April 08, 2016
A Kansas federal judge had dismissed Suture Express' $200 million antitrust suit against Cardinal Health and Owens & Minor because the wound care company failed to prove the other two had market power and that competition was injured by the alleged predatory pricing scheme, according to an order unsealed Thursday.
April 04, 2016
Wound care supplier Suture Express Inc. on Friday said it will be appealing to the Tenth Circuit a federal judge's decision to dismiss its $200 million case accusing Cardinal Health Inc. and Owens & Minor Inc. of a predatory pricing scheme to prevent hospitals from buying from Suture.
November 17, 2015
Wound care supplier Suture Express has urged a Kansas federal court to rule that Cardinal Health and Owens & Minor are liable for predatory pricing and tying in their sale of wound closure products in a $200 million antitrust suit, saying it has shown they penalized hospitals that sought the products from Suture Express.
August 05, 2013
A Kansas federal judge on Monday trimmed a $200 million antitrust suit accusing units of Cardinal Health Inc. and Owens & Minor Inc. of predatory pricing and tying in their sale of wound closure products, ruling plaintiff Suture Express Inc. had failed to properly back some of its claims.
December 06, 2012
A specialty distributor of wound-closure products hit Cardinal Health Inc. and Owens & Minor Inc. with a $200 million antitrust lawsuit Wednesday, accusing the firms of engaging in predatory pricing and illegally penalizing customers who didn't buy their sutures, stitches and similar merchandise.