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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 29, 2023

    States Ask To Block Sandoz Spinoff Over Price-Fixing Claims

    State enforcers and others have asked a Pennsylvania federal court to halt Novartis AG's planned spinoff of its Sandoz unit, saying the move could stop them from recovering overcharges from the company for a sprawling conspiracy to fix generic drug prices.

  2. August 17, 2023

    DOJ Wants Equal Access To Docs in Ex-Exec's Criminal Case

    The U.S. Department of Justice has urged a Pennsylvania federal judge to deny a former Taro Pharmaceutical executive's bid to use material from multidistrict litigation over alleged generic drug price-fixing to defend himself in a related criminal case, arguing the request would create an unfair advantage since the court previously rejected a similar ask from the government.

  3. May 23, 2023

    DOJ, Drug Buyers Rip Teva's Criminal Probe Doc Bid In MDL

    The government and drug buyers fired back in separate filings in Pennsylvania federal court Tuesday against Teva's bid to use material from a criminal investigation into alleged generic drug price-fixing to defend itself in parallel civil multidistrict litigation over similar allegations, arguing it would undermine prosecutions and create a procedural "mess."

  4. March 20, 2023

    DOJ Defends Ask For Docs From Drug Price-Fixing MDL

    The U.S. Department of Justice defended its bid for discovery materials from multidistrict litigation over generic drug price-fixing claims for use in the government's related criminal prosecutions, rejecting the pharmaceutical companies' claims that the DOJ wanted "unfettered access."

  5. March 13, 2023

    Pharma Cos. Say Civil Evidence Off Limits In Criminal Case

    Pharmaceutical companies that have been facing multidistrict litigation over price-fixing claims are saying absolutely not to an attempt by the U.S. Department of Justice to access civil discovery materials for use in criminal prosecutions tied to the alleged scheme.

  6. March 10, 2023

    Generic Drug Buyers Get $75M In Price-Fixing Deals Approved

    A Pennsylvania federal court signed off on settlements ending price-fixing claims from direct purchasers against Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. and Taro Pharmaceutical Industries USA Inc. in ongoing multidistrict litigation over generic drug prices.

  7. February 27, 2023

    Drugmakers To Face Price-Fixing Claims From State AGs

    In a slew of rulings on Monday, a Pennsylvania federal court rejected most bids from drug companies seeking to nix sweeping price-fixing conspiracy allegations from a group of state attorneys general.

  8. November 09, 2022

    Drug Buyers, States Want To Depose Indicted Ex-Taro Exec

    A group of drug purchasers and state-level enforcers accusing generic-drug manufacturers of fixing prices asked a Pennsylvania federal court on Tuesday to allow it to depose a former top executive who was indicted on criminal antitrust charges ahead of his trial.

  9. June 07, 2022

    AGs' Disgorgement Claim Axed In Drug Price-Fixing Case

    The Pennsylvania federal judge overseeing sprawling price-fixing litigation against generic-drug makers on Tuesday tossed a disgorgement claim brought by state attorneys general, but kept alive their claim for injunctive relief.

  10. May 25, 2022

    Generic Distributors Slip Indirect Reseller Price-Fixing Claims

    A Pennsylvania federal judge dismissed, for now, indirect generic-drug resellers' price-fixing claims levied against distributors like McKesson Corp. as a part of multidistrict litigation, ruling Wednesday that the plaintiffs failed to sufficiently allege a conspiracy.