TEL AVIV, Israel--(BUSINESS WIRE)--August 2, 2023--Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NYSE and TASE: TEVA) today reported results for the quarter ended June 30, 2023.

Mr. Richard Francis, Teva's President and CEO, said, “Teva continued to deliver solid performance this quarter, with revenues coming in at $3.9 billion, up 4% vs. the second quarter of 2022 in local currency terms and non-GAAP gross margin up 3.1 percentage points vs. the first quarter of 2023. Our growth drivers continue to provide confidence in our Pivot to Growth strategy, highlighted by strong growth from AUSTEDO, a successful new innovative product launch of UZEDY^TM and growth of our generics business in local currency terms. With this solid performance, we are slightly increasing the midpoint of our revenue guidance for the year and reaffirming all other guidance items.”

Mr. Francis continued, "As we remain determined to execute on our growth strategy, we are continuing to focus on our late-stage innovative pipeline delivery and early-stage pipeline development, both organically and through collaborations."

Pivot to Growth Strategy

In May 2023, we introduced our new “Pivot to Growth” strategy, which is based on four key pillars: (I) delivering on our growth engines, mainly AUSTEDO, UZEDY^TM and our late-stage pipeline of biosimilars; (ii) stepping up innovation through delivering on our late-stage innovative pipeline assets as well as building up our early-stage pipeline organically and potentially through business development activities; (iii) sustaining our generics medicines powerhouse with a global commercial footprint, focused portfolio, pipeline and manufacturing footprint; and (iv) focusing our business by optimizing our portfolio and global manufacturing footprint to enable strategic capital deployment to accelerate our near and long-term growth engines and reorganizing certain of our business units to a more optimal structure, while also reorganizing key business units to enhance operational efficiency.

Second Quarter 2023 Consolidated Results

Revenues in the second quarter of 2023 were $3,878 million, an increase of 2% compared to the second quarter of 2022. In local currency terms, revenues increased by 4%, mainly due to higher revenues from AUSTEDO and Anda in our North America segment and from generic products in our International Markets segment, partially offset by lower revenues from generic products and from COPAXONE^® in our North America segment as well as from API sales to third parties.

Exchange rate movements during the second quarter of 2023, including hedging effects, negatively impacted our revenues by $51 million compared to the second quarter of 2022. Exchange rate movements during the second quarter of 2023, including hedging effects, negatively impacted our operating income and non-GAAP operating income by $38 million and $37 million, respectively, compared to the second quarter of 2022.

Gross profit was $1,796 million in the second quarter of 2023, flat compared to the second quarter of 2022. Gross profit margin was 46.3% in the second quarter of 2023, compared to 47.4% in the second quarter of 2022. Non-GAAP gross profit was $2,023 million in the second quarter of 2023, a decrease of 2% compared to the second quarter of 2022. Non-GAAP gross profit margin was 52.2% in the second quarter of 2023, compared to 54.4% in the second quarter of 2022. This decrease in both gross profit margin and non-GAAP gross profit margin was mainly driven by rising costs due to inflationary and other macroeconomic pressures, an increase in revenues with lower profitability from Anda in our North America segment and lower revenues from COPAXONE, partially offset by higher revenues from AUSTEDO.

Research and Development (R&D) expenses in the second quarter of 2023 were $240 million, an increase of 5% compared to $228 million in the second quarter of 2022. Our higher R&D expenses in the second quarter of 2023, compared to the second quarter of 2022, were mainly due to an increase in neuroscience (mainly neuropsychiatry), in immunology and immuno-oncology, as well as in various generics and biosimilar products.

Selling and Marketing (S&M) expenses in the second quarter of 2023 were $603 million, an increase of 2% compared to the second quarter of 2022.

General and Administrative (G&A) expenses in the second quarter of 2023 were $307 million, a decrease of 2% compared to the second quarter of 2022.

