GENERICS FIRMS FACING 44-STATE PRICE FIXING LAWSUIT IN US
May 1st, 2019
A 44-STRONG coalition of states in the United States (US) has filed a lawsuit accusing 20 major pharmaceutical manufacturers and 15 individuals of running possibly the largest cartel in US history for over 100 generic medicines. A May 12 [2019] statement from the office of Connecticut Attorney, General William Tong, which is leading the coalition, alleges that Teva, Sandoz, Mylan, Pfizer and 16 other generic drug makers have “engaged in a broad, coordinated and systematic campaign to conspire with each other to fix prices, allocate markets and rig bids for more ...
Full access to this article can be arranged with permission from the client that first ordered it. Please contact us to request access. Entries are uploaded to our archive at least one year after being published by a client – free access is restricted to International News Services journalists for background research only. The article date indicates when copy was filed to a client, not when posted to this archive. Upon client requests, International News Services will remove such articles from the archive or not upload them in the first place. They are included to demonstrate the breadth of topics undertaken by the agency and also to help promote clients’ coverage.