August 23, 2024
A group of nine firms led by Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP asked a Massachusetts federal judge to sign off on $20 million in fees and expenses after securing a $58 million settlement with drugmaker Shire PLC in a yearslong antitrust class action.
May 14, 2024
Purchasers of the medication Intuniv have settled a years-old class action against drugmaker Shire PLC and manufacturer Actavis over allegations that the companies struck an anti-competitive deal to delay the production of a generic version of the attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder drug.
February 11, 2021
A Massachusetts federal court has sent the latest potential representative for a class of Intuniv buyers to arbitration to find out whether it needs to arbitrate claims that Shire PLC cut an anti-competitive deal to delay a generic version of its ADHD drug.
December 10, 2020
A Massachusetts federal judge on Wednesday awarded fees exceeding $5.9 million and costs and expenses of about $2.17 million to attorneys representing direct buyers in their claims that pharmaceutical companies Actavis and Shire schemed to stave off a generic form of the attention deficit drug Intuniv.
September 23, 2020
Shire has urged a Massachusetts federal court to reject a third potential representative for a class of direct purchasers suing over the alleged delay of a generic version of the ADHD drug Intuniv, contending the latest candidate still misses the mark.
September 14, 2020
A Massachusetts federal judge has given her initial approval of a $19.9 million settlement deal between pharmaceutical company Actavis and the direct purchaser class in a lawsuit that accused the company, along with fellow pharma company Shire, of conspiring to delay sales of a generic version of the attention deficit hyperactivity disorder medication Intuniv.
August 19, 2020
Pharmaceutical company Actavis told a Massachusetts federal court Wednesday that it had reached a settlement with the direct purchaser class in a lawsuit that accused the company, along with fellow pharma company Shire, of conspiring to delay sales of a generic version of the attention deficit hyperactivity disorder medication Intuniv.
July 08, 2020
A Massachusetts federal judge disqualified wholesaler Rochester Drug Co-Operative from leading a class of direct purchasers accusing pharmaceutical companies Actavis and Shire of conspiring to delay sales of a generic version of the ADHD medication Intuniv.
June 03, 2020
A Midwest pharmacy chain said Tuesday that it's ready to fill in as head of a direct purchaser class accusing Actavis and Shire of illegally delaying the sale of a generic version of Shire's ADHD medication Intuniv if the pharmaceutical companies manage to decertify the class's current named plaintiff.
November 06, 2019
A Massachusetts federal judge refused Wednesday to reconsider her denial of class certification to consumers accusing pharmaceutical companies Actavis and Shire of illegally delaying the sale of a generic version of Shire's ADHD medication Intuniv, finding the buyers still undone by a large group of uninjured buyers.