Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. — M&A Activity 2010

Aug 4, 2010

TEVA

TEVA PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES LTD.

Website: www.tevapharm.com

For immediate release

Teva Receives European Commission Approval for ratiopharm Acquisition

Jerusalem, Israel, August 3, 2010 – Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NASDAQ: TEVA) announced today that the Company received approval from the European Commission to proceed with its acquisition of ratiopharm. In connection with this approval and following the Commission's review of this transaction, Teva made certain limited commitments, which are anticipated to have only a marginal effect on the combined companies' activities. Teva now plans to close the transaction in the near future.

Teva was represented before the European Commission by Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP.

About Teva

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NASDAQ:TEVA) is a leading global pharmaceutical company, committed to increasing access to high-quality healthcare by developing, producing and marketing affordable generic drugs as well as innovative and specialty pharmaceuticals and active pharmaceutical ingredients. Headquartered in Israel, Teva is the world's largest generic drug maker, with a global product portfolio of more than 1,250 molecules and a direct presence in approximately 60 countries. Teva's branded businesses focus on neurological, respiratory and women's health therapeutic areas as well as biologics. Teva's leading innovative product, Copaxone®, is the number one prescribed treatment for multiple sclerosis. Teva employs more than 35,000 people around the world and reached $13.9 billion in net sales in 2009.

Teva's Safe Harbor Statement under the U. S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995:

This release contains forward-looking statements, which express the current beliefs and expectations of management. Such statements are based on management's current beliefs and expectations and involve a number of known and unknown risks and uncertainties that could cause our future results, performance or achievements to differ significantly from the results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Important factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include risks relating to: our ability to successfully develop and commercialize additional pharmaceutical products, the introduction of competing generic equivalents, the extent to which we may obtain U.S. market exclusivity for certain of our new generic products and regulatory changes that may prevent us from utilizing exclusivity periods, potential liability for sales of generic products prior to a final resolution of outstanding patent litigation, including that relating to the generic versions of Neurontin®, Lotrel®, Protonix®, and Yaz® the extent to which any manufacturing or quality control problems damage our reputation for high quality production, the effects of competition on sales of our innovative products, especially Copaxone® (including potential generic and oral competition for Copaxone®), the impact of continuing consolidation of our distributors and customers, our ability to identify, consummate and successfully integrate acquisitions, interruptions in our supply chain or problems with our information technology systems that adversely affect our complex manufacturing processes, intense competition in our specialty pharmaceutical businesses, any failures to comply with the complex Medicare and Medicaid reporting and payment obligations, our exposure to

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currency fluctuations and restrictions as well as credit risks, the effects of reforms in healthcare regulation, adverse effects of political or economical instability, major hostilities or acts of terrorism on our significant worldwide operations, increased government scrutiny in both the U.S. and Europe of our agreements with brand companies, dependence on the effectiveness of our patents and other protections for innovative products, our ability to achieve expected results through our innovative R&D efforts, the difficulty of predicting U.S. Food and Drug Administration, European Medicines Agency and other regulatory authority approvals, uncertainties surrounding the legislative and regulatory pathway for the registration and approval of biotechnology-based products, potentially significant impairments of intangible assets and goodwill, potential increases in tax liabilities resulting from challenges to our intercompany arrangements, our potential exposure to product liability claims to the extent not covered by insurance, the termination or expiration of governmental programs or tax benefits, current economic conditions, any failure to retain key personnel or to attract additional executive and managerial talent, environmental risks and other factors that are discussed in this report and in our other filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC").

