PLUMBERS AND PIPEFITTERS LOCAL 572 HEALTH AND WELFARE FUND v. BIOVAIL CORPORATION et al

  1. September 23, 2015

    GSK Gets Wellbutrin Pay-For-Delay Antitrust Suit Nixed

    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.

  2. August 05, 2015

    Decertification Appealed In Wellbutrin Pay-For-Delay Suit

    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.

  3. June 30, 2015

    Indirect Buyers Decertified In Wellbutrin Pay-For-Delay Suit

    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.

  4. February 15, 2013

    Valeant Pays $12M To Settle Wellbutrin Antitrust Claims

    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.

  5. May 11, 2012

    GSK, Valeant Dodge Sham Patent Suit Claims In Wellbutrin Row

    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.

  6. April 11, 2012

    Wellbutrin Antitrust Class Survives Bid To Nix Cert.

    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.

  7. May 13, 2010

    Aetna Wants To Rep End Payers In Wellbutrin MDL

    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.

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