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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February 21, 2020
Teva Floated As Bellwether In Generic Drug Price-Fixing MDL

A case brought by 44 state attorneys general against Teva Pharmaceuticals and several other drugmakers should be the bellwether for a massive multidistrict litigation over alleged conspiracies to fix the prices of generic drugs, according to a special master's report Thursday.
February 18, 2020
Former Teva Exec Calls AGs' Price-Fixing Claims 'Threadbare'

A former Teva executive has urged a Pennsylvania federal judge to toss price-fixing accusations against her from a coalition of 44 state attorneys general as part of multidistrict litigation alleging industrywide price-fixing by generic-drug makers, blasting the claims as "threadbare."
January 29, 2020
State AGs Diss Pfizer's Effort To Flee Price-Fixing MDL

A coalition of state attorneys general is bashing Pfizer's attempt to exit multidistrict litigation alleging industrywide price-fixing by generic-drug makers, asserting that Pfizer must be held accountable for its generic-drug subsidiary's alleged involvement in the scheme because the companies are "one and the same."
January 10, 2020
'Polite F-U' Email Stays In States' Drug Price-Fixing Case

A Pennsylvania federal judge refused Heritage Pharmaceuticals Inc.'s bid to seal an email about an industry group's planned "polite f-u" response to a congressional inquiry into generic-drug price-fixing claims, ruling Thursday that the email isn't subject to attorney-client privilege.
December 02, 2019
Pfizer Claims No Link To Generic-Drug Price-Fix Plot

Pfizer Inc. is seeking to exit the sweeping Pennsylvania multidistrict litigation alleging it conspired with other major drugmakers to keep generic prices high, as the branded drugmaker said its only ties to the allegations stem from a subsidiary, and that's not enough.
December 02, 2019
AGs Used Privileged Doc Again In Price-Fix Case: Pharma Co.

Heritage Pharmaceuticals has told a Pennsylvania federal court that a group of states and territories led by Connecticut included a privileged email in the latest complaint filed in the sprawling generic-drug price-fixing litigation, even after the company tried to claw the document back.
October 08, 2019
Attys Denied Fee Set-Aside In Generics Antitrust Case

Lawyers for two sets of litigants suing generic-drug makers in a price-fixing class action can't get a 10% set-aside from any future damages that parties taking their own direct actions ultimately win, a Pennsylvania federal judge has ruled, at least for now.
September 16, 2019
Generic Cos. Pan 'Irrelevant' Doc Demands In Price-Fix Case

Numerous generic-drug makers entangled in a vast price-fixing suit in Pennsylvania federal court are slamming a special master's plan for discovery, claiming that his recommendation would force them to produce millions of documents the companies view as irrelevant.
August 15, 2019
Drugmakers Can't Ax MDL's 'Overarching Conspiracy' Claims

A Pennsylvania federal judge refused on Thursday to throw out allegations in multidistrict litigation that Actavis, Teva, Mylan and other drugmakers engaged in a "broad overarching conspiracy" to fix generic-drug prices, saying the allegations are sufficiently pled and discovery is needed to determine if they're true.
July 29, 2019
Leaked Email In Price-Fixing Case Is Privileged, Heritage Says

Heritage Pharmaceuticals told a Pennsylvania federal court Friday that an email it turned over to Connecticut's attorney general that was later used in the sprawling generic drug price-fixing litigation is privileged and should have been treated as confidential.

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