History of Helping Others
The roots of Teva Neuroscience are traced to the research of Professor Michael Sela, Professor Ruth Arnon and Dr. Dvora Teitelbaum of the Weizmann Institute of Science. Their quest for drug therapies for autoimmune diseases led to the development of a treatment for Multiple Sclerosis. Known as Copolymer 1 (glatiramer acetate), the compound was found to alter the natural course of the disease. This was the first step toward the agreement which led Teva to develop and commercialize the product now known as COPAXONE®.
Teva Neuroscience is the branded products franchise of Teva Pharmaceutical Industries. Based in Israel, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries has a global focus and is among the top 20 pharmaceutical and generic pharmaceutical companies worldwide.
Teva Neuroscience originated in 1997 as Teva Marion Partners, a strategic alliance between Teva Pharmaceutical Industries and Hoechst Marion Roussel, now sanofi-aventis Canada Inc. The partnership was created to market COPAXONE®.
In 2001, Teva Marion Partners became a wholly owned subsidiary of Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. The division merged with the parent company’s innovative North American clinical research group, adding for the first time a research and development function. The new company became known as Teva Neuroscience, and is responsible for the development, registration and marketing for all Teva Pharmaceutical Industries branded products in North America.
Today, Teva Neuroscience continues to strengthen its North American presence and is well-positioned for growth. In Canada, our presence includes headquarters located in Montreal (Quebec), where all administrative, marketing and other leadership functions are based, as well as a sales force spread out across the country.
Our History
- January 1997: Creation of Teva Marion Partners Canada, a partnership between Teva Pharmaceutical Industries and Hoescht Marion Roussel Canada
- September 1997: Launch of COPAXONE® and Shared Solutions®
- June 2001: Teva Marion Partners Canada becomes Teva Neuroscience, entirely owned by Teva Pharmaceutical Industries. Aventis Pharma Services (formerly Hoescht Marion Roussel) continues to distribute COPAXONE®
- April 2002: Launch of COPAXONE® pre-filled syringe
- November 2002: COPAXONE® reached the second place in the MS market in terms of total prescriptions share
- January 2003: Creation of the Clinical Research Department in Canada
- August 2006: Approval of AZILECT® in Canada
- September 2006: Launch of AZILECT® in Canada
- January 2008: Launch of FROVA® in Canada (licensing agreement)
- July 2008: COPAXONE® becomes the #1 prescribed therapy for MS in Canada