Connecticut et al v. Sandoz, Inc. et al
Case Number:
3:20-cv-00802
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Firms
- Armstrong Teasdale
- Arnold & Porter
- Bailey Duquette
- Baker Botts
- Barnes & Thornburg
- Clifford Chance
- Cole Schotz
- Competition Law Partners
- Day Pitney
- Debevoise & Plimpton
- Dechert LLP
- Dentons
- DLA Piper
- Faegre Drinker
- Fine Kaplan
- Harris Beach Murtha Cullina PLLC
- Hinckley Allen
- Hogan Lovells
- Kasowitz LLP
- Kelley Drye
- K&L Gates
- Linklaters LLP
- Mintz Levin
- Morgan Lewis
- Morrison & Foerster
- Norton Rose
- O'Toole & O'Toole
- Paul Hastings
- Petrillo Klein
- Proskauer Rose
- Reed Smith
- Ropes & Gray
- Saul Ewing
- Saxton & Stump
- Shapiro Arato
- Skadden Arps
- Sperling Kenny
- Troutman
- Wiggin & Dana
- Wilson Sonsini
Companies
- Allergan PLC
- Amneal Pharmaceuticals Inc.
- Aurobindo Pharma Ltd.
- Bausch Health Cos. Inc.
- Cencora Inc.
- Fougera Pharmaceuticals Inc.
- Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd.
- G&W Laboratories Inc.
- Lannett Company, Inc
- Lupin Ltd.
- Mallinckrodt PLC
- Optum Inc.
- OptumRx Inc.
- Perrigo Co. PLC
- Pfizer Inc.
- Sandoz International GmbH
- Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.
- Viatris Inc.
- Wockhardt USA LLC
Government Agencies
- Commonwealth of Kentucky
- Commonwealth of Massachusetts
- State of Indiana
- State of Michigan
- State of Nevada
- State of Tennessee
- U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
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February 12, 2026
Ex-Pharma Exec Fights AGs' Quick Win Bid In Antitrust Case
A former pharmaceutical marketing executive urged a Connecticut federal court to reject summary judgment sought against him by state attorneys general pursuing wider price-fixing litigation against most of the generic drug industry, arguing key cooperating witnesses' questionable credibility makes a trial necessary.
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February 02, 2026
Bausch, Lannett To Pay $17.9M In Drug Price-Fixing Deal
Lannett Company Inc., Bausch Health US LLC and Bausch Health America Inc. will pay $17.85 million to settle allegations by 48 states and territories that they conspired to fix prices for generic drugs, according to a motion filed Monday seeking preliminary approval of the deal.
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January 30, 2026
Drugmakers Ask To Appeal Overarching Conspiracy Claim
A group of pharmaceutical companies that failed to secure a pretrial win on an overarching conspiracy claim in a sprawling generic-drug antitrust enforcement action is asking a Connecticut federal judge to let them seek Second Circuit review, saying the ruling raises a novel legal issue.
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January 22, 2026
Drugmakers May Dodge Disgorgement In States' Antitrust Suit
A Connecticut federal judge probed the limits of his equitable powers Thursday in a sprawling generic drug antitrust enforcement action, expressing doubt that he could order the drugmaker defendants to hand over their profits while also awarding multiplied damages and imposing civil penalties.
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January 09, 2026
Mylan, Aurobindo Must Face Generic Drug Price-Fixing Claims
A Connecticut federal judge on Friday refused to hand a quick win to Mylan Pharmaceuticals and Aurobindo Pharma USA in sprawling antitrust litigation against 26 total pharmaceutical companies, ruling that a coalition of states has enough evidence to raise a genuine dispute about whether the companies conspired to fix drug prices.
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December 15, 2025
States Fight Sandoz Bid To Argue Duplication In Generics Row
Multiple attorneys general have told a Connecticut federal court that Sandoz Inc. and Fougera Pharmaceuticals Inc. can't claim the states' grievances over allegations of price fixing are duplicative of claims that were already settled, since there are some claims and forms of relief that only state plaintiffs can seek.
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December 04, 2025
Pharma Cos. Denied Early Win In States' Price-Fixing Suit
Twenty-six pharmaceutical companies failed to secure a quick win on overarching conspiracy claims in an antitrust case by the attorneys general of Connecticut and most other states, with a federal judge finding the "substantial bulk of evidence" points toward a broad industry scheme to fix 98 dermatology drug prices.
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November 20, 2025
Pharma Cos. Seek Early Win In States' Price-Fixing Lawsuit
A collection of states failed to prove an overarching conspiracy among 25 separate pharmaceutical companies to fix the prices of generic drugs, most of them dermatology formulations, the drugmakers argued Wednesday in support of a bid for an early win on one element of dozens of antitrust claims.
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October 31, 2025
Drugmakers Can't End States' Dermatology Price-Fixing Suits
A Connecticut federal judge on Friday refused to throw out the vast majority of claims in a nationwide antitrust enforcement action accusing a long list of pharmaceutical companies of fixing the prices of generic dermatology drugs, rejecting the companies' argument that the claims were filed too late.
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September 11, 2025
States Push Conn. Court To Ban Generic Drug Price-Fixing
A court order is necessary to prevent pharmaceutical companies and their executives from illegally fixing the prices of generic drugs, a coalition of state enforcers have told a Connecticut federal judge, arguing there is a "reasonable expectation" that the allegedly anticompetitive behavior at the center of multidistrict litigation will happen again.