IN RE: GENERIC PHARMACEUTICALS PRICING ANTITRUST LITIGATION

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Case overview

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. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. May 20, 2022

    Drugmakers Say Pa. AG Not Producing Generic-Drug Docs

    Mylan and other pharmaceutical companies facing allegations of price-fixing for generic drugs told a Pennsylvania federal judge overseeing multidistrict litigation that the Pennsylvania Attorney General's Office has refused to produce key documents.

  5. May 11, 2022

    Settlements Worth $86M OK'd In Drug Price-Fixing MDL

    Deals for three generic-drug companies to fork over a combined $86 million to direct purchasers and indirect resellers to settle price-fixing allegations gained preliminary approval from a Philadelphia federal judge Wednesday.

  6. May 10, 2022

    End-Payor State Claims Stick In Generic Drug Price-Fix MDL

    A Pennsylvania federal court denied a dismissal bid Tuesday from drug companies in sprawling multidistrict litigation over alleged generic drug price-fixing, refusing to toss some state claims from end-payors while rejecting arguments that intervening authority should result in the claims being nixed.

  7. April 07, 2022

    Teva Appears Headed For $100M Price-Fixing Payout To AGs

    After last week's $1.45 million settlement with Louisiana's attorney general, a pattern is emerging in Teva's efforts to deal its way out of sprawling price-fixing litigation that could put the generic-drug maker on the hook for about $100 million if it settles with every state enforcer.

  8. March 16, 2022

    Drug Purchasers Seek Blessing Of Sun And Taro Deals

    Generic-drug buyers on Wednesday asked a Pennsylvania federal court to certify a settlement class and preliminarily approve settlements with Sun Pharma and Taro Pharmaceuticals worth a combined $85 million, the first on behalf of any private plaintiff in sprawling multidistrict litigation over alleged price-fixing of generic drugs.

  9. March 09, 2022

    Nothing 'Innocuous' In Drugmakers' Dismissal Bid, Court Told

    Generic-drug buyers urged a Pennsylvania federal judge Tuesday not to consider a dismissal bid from pharmaceutical companies more recently added to multidistrict price-fixing litigation, arguing the motion was filed in violation of an agreement to tackle bellwether cases first.

  10. November 05, 2021

    2 Sun Pharma US Units To Pay $85M In Generic Drugs MDL

    Two U.S. subsidiaries of Indian drugmaker Sun Pharma have agreed to shell out a combined $85 million to a proposed class of direct purchaser plaintiffs in sweeping multidistrict litigation over alleged price-fixing of generic drugs, the companies have reportedly disclosed.