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Nary a peep about Lovenox in Teva’s 4Q10 PR:

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Teva-Reports-Full-Year-and-bw-3670614498.html?x=0&.v=1

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Copaxone Continues Cleaning Tysabri’s Clock in US Market

[Updated for 1Q11 Copaxone sales from
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Elan-Reports-First-Quarter-bw-3397570445.html?x=0&.v=1]


The US market is the one of consequence for MNTA investors insofar as
this is where NVS/MNTA applied to approval to sell generic Copaxone.
Below are Tysabri and Copaxone US sales for the past ten quarters with
the recent year-over-year and quarter-over-quarter growth rates. Copaxone
Has been outselling Tysabri in the US by approximately 4:1.

 
       -------TYSABRI-------    ------COPAXONE------- 
       US $M  Y-o-Y   Q-o-Q     US $M  Y-o-Y   Q-o-Q   
       Sales  Change  Change    Sales  Change  Change 
 1Q11   170   +26%     +5%        *      *       * 
 4Q10   162   +18%     +7%       655   +29%    +11% 
 3Q10   151                      588 
 2Q10   145                      531  
 1Q10   135                      513 
 4Q09   137                      509 
 3Q09   131                      540 
 2Q09   125                      438 
 1Q09   116                      430 
 4Q08   115                      384 
 3Q08   122                      352

*Teva will report 1Q11 Copaxone sale in early May.

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Copaxone Continues Cleaning Tysabri’s Clock in US Market

[Updated for 1Q11 Copaxone sales from
http://www.tevapharm.com/pr/2011/pr_1010.asp .]


The US market is the one of consequence for MNTA investors insofar as
this is where NVS/MNTA applied to approval to sell generic Copaxone.
Below are Tysabri and Copaxone US sales for the past eleven quarters with
the recent year-over-year and quarter-over-quarter growth rates. Copaxone
has been outselling Tysabri in the US by approximately 4:1.

 
       -------TYSABRI-------    ------COPAXONE------- 
       US $M  Y-o-Y   Q-o-Q     US $M  Y-o-Y   Q-o-Q   
       Sales  Change  Change    Sales  Change  Change 
 1Q11   170   +26%     +5%       624   +22%     -5% 
 4Q10   162   +18%     +7%       655   +29%    +11% 
 3Q10   151                      588 
 2Q10   145                      531  
 1Q10   135                      513 
 4Q09   137                      509 
 3Q09   131                      540 
 2Q09   125                      438 
 1Q09   116                      430 
 4Q08   115                      384 
 3Q08   122                      352