September 23, 2015
A Pennsylvania federal judge nixed claims from consumers and wholesalers Wednesday that GlaxoSmithKline paid off generic rivals to keep cheaper versions of antidepressant Wellbutrin XL off the market, ruling that buyers couldn't show that the settlements that let the patent challenge continue violated antitrust law.
August 05, 2015
A class of indirect purchasers in the pay-for-delay litigation against GlaxoSmithKline PLC and others over the antidepressant Wellbutrin XL appealed its decertification to the Third Circuit last week after a Pennsylvania federal judge said it hadn't shown the class was ascertainable.
June 30, 2015
The Pennsylvania federal judge overseeing pay-for-delay litigation against GlaxoSmithKline PLC and others over the antidepressant Wellbutrin XL decertified the class of indirect purchasers on Tuesday, saying it has failed to carry its burden of showing that the class is ascertainable.
February 15, 2013
Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc. will pay at least $11.75 million to settle a class action brought by health insurers and other indirect purchasers, accusing it of conspiring to stifle generic versions of antidepressant Wellbutrin XL and monopolize the market, according to documents filed Friday in Pennsylvania federal court.
May 11, 2012
A Pennsylvania federal judge on Friday granted a move by GlaxoSmithKline PLC and Valeant Pharmaceuticals International to toss claims brought by purchasers of depression medication Wellbutrin XL in an antitrust class action, finding no sham patent suits were brought to delay the drug's generic version.
April 11, 2012
A class of indirect purchasers of depression medication Wellbutrin XL and its generic equivalent on Monday beat a motion to nix class certification in their antitrust suit accusing GlaxoSmithKline PLC and Valeant Pharmaceuticals International of using sham patent litigation to delay generic competition.
May 13, 2010
Aetna Inc. asked a court on Thursday to let it intervene as a class plaintiff on behalf of end payers in the antitrust multidistrict litigation over antidepressant Wellbutrin XL.