Other income in the second quarter of 2023 was $33 million, compared to $34 million in the second quarter of 2022. Other income in the second quarter of 2023 included a capital gain from the sale of assets related to our International Markets segment. Other income in the second quarter of 2022 was mainly related to a capital gain related to the sale of an R&D site.

Operating loss in the second quarter of 2023 was $646 million, compared to an operating loss of $949 million in the second quarter of 2022. Operating loss as a percentage of revenues was 16.7% in the second quarter of 2023, compared to an operating loss as a percentage of revenues of 25.1% in the second quarter of 2022. The lower operating loss and operating loss margin in the second quarter of 2023 were mainly due to higher legal settlements and loss contingencies in the second quarter of 2022. Non-GAAP operating income in the second quarter of 2023 was $1,011 million representing a non-GAAP operating margin of 26.1% compared to non-GAAP operating income of $1,019 million representing a non-GAAP operating margin of 26.9% in the second quarter of 2022. The decrease in non-GAAP operating margin in the second quarter of 2023 was mainly impacted by lower non-GAAP gross profit margin, as discussed above, partially offset by a decrease in operating expenses.

Adjusted EBITDA was $1,125 million in the second quarter of 2023, flat compared to $1,134 million in the second quarter of 2022.

Financial expenses, net in the second quarter of 2023 were $268, mainly comprised of net-interest expenses of $240 million. In the second quarter of 2022, financial expenses were $211 million, mainly comprised of net-interest expenses of $229 million, partially offset by a positive exchange rate impact driven mainly from currencies which we were unable to hedge, such as the Russian ruble.

In the second quarter of 2023, we recognized a tax benefit of $16 million on a pre-tax loss of $914 million. Teva’s tax rate for the second quarter of 2023 was mainly affected by impairments, legal settlements, amortization, and interest expense disallowances. In the second quarter of 2022, we recognized a tax benefit of $900 million on a pre-tax loss of $1,160 million, mainly due to the realization of losses related to an investment in one of our U.S. subsidiaries.

Non-GAAP tax rate in the second quarter of 2023 was 15.2%, compared to 7.7% in the second quarter of 2022. Our non-GAAP tax rate in the second quarter of 2023 was mainly affected by the generation of profits in various jurisdictions with different tax rates, interest expense disallowances, tax benefits in Israel and other countries, as well as infrequent or non-recurring items. Our non-GAAP tax rate in the second quarter of 2022 was mainly affected by a portion of the realization of losses related to an investment in one of our U.S. subsidiaries, as well as the mix of products we sold and interest expense disallowances.

We expect our annual non-GAAP tax rate for 2023 to be between 14%-17%, higher than our non-GAAP tax rate for 2022, which was 11.7%, mainly due to the effect of a portion of the realization of losses related to an investment in one of our U.S. subsidiaries in 2022.

Net loss attributable to Teva and loss per share in the second quarter of 2023 were $863 million and $0.77, respectively, compared to $232 million and $0.21, respectively, in the second quarter of 2022. The higher net loss in the second quarter of 2023 was mainly due to lower tax benefit, partially offset by lower operating loss, as discussed above. Non-GAAP net income attributable to Teva and non-GAAP diluted earnings per share in the second quarter of 2023 were $629 million and $0.56, respectively, compared to $754 million and $0.68, respectively, in the second quarter of 2022.

As of June 30, 2023 and 2022, the fully diluted share count for purposes of calculating our market capitalization was approximately 1,157 million and 1,144 million, respectively.

Non-GAAP information: net non-GAAP adjustments in the second quarter of 2023 were $1,492 million. Non-GAAP net income attributable to Teva and non-GAAP diluted EPS for the second quarter of 2023 were adjusted to exclude the following items:

• Amortization of purchased intangible assets of $162 million, of which $145 million is included in cost of sales and the remaining $16 million in S&M expenses;
• Impairment of long-lived assets of $74 million;
• Goodwill impairment of $700 million;
• Legal settlements and loss contingencies of $462 million;
• Contingent consideration expenses of $70 million;
• Equity compensation expenses of $30 million;
• Restructuring expenses of $10 million;
• Accelerated depreciation of $24 million;
• Financial expenses of $16 million;
• Costs related to regulatory actions taken in facilities of $1 million;
• Other non-GAAP items of $123 million;
• Items attributable to non-controlling interests of $49 million; and
• Corresponding tax effects and unusual tax items of $131 million.