Contacts:

Investor Relations:

Elana Holzman Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. 972 (3) 926-7554

Kevin Mannix Teva North America (215) 591-8912

Media:

Yossi Koren Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. 972 (3) 926-7590

Denise Bradley Teva North America (215) 591-8974

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טבע תעשיות פרמצבטיות בע"מ

3 באוגוסט 2010

טבע מקבלת את אישור הנציבות האירופית לרכישת ratiopharm

טבע הודיעה היום כי קיבלה את אישור הנציבות האירופית לרכישת חברת ratiopharm. בהקשר לאישור זה, טבע התחייבה מספר התחייבויות שלהן צפויה השלכה שולית בלבד על פעילות החברה המשותפת. טבע צופה להשלים את הרכישה בזמן הקרוב.

טבע יוצגה בפני נציבות האיחוד האירופי על ידי Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP.

אודות טבע

טבע תעשיות פרמצבטיות בע"מ (נאסד"ק) היא חברת תרופות גלובלית המחויבת לפיתוח ולשיווק תרופות באיכות גבוהה בהישג יד בכל מקום בעולם. החברה, שבסיסה בישראל, עוסקת ביצר תרופות גנריות, תרופות ייחודיות וממותגות ובייצור חומרי גלם פעילים לתעשייה הפרמצבטית. טבע מובילה את שוק התרופות הגנריות העולמי, עם נוכחות בכ-60 מדינות ועם סל מוצרים של יותר מ-1,250 מולקולות הנמכר ביותר מ-100 מדינות בעולם. המוצרים הייחודיים והממותגים של החברה מתמקדים בתחומי הניוירולוגיה, הנשימה ובריאות האישה, כמו גם בתחום התרופות הביולוגיות. בין המוצרים הייחודיים של טבע, קופקסון (Copaxone®), הוא המוצר המוביל בתחומו לטיפול במחלת הטרשת הנפוצה. טבע מעסיקה כיום כ-35,000 איש. מכירות החברה הסתכמו בשנת 2009 ב-13.9 מיליארד דולר.

Teva's Safe Harbor Statement under the U. S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995:

This release contains forward-looking statements, which express the current beliefs and expectations of management. Such statements are based on management's current beliefs and expectations and involve a number of known and unknown risks and uncertainties that could cause our future results, performance or achievements to differ significantly from the results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Important factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include risks relating to: our ability to successfully develop and commercialize additional pharmaceutical products, the introduction of competing generic equivalents, the extent to which we may obtain U.S. market exclusivity for certain of our new generic products and regulatory changes that may prevent us from utilizing exclusivity periods, potential liability for sales of generic products prior to a final resolution of outstanding patent litigation, including that relating to the generic versions of Neurontin®, Lotrel®, Protonix®, and Yaz® the extent to which any manufacturing or quality control problems damage our reputation for high quality production, the effects of competition on sales of our innovative products, especially Copaxone® (including potential generic and oral competition for Copaxone®), the impact of continuing consolidation of our distributors and customers, our ability to identify, consummate and successfully integrate acquisitions, interruptions in our supply chain or problems with our information technology systems that adversely affect our complex manufacturing processes, intense competition in our specialty pharmaceutical businesses, any failures to comply with the complex Medicare and Medicaid reporting and payment obligations, our exposure to currency fluctuations and restrictions as well as credit risks, the effects of reforms in healthcare regulation, adverse effects of political or economical instability, major hostilities or acts of terrorism on our significant worldwide operations, increased government scrutiny in both the U.S. and Europe of our agreements with brand companies, dependence on the effectiveness of our patents and other protections for innovative products, our ability to achieve expected results through our innovative R&D efforts, the difficulty of predicting U.S. Food and Drug Administration, European Medicines Agency and other regulatory authority approvals, uncertainties surrounding the legislative and regulatory pathway for the registration and approval of biotechnology-based products, potentially significant impairments of intangible assets and goodwill, potential increases in tax liabilities resulting from challenges to our intercompany arrangements, our potential exposure to product liability claims to the extent not covered by insurance, the termination or expiration of governmental programs or tax benefits, current economic conditions, any failure to retain key personnel or to attract additional executive and managerial talent, environmental risks and other factors that are discussed in this report and in our other filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC").

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