In Re: Nexium (Esomeprazole) Antitrust Litigation

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Case overview

Case Number:

1:12-md-02409

Court:

Massachusetts

Nature of Suit:

Anti-Trust

Multi Party Litigation:

Class Action, Multi-district Litigation

Judge:

William G. Young

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  1. October 05, 2015

    Nexium Buyers Get $8M Fees In Pay-For-Delay Settlement

    A Massachusetts federal judge on Monday divvied out more than $8 million in expenses for a settlement reached between Nexium buyers and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., but agreed to hold off on approving fees for AstraZeneca PLC and Ranbaxy Inc. following their win in a multidistrict litigation pay-for-delay trial brought by the same buyers. 

  2. September 29, 2015

    Nexium Buyers Fight Drugmakers' Bid For Costs After Loss

    Nexium buyers who lost at trial in the pay-for-delay multidistrict litigation against AstraZeneca PLC and Ranbaxy Inc. have asked a federal court not to award the drugmakers more than $423,000 in costs, saying it's an issue that would better be decided after appeal.

  3. August 31, 2015

    Nexium Pay-For-Delay Plaintiffs To Appeal Loss To 1st Circ.

    The plaintiffs in the Nexium pay-for-delay multidistrict litigation against AstraZeneca PLC and generic-drug maker Ranbaxy Inc. on Friday appealed to the First Circuit a Massachusetts federal judge's refusal in July to grant them a new trial.

  4. July 30, 2015

    No New Trial For Drug Buyers In Nexium Pay-For-Delay Suit

    A Massachusetts federal judge refused Thursday to let Nexium buyers get a second crack at their pay-for-delay suit against AstraZeneca PLC and Ranbaxy Inc., saying the plaintiffs' claim for how new evidence would let them prove their case at trial was "at least a couple of bridges too far."

  5. June 30, 2015

    Nexium Buyers Say 3rd Circ.'s Lamictal Ruling Backs New Trial

    Plaintiffs in the Nexium pay-for-delay antitrust class action urged a Massachusetts federal court to grant them a new trial Monday because of the Third Circuit's recent Lamictal ruling that reverse payments do not need to include cash.

  6. June 12, 2015

    Teva Gets Nod For $24M Nexium Pay-For-Delay Settlement

    A Massachusetts federal judge on Friday gave tentative approval to a $24 million settlement between Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. and class action plaintiffs in a pay-for-delay case over generic versions of AstraZeneca PLC's heartburn drug Nexium.

  7. June 04, 2015

    Nexium Buyers Say Namenda Ruling Supports Injunction Bid

    Nexium purchasers told a Massachusetts federal court Thursday that the Second Circuit's recent ruling upholding an injunction requiring Actavis PLC to keep an Alzheimer's drug on the market supported their own bid for an injunction in pay-for-delay litigation against Ranbaxy Inc. and AstraZeneca PLC.

  8. April 03, 2015

    Class Says FDA Ruling Backs Nexium Pay-For-Delay Retrial

    On the heels of losing a pay-for-delay trial against Ranbaxy Pharmaceuticals Inc. and AstraZeneca PLC over generic Nexium, class plaintiffs contended Thursday that a recent U.S. Food and Drug Administration decision and other developments back their retrial request.

  9. April 02, 2015

    Teva Strikes $24M Deal To Exit Nexium Pay-For-Delay Suit

    Class action plaintiffs in a pay-for-delay case over generic versions of AstraZeneca PLC's heartburn drug Nexium disclosed on Thursday a $24 million settlement freeing Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. from the case, according to filings in Massachusetts federal court.

  10. March 31, 2015

    Ranbaxy, AstraZeneca Say Plaintiffs Lack Basis For New Trial

    Ranbaxy Inc. and AstraZeneca PLC urged a Massachusetts federal court Monday to deny a bid by plaintiffs who lost a recent pay-for-delay class action trial over the heartburn drug Nexium to file a supplemental submission, saying it provided no basis for a new trial.

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