We believe that excluding such items facilitates investors’ understanding of our business including underlying performance trends, thereby improving the comparability of our business performance results between reporting periods.

For further information, see the tables below for a reconciliation of the U.S. GAAP results to the adjusted non-GAAP figures and the information under “Non-GAAP Financial Measures.” Investors should consider non-GAAP financial measures in addition to, and not as replacement for, or superior to, measures of financial performance prepared in accordance with GAAP.

Cash flow generated from operating activities during the second quarter of 2023 was $324 million, compared to $123 million in the second quarter of 2022. The higher cash flow generated in the second quarter of 2023 resulted mainly from changes in working capital items, including a positive impact from accounts receivables, net of SR&A, and from inventory levels, partially offset by a negative impact from accounts payables.

During the second quarter of 2023, we generated free cash flow of $632 million, which we define as comprising $324 million in cash flow generated from operating activities, $371 million in beneficial interest collected in exchange for securitized accounts receivables (under our EU securitization program) and $56 million in proceeds from divestitures of businesses and other assets, partially offset by $119 million in cash used for capital investment. During the second quarter of 2022, we generated free cash flow of $301 million, which we define as comprising $123 million in cash flow generated from operating activities, $287 million in beneficial interest collected in exchange for securitized accounts receivables and $18 million in proceeds from divestitures of businesses and other assets, partially offset by $127 million in cash used for capital investment. The increase in the second quarter of 2023, resulted mainly from higher cash flow generated from operating activities, as well as higher proceeds from sale of business and long-lived assets.

As of June 30, 2023, our debt was $20,678 million, compared to $21,212 million as of December 31, 2022. This decrease was mainly due to $646 million senior notes repaid at maturity, partially offset by $156 million of exchange rate fluctuations. Additionally, during the first quarter of 2023, we repurchased $2,506 million aggregate principal amount of notes upon consummation of a cash tender offer, and issued $2,445 million of sustainability-linked senior notes, net of issuance costs. In July 2023, a total amount of $700 million was withdrawn under the RCF and is outstanding as of the date of this Press Release. In addition, in July 2023, we repaid $1,000 million of our 2.8% senior notes at maturity. The portion of total debt classified as short-term as of June 30, 2023 and as of December 31, 2022 was 10%. Our average debt maturity was approximately 6.2 years as of June 30, 2023, compared to 5.8 years as of December 31, 2022.

Segment Results for the Second Quarter of 2023

North America Segment

Our North America segment includes the United States and Canada.

The following table presents revenues, expenses and profit for our North America segment for the three months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022:

Revenues from our North America segment in the second quarter of 2023 were $1,991 million, an increase of $87 million, or 5%, compared to the second quarter of 2022. This increase was mainly due to higher revenues from certain innovative products, primarily AUSTEDO and AJOVY^®, as well as Anda, partially offset by lower revenues from generic products, COPAXONE and BENDEKA^® and TREANDA^®.

Revenues in the United States, our largest market, were $1,891 million in the second quarter of 2023, an increase of $118 million or 7% compared to the second quarter of 2022.

Revenues by Major Products and Activities

The following table presents revenues for our North America segment by major products and activities for the three months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022:

Generic products revenues in our North America segment (including biosimilars) in the second quarter of 2023 were $969 million, a decrease of 6% compared to the second quarter of 2022, mainly due to increased competition to parts of our portfolio.

