Question

Discuss five significant challenges faced by Teva Pharmaceuticals, Israel and provide one of the main solution.

Answer 1

The challenges for Teva are:

• High financial burden and risk of shut down of business
• The competition from generic products for largest branded product COPAXONE putting it under threat
• Highly challenging environment in United States which is the biggest generic market for the company from Pfizer, Novartis etc.
• The generic product new launch has slowdown which reduced the profit percentage
• More stringent rules and regulations from different countries impacting the exports to other countries

The one main solution for the company is to restructure the company in order to minimize the cost of operation and distribution. It is very essential for cost saving and shut down facilities which are burden for the company. They should also lay off excess work force and make the organization lean which will have long term impact.