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Quality & Safety

  • Quality and safety are our number one priority, and we at Teva will not accept anything less than the highest standards where patient or employee safety is concerned.

  • Teva's global quality infrastructure is enforced through a strong and effective foundation of policies and procedures in all our activities worldwide. Our focus is always on doing the right thing.

  • Our processes and systems are continuously evaluated to ensure consistently high product quality and compliance with current Good Manufacturing Practice (cGMP). Similarly, we demand the same high quality standards from our suppliers and distributors worldwide.

  • Employees in Teva work according to a comprehensive set of policies and procedures, participating in ongoing quality and safety certification and training programs as well as cGMP and Good Clinical Practice (GCP) training and certification. We strive to continuously improve our policies and procedures in order to assure we have best-in-class programs.

  • As we constantly re-examine and improve our practices, we are determined to provide unsurpassed standards of quality and service for patients, customers and colleagues, as a trustworthy partner for quality medicine. Our focus is on what's most important. The quality of our products and the safety of our employees.


Teva's commitment to patient safety is achieved through an ongoing process of pharmacovigilance.

  • Adverse Event reporting: We maintain an Adverse Event Reporting database and global procedures, as well as a global network of drug safety officers across Teva, to compile adverse event information and ensure compliance with regulations globally.
  • Safety monitoring: We have developed processes and procedures for the timely and proactive monitoring of the safety profiles of our investigational and marketed products.
"At the very heart of Teva's mission is our commitment to developing and manufacturing products that promote good health and well-being-and this begins with ensuring that every one of those products meets the highest standards for quality. Quality has always been-and will always remain-Teva's first priority and we will never stop striving to find new and better ways to ensure the quality of all of Teva's products."

Shlomo Yanai
President and Chief Executive Officer