In the second quarter of 2023, our total prescriptions were approximately 319 million (based on trailing twelve months), representing 8.4% of total U.S. generic prescriptions, compared to approximately 302 million (based on trailing twelve months), representing 8.2% of total U.S. generic prescriptions in the second quarter of 2022, all according to IQVIA data.

AJOVY revenues in our North America segment in the second quarter of 2023 increased by 16% to $57 million, compared to the second quarter of 2022, mainly due to growth in volume. In the second quarter of 2023, AJOVY’s exit market share in the United States in terms of total number of prescriptions was 25.1% compared to 24.4% in the second quarter of 2022.

AUSTEDO revenues in our North America segment in the second quarter of 2023 increased by 51%, to $308 million, compared to $204 million in the second quarter of 2022, mainly due to growth in volume and the launch of AUSTEDO XR in May 2023.

AUSTEDO XR (deutetrabenazine) extended-release tablets was approved by the FDA on February 17, 2023, and became commercially available in the U.S. in May 2023. AUSTEDO XR is a new once-daily formulation indicated in adults for tardive dyskinesia and chorea associated with Huntington’s disease, additional to the currently marketed twice-daily AUSTEDO. AUSTEDO XR is protected by eight Orange Book patents expiring between 2031 and 2041.

UZEDY (risperidone) extended-release injectable suspension was approved by the FDA on April 28, 2023 for the treatment of schizophrenia in adults, and was launched in the U.S. in May 2023. UZEDY is the first subcutaneous, long-acting formulation of risperidone that controls the steady release of risperidone. UZEDY is protected by nine Orange Book patents expiring between 2025 and 2033.

BENDEKA and TREANDA combined revenues in our North America segment in the second quarter of 2023 decreased by 17% to $69 million, compared to the second quarter of 2022, mainly due to generic bendamustine product entry into the market. The orphan drug exclusivity that had attached to bendamustine products expired in December 2022.

COPAXONE revenues in our North America segment in the second quarter of 2023 decreased by 33% to $64 million, compared to the second quarter of 2022, mainly due to generic competition in the United States and a decrease in glatiramer acetate market share due to availability of alternative therapies.

Anda revenues from third-party products in our North America segment in the second quarter of 2023 increased by 27% to $392 million, compared to $308 million in the second quarter of 2022, mainly due to higher demand.

North America Gross Profit

Gross profit from our North America segment in the second quarter of 2023 was $1,046 million, an increase of 4%, compared to $1,010 million in the second quarter of 2022.

Gross profit margin for our North America segment in the second quarter of 2023 decreased to 52.5%, compared to 53.0% in the second quarter of 2022. This decrease was mainly due to higher cost of goods sold, mainly driven by rising costs due to inflationary and other macroeconomic pressures, as well as an increase in revenues with lower profitability from Anda, partially offset by an increase in revenues with higher profitability from AUSTEDO.

North America Profit

Profit from our North America segment consists of gross profit less R&D expenses, S&M expenses, G&A expenses and any other income related to this segment. Segment profit does not include amortization and certain other items.

Profit from our North America segment in the second quarter of 2023 was $520 million, an increase of 8% compared to $481 million in the second quarter of 2022. This increase was mainly due to higher revenues from certain innovative products, primarily AUSTEDO.

Europe Segment

Our Europe segment includes the European Union, the United Kingdom and certain other European countries.

The following table presents revenues, expenses and profit for our Europe segment for the three months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022:

Revenues from our Europe segment in the second quarter of 2023 were $1,163 million, a decrease of 1%, or $8 million, compared to the second quarter of 2022. In local currency terms, revenues were flat compared to second quarter of 2022. Revenues in the second quarter of 2023 included $1 million from a negative hedging impact, which is included in “Other” in the table below. Revenues in the second quarter of 2022 included $31 million from a positive hedging impact, which is included in “Other” in the table below.

