Former Test-Tube Washer Built Generic-Drug Maker Teva

Eli Hurvitz engineered the rise of Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. from a small Israeli concern that provided salt tablets for British troops to the world's leader in sales of generic drugs.Mr. Hurvitz, who died Monday at age 79, was Teva's chief executive for a quarter-century starting in 1976. Under his leadership, Teva entered the U.S. market in the mid-1980s, soon after Congress authorized the sale of generic drugs without extensive testing.The company grew through a series of mergers. Teva generic drugs accounAt for one in every five ...

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