An Phuinseábach

1. Summary
2. Resources

Summary

Just about half of Irish adults regularly use prescription medicines¹. 1 in 8 of these prescription medications are supplied by the Israeli pharmaceutical giant Teva². Besides trying to illegally extend its monopoly over the multiple sclerosis drug Coxapone in 2024³, Teva is complicit in the ongoing genocide of Palestinians through its voluntary support of the Israeli military⁴.

The Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (‘BDS’) movement designated Teva a priority boycott target in September 2025⁵. This call was affirmed by over 700 Irish medical staff and consultants⁶. Health worker organisations including Irish Healthcare Workers for Palestine, Irish Pharmacists for Palestine, and the Psychiatric Nurses Association have organised to back the boycott.

Use the below resources to notify your pharmacy that you (and your household):

1. Would like to avoid using Teva products where viable alternatives exist.
2. Would like to the see your pharmacy become ‘Teva-Last’, meaning it would try its best to stock and dispense other suitable non-Teva medicines first, wherever reasonable alternatives are available.

Though Teva focuses on prescription products, they also make the over-the-counter products Sudocrem, Infacol, Exorex, Cetriz, Buplex, and Motusol⁷. If you use one or more of these, please consult a pharmacist or other reliable professional to find a suitable alternative.

Resources

• Friends of Palestine’s map of pharmacies with email template.
• Search register of pharmacies and their employees.
• Uplift’s Boycott Teva Campaign.
• Join your local Irish BDS Partner Organisation.
• “Boycott Sudocrem. Boycott Teva.” Video by Mothers Against Genocide.
• “Irish Healthcare Workers for Palestine: A Collective Re-Imagining of the Professional Association.”

1. “Medicine Use.” 2025. Irish Health Survey 2024 – Main Results. Central Statistics Office, Ireland. ↩︎
2. Teva Ireland. “Facts and figures”. ↩︎
3. “Pharma firm Teva ‘gamed’ EU patent system.” Law Society Gazette Ireland, October 31, 2024. ↩︎
4. REPILL. Teva and the IDF (Stopteva.nl, 2025). ↩︎
5. BDS movement (@BDSmovement). “The Palestinian-led BDS movement has updated…” X, September 2, 2025. ↩︎
6. Coyne, Ellen. “Some 470 Beaumont Hospital workers join call for boycott of Israeli firm’s drugs.” The Irish Times, October 30, 2025. ↩︎
7. Teva Ireland. “Consumer Health.” ↩︎