Revenues by Major Products and Activities

The following table presents revenues for our Europe segment by major products and activities for the three months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022:

Generic products revenues (including OTC and biosimilar products) in our Europe segment in the second quarter of 2023, increased by 4% to $909 million, compared to the second quarter of 2022. In local currency terms, revenues increased by 2%, mainly due to higher demand and price increases as well as from generic product launches.

AJOVY revenues in our Europe segment in the second quarter of 2023 increased by 32% in both U.S. dollars and local currency terms to $39 million, compared to $29 million in the second quarter of 2022. This increase was mainly due to growth in the European countries in which AJOVY had previously been launched.

COPAXONE revenues in our Europe segment in the second quarter of 2023 decreased by 17% to $60 million, compared to the second quarter of 2022. In local currency terms, revenues decreased by 21%, due to price reductions and a decline in volume resulting from competing glatiramer acetate products.

Respiratory products revenues in our Europe segment in the second quarter of 2023 increased by 2% to $66 million compared to the second quarter of 2022. In local currency terms, revenues were flat compared to the second quarter of 2022.

Europe Gross Profit

Gross profit from our Europe segment in the second quarter of 2023 was $640 million, a decrease of 9% compared to $703 million in the second quarter of 2022.

Gross profit margin for our Europe segment in the second quarter of 2023 decreased to 55.0%, compared to 60.0% in the second quarter of 2022. This decrease was mainly due to higher cost of goods sold, mainly driven by rising costs due to inflationary and other macroeconomic pressures, as well as a favorable impact of hedging activities in the second quarter of 2022.

Europe Profit

Profit from our Europe segment consists of gross profit less R&D expenses, S&M expenses, G&A expenses and any other income related to this segment. Segment profit does not include amortization and certain other items.

Profit from our Europe segment in the second quarter of 2023 was $334 million, a decrease of 14%, compared to $389 million in the second quarter of 2022. This decrease was mainly due to lower gross profit as described above.

International Markets Segment

Our International Markets segment includes all countries in which we operate other than those in our North America and Europe segments.

The following table presents revenues, expenses and profit for our International Markets segment for the three months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022:

Revenues from our International Markets segment in the second quarter of 2023 were $479 million, an increase of 5% compared to the second quarter of 2022. In local currency terms, revenues increased by 13% compared to the second quarter of 2022, mainly due to higher revenues from generic products in most markets, partially offset by regulatory price reductions and generic competition to off-patented products in Japan.

In the second quarter of 2023, revenues were negatively impacted by exchange rate fluctuations of $35 million, net of hedging effects, compared to the second quarter of 2022. Revenues in the second quarter of 2023 included a positive hedging impact of $6 million, compared to a negative hedging impact of $17 million in the second quarter of 2022, which are included in “Other” in the table below.

Revenues by Major Products and Activities

The following table presents revenues for our International Markets segment by major products and activities for the three months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022:

Generic products revenues in our International Markets segment in the second quarter of 2023, which include OTC products, were flat compared to the second quarter of 2022. In local currency terms, revenues increased by 13% compared to the second quarter of 2022, mainly due to higher revenues in most markets, driven by price increases largely as a result of rising costs due to inflationary pressure, partially offset by regulatory price reductions and generic competition to off-patented products in Japan.

AJOVY was launched in certain markets in our International Markets segment, including in Japan in August 2021. We are moving forward with plans to launch AJOVY in other markets. AJOVY revenues in our International Markets segment in the second quarter of 2023 were $9 million, compared to $10 million in the second quarter of 2022.

COPAXONE revenues in our International Markets segment in the second quarter of 2023 were $10 million compared to $9 million in the second quarter of 2022.

AUSTEDO was launched in China and Israel during 2021 and in Brazil in 2022, for the treatment of chorea associated with Huntington’s disease and for the treatment of tardive dyskinesia. We continue with additional submissions in various other markets.

International Markets Gross Profit

Gross profit from our International Markets segment in the second quarter of 2023 was $254 million, an increase of 5% compared to $242 million in the second quarter of 2022.

