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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. February 01, 2019

    AGs Want To Unlock Redacted Generic Price-Fixing Complaint

    A group of state attorneys general and others accusing generic-drug makers of conspiring to fix prices for their products told a Pennsylvania federal judge on Friday that the public importance of the litigation warranted their previously redacted complaint being unsealed in full.

  2. January 04, 2019

    Judge Won't Gag AGs In Generics Price-Fixing Case

    A Pennsylvania federal judge on Friday denied a bid by generic-drug makers to win a court order that would limit what the state attorneys general accusing the companies of price fixing can say publicly about their investigation and the multidistrict litigation over the alleged conduct.

  3. January 03, 2019

    AGs Blast Generic Cos.' Bid To Gag Price-Fixing Comments

    Defending their right to comment publicly on multidistrict litigation and ongoing probes into alleged price-fixing by generic-drug companies, dozens of state attorneys general have told a Pennsylvania federal judge that a speech limitation sought by the drug companies would be unnecessary and unconstitutional.

  4. January 01, 2019

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  5. December 19, 2018

    Generic-Drug Cos. Want AGs To Shut Up About Price-Fixing

    Generic-drug companies facing multidistrict litigation and ongoing probes into alleged price-fixing are tired of hearing about them in the news, according to a brief filed in Pennsylvania federal court Tuesday that argues state attorneys general offices have violated legal and ethical requirements to keep mum.

  6. November 15, 2018

    Judge Won't Quash AGs' Subpoenas In Generic Pricing MDL

    The New York and Connecticut attorneys general can keep sending subpoenas to drugmakers as part of their broader investigations into generic-drug price-fixing, a Pennsylvania federal judge has ruled, despite the drug companies’ concern the investigations were circumventing the discovery process for a sprawling multidistrict litigation.

  7. November 05, 2018

    Humana Seeks Case's Inclusion In Generic Price-Fixing MDL

    Humana on Friday asked the Pennsylvania federal court overseeing the sprawling multidistrict litigation over generic drug prices to formally incorporate its action into the MDL, saying its claims target many of the same drugs that the group of states and proposed classes of drug buyers are targeting.

  8. October 17, 2018

    20 Drugmakers Must Face Generic Price-Fixing MDL

    A Pennsylvania federal court has greenlighted the first round of multidistrict litigation accusing more than 20 generic-drug makers of conspiring to fix their prices, excusing only Teligent Inc. from the antitrust litigation.

  9. September 26, 2018

    McKesson Is Roped Into Generic-Drug Price-Fixing Row

    McKesson Corp. earned billions of dollars by cooperating with an industrywide price-fixing conspiracy among generic-drug makers, according to a proposed class action Tuesday that appeared to be one of the first suits linking a drug distributor to multidistrict litigation over alleged drugmaker collusion.

  10. January 03, 2018

    Generics Buyers Fight To Keep 2 Drugs In Antitrust MDL

    Direct purchaser plaintiffs in a large antitrust class action alleging price-fixing of a variety of generic drugs are pushing back against a motion to dismiss claims over two drugs, telling a Pennsylvania federal judge that the complaints contain more than enough of a basis to open discovery.