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IN RE: GENERIC PHARMACEUTICALS PRICING ANTITRUST LITIGATION

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Case Number:

2:16-md-02724

Court:

Pennsylvania Eastern

Nature of Suit:

Other Statutes: Anti-Trust

Multi Party Litigation:

Class Action, Multi-district Litigation

Judge:

CYNTHIA M. RUFE

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  1. September 24, 2024

    Buyers Seek $97M Fees From $335M Drug Price-Fixing Deals

    A class of direct purchaser plaintiffs in the multidistrict antitrust litigation over generic drug pricing asked a Pennsylvania federal judge Monday to award them $97 million in fees across six settlements with pharmaceutical firms, arguing its attorneys "spent the better part of a decade and hundreds of thousands of hours litigating this case."

  2. June 27, 2024

    Judge OKs $10M Deal In Generic Price-Fixing MDL

    Heritage Pharmaceuticals has secured a Pennsylvania federal court's blessing on the second $10 million deal it has inked this year in hopes of extricating itself from multidistrict litigation accusing the generic-drug maker of working with others to hike up the cost of off-brand drugs.

  3. May 16, 2024

    $5.5M Apotex Generic Drug Price-Fixing Deal Gets Initial OK

    A Pennsylvania federal judge gave preliminary approval to yet another settlement in the sweeping generic drug price-fixing multidistrict litigation, this time signing off on pharmaceutical company Apotex's $5.5 million settlement with clinics, hospitals and independent pharmacies.

  4. April 02, 2024

    Healthcare In Court: Idaho AG Not 'Cute' On Abortion Ban

    Idaho's solicitor general had a hard day at the Ninth Circuit, where a panel tried and failed to get a lock on the state attorney general's stance on Idaho's abortion ban. Home Depot pressed the U.S. Supreme Court to review a $2.67 billion settlement in antitrust litigation against the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association. And in Texas, a woman charged with murder for inducing her own abortion sued the prosecutors behind the case.

  5. March 27, 2024

    NY AG, Others Blast Sandoz Deal 'Tax' On Future Settlements

    New York's attorney general was one of three objectors Tuesday to a provision in Sandoz's proposed $265 million settlement with a class of drug wholesalers in Pennsylvania federal court that they say will delay any future generic-drug price-fixing litigation deals by taxing agreements over $119.25 million.

  6. March 14, 2024

    Drug Wholesalers Want Preliminary OK On $265M Sandoz Deal

    A group of direct purchasers of generic drugs has asked a Pennsylvania federal court for approval of a $265 million settlement with Swiss drugmaker Sandoz over allegations of federal antitrust violations.

  7. February 29, 2024

    Sandoz To Pay $265M To Resolve Claims In Price-Fixing MDL

    Swiss generic drug and biosimilar manufacturer Sandoz announced Thursday that two of its subsidiaries have reached a $265 million settlement with the direct purchasers of generic medications to resolve allegations of federal antitrust violations.

  8. February 14, 2024

    Settlements of 3 Drug Cos. Get Prelim OK In Price-Fixing MDL

    A Pennsylvania federal judge granted preliminary approval Wednesday to settlements in which two makers and one distributor of generic drugs agreed to pay a combined $45 million to resolve allegations they colluded to fix the prices of medications, including those used to treat glaucoma, high blood pressure and high cholesterol.

  9. February 01, 2024

    State-Led Generic Drug Cases Removed From MDL

    The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation has sent a trio of cases from state-level enforcers back to federal court in Connecticut, separating them from the sprawling MDL centralized in Pennsylvania over claims of price fixing in the generic drug industry.

  10. January 23, 2024

    3 Generic-Drug Cos. Reach Settlements In Price-Fixing MDL

    Generic-drug makers Apotex Corp., Heritage Pharmaceuticals Ltd. and Breckenridge Pharmaceutical Inc. have each agreed to shell out a combined $45 million to settle allegations they colluded to fix the prices of many medications, according to a trio of motions filed Tuesday in multidistrict litigation in Pennsylvania federal court.