Gross profit margin for our International Markets segment in the second quarter of 2023 decreased to 53.2%, compared to 53.3% in the second quarter of 2022. This decrease was mainly due to regulatory price reductions and generic competition to off-patented products in Japan, as well as rising costs due to inflationary and other macroeconomic pressures, partially offset by price increases largely as a result of such inflationary pressures, and the negative hedging impact in the second quarter of 2022.

International Markets Profit

Profit from our International Markets segment consists of gross profit less R&D expenses, S&M expenses, G&A expenses and any other income related to this segment. Segment profit does not include amortization and certain other items.

Profit from our International Markets segment in the second quarter of 2023 was $124 million, an increase of 30%, compared to $95 million in the second quarter of 2022. This increase was mainly due to higher other income and higher gross profit in the second quarter of 2023, partially offset by higher S&M expenses in the second quarter of 2023.

Other Activities

We have other sources of revenues, primarily the sale of APIs to third parties, certain contract manufacturing services and an out-licensing platform offering a portfolio of products to other pharmaceutical companies through our affiliate Medis. Our other activities are not included in our North America, Europe or International Markets segments described above.

Revenues from other activities in the second quarter of 2023 were $245 million, a decrease of 5% in both U.S. dollars and in local currency terms compared to the second quarter of 2022.

API sales to third parties in the second quarter of 2023 were $152 million, a decrease of 14% in both U.S. dollars and local currency terms, compared to the second quarter of 2022.

Outlook for 2023 Non-GAAP Results

Conference Call

Teva will host a conference call and live webcast including a slide presentation on Wednesday, August 2, 2023, at 8:00 a.m. ET to discuss its second quarter 2023 results and overall business environment. A question & answer session will follow.

In order to participate, please register in advance here to obtain a local or toll-free phone number and your personal pin.

A live webcast of the call will be available on Teva’s website at: ir.tevapharm.com.

Following the conclusion of the call, a replay of the webcast will be available within 24 hours on Teva's website.

About Teva

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NYSE and TASE: TEVA) has been developing and producing medicines to improve people’s lives for more than a century. We are a global leader in generic and innovative medicines with a portfolio consisting of over 3,500 products in nearly every therapeutic area. Around 200 million people around the world take a Teva medicine every day, and are served by one of the largest and most complex supply chains in the pharmaceutical industry. Along with our established presence in generics, we have significant innovative research and operations supporting our growing portfolio of innovative medicines and biopharmaceutical products. Learn more at http://www.tevapharm.com.

Some amounts in this press release may not add up due to rounding. All percentages have been calculated using unrounded amounts.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

This press release contains certain financial information that differs from what is reported under accounting principles generally accepted in the United States ("GAAP"). These non-GAAP financial measures, including, but not limited to, non-GAAP operating income, non-GAAP operating margin, non-GAAP gross profit, non-GAAP gross profit margin, Adjusted EBITDA, free cash flow, non-GAAP tax rate, non-GAAP net income (loss) attributable to Teva and non-GAAP diluted EPS, are presented in order to facilitate investors' understanding of our business. We utilize certain non-GAAP financial measures to evaluate performance, in conjunction with other performance metrics. The following are examples of how we utilize the non-GAAP measures: our management and board of directors use the non-GAAP measures to evaluate our operational performance, to compare against work plans and budgets, and ultimately to evaluate the performance of management; our annual budgets are prepared on a non-GAAP basis; and senior management’s annual compensation is derived, in part, using these non-GAAP measures. See the attached tables for a reconciliation of the GAAP results to the adjusted non-GAAP measures. Investors should consider non-GAAP financial measures in addition to, and not as replacements for, or superior to, measures of financial performance prepared in accordance with GAAP. We are not providing forward looking guidance for GAAP reported financial measures or a quantitative reconciliation of forward-looking non-GAAP financial measures to the most directly comparable GAAP measure because we are unable to predict with reasonable certainty the ultimate outcome of certain significant items including, but not limited to, the amortization of purchased intangible assets, legal settlements and loss contingencies, impairment of long-lived assets and goodwill impairment, without unreasonable effort. These items are uncertain, depend on various factors, and could be material to our results computed in accordance with GAAP.

