Awards 

The Medical Design Excellence Awards (http://www.MDEAwards.com) is the only awards program that exclusively recognizes contributions to and advances in the design of medical products. Entries undergo a comprehensive evaluation by an impartial, multidisciplinary panel of third-party jurors with expertise in biomedical engineering, human factors, industrial design, medicine, and diagnostics. Awards are given based on design and engineering features, including innovative use of materials; user-related functions that improve healthcare delivery and change traditional medical attitudes or practices; features that provide enhanced benefits to the patient; and the ability of the product development team to overcome design and engineering challenges so that the product meets its clinical objectives.

About Teva  

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. is a leading global pharmaceutical company that delivers high-quality, patient-centric healthcare solutions to millions of patients every day. Headquartered in Israel, Teva is the world's largest generic medicines producer, leveraging its portfolio of more than 1,000 molecules to produce a wide range of generic products in nearly every therapeutic area. In specialty medicines, Teva has a world-leading position in innovative treatments for disorders of the central nervous system, including pain, as well as a strong portfolio of respiratory products. Teva integrates its generics and specialty capabilities in its global research and development division to create new ways of addressing unmet patient needs by combining drug development capabilities with devices, services and technologies. Teva's net revenues in 2014 amounted to $20.3 billion. For more information, visit http://www.tevapharm.com.

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