This has been asked and answered on several occasions. The simple and direct answer is that the FDA accepted NVS/MNTA’s Copaxone application for review under the 505j (ANDA) regulatory pathway.
Since the whole point of the 505j regulatory pathway is to allow generic drugs to come to market without clinical trials, I consider the above answer a pretty good one.
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