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, which are based on management’s current beliefs and expectations and are subject to substantial risks and uncertainties, both known and unknown, that could cause our future results, performance or achievements to differ significantly from that expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. You can identify these forward-looking statements by the use of words such as “should,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “estimate,” “target,” “may,” “project,” “guidance,” “intend,” “plan,” “believe” and other words and terms of similar meaning and expression in connection with any discussion of future operating or financial performance. Important factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include risks relating to:

• our ability to successfully compete in the marketplace, including: that we are substantially dependent on our generic products; concentration of our customer base and commercial alliances among our customers; delays in launches of new generic products; the increase in the number of competitors targeting generic opportunities and seeking U.S. market exclusivity for generic versions of significant products; our ability to develop and commercialize biopharmaceutical products; competition for our innovative medicines, including AUSTEDO, AJOVY and COPAXONE; our ability to achieve expected results from investments in our product pipeline; our ability to develop and commercialize additional pharmaceutical products; our ability to successfully launch and execute our new strategy, including to expand our innovative and biosimilar medicines pipeline and profitably commercialize the innovative medicines and biosimilar portfolio, whether organically or through business development, and to sustain and focus our portfolio of generics medicines; and the effectiveness of our patents and other measures to protect our intellectual property rights;
• our substantial indebtedness, which may limit our ability to incur additional indebtedness, engage in additional transactions or make new investments, may result in a further downgrade of our credit ratings; and our inability to raise debt or borrow funds in amounts or on terms that are favorable to us;
• our business and operations in general, including: the impact of global economic conditions and other macroeconomic developments and the governmental and societal responses thereto; the widespread outbreak of an illness or any other communicable disease, or any other public health crisis; effectiveness of our optimization efforts; our ability to attract, hire, integrate and retain highly skilled personnel; manufacturing or quality control problems; interruptions in our supply chain; disruptions of information technology systems; breaches of our data security; variations in intellectual property laws; challenges associated with conducting business globally, including political or economic instability, major hostilities or terrorism; costs and delays resulting from the extensive pharmaceutical regulation to which we are subject; the effects of reforms in healthcare regulation and reductions in pharmaceutical pricing, reimbursement and coverage; significant sales to a limited number of customers; our ability to successfully bid for suitable acquisition targets or licensing opportunities, or to consummate and integrate acquisitions; and our prospects and opportunities for growth if we sell assets;
• compliance, regulatory and litigation matters, including: failure to comply with complex legal and regulatory environments; increased legal and regulatory action in connection with public concern over the abuse of opioid medications; our ability to timely make payments required under our nationwide opioids settlement agreement and provide our generic version of Narcan^® (naloxone hydrochloride nasal spray) in the amounts and at the times required under the terms of such agreement; scrutiny from competition and pricing authorities around the world, including our ability to successfully defend against the U.S. Department of Justice criminal charges of Sherman Act violations; potential liability for intellectual property right infringement; product liability claims; failure to comply with complex Medicare and Medicaid reporting and payment obligations; compliance with anti-corruption, sanctions and trade control laws; environmental risks; and the impact of ESG issues;
• other financial and economic risks, including: our exposure to currency fluctuations and restrictions as well as credit risks; potential impairments of our long-lived assets; the impact of geopolitical conflicts including the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine; potential significant increases in tax liabilities; and the effect on our overall effective tax rate of the termination or expiration of governmental programs or tax benefits, or of a change in our business;
  
  and other factors discussed in this press release, in our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the second quarter of 2023 and in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022, including in the sections captioned "Risk Factors” and “Forward Looking Statements.” Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date on which they are made, and we assume no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements or other information contained herein, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. You are cautioned not to put undue reliance on these forward-looking statements.