August 14, 2025
A nationwide antitrust enforcement action alleging that pharmaceutical companies fixed prices of generic dermatology drugs can proceed despite the defendants' contention that it's virtually the same as two others that were filed first, a Connecticut federal judge has ruled.
August 06, 2025
Nearly every state attorney general in the country has asked a Connecticut federal judge to give final approval to a $39.1 million deal to settle claims that drugmaker Apotex Corp. schemed with others to fix prices and allocate markets for generic drugs, noting that the Florida-based company has already made the payment.
July 30, 2025
After several months of wrangling over the terms of a $10 million generic drug price-fixing settlement, a Connecticut federal judge on Wednesday granted Florida's request to permanently drop its claims against Sandoz, finding that it would be an abuse of discretion to hold up the resolution any longer.
July 22, 2025
A Connecticut federal judge has given dozens of state attorneys general a small but important win in a sprawling price-fixing litigation against generic-drug makers, applying previous admissions of criminal wrongdoing and flatly rejecting "ridiculous" efforts by Sandoz, Taro Pharmaceuticals and a former Sandoz official to avoid that application.
July 17, 2025
Sandoz and Florida's attorney general pressed a Connecticut federal judge Wednesday to let them settle out of sweeping price-fixing litigation against generic-drug makers, contending that federal civil procedure rules give no room for objections from other state enforcers worried the Sunshine State deal interferes with their own ability to negotiate settlements.
July 03, 2025
States accusing generic-drug makers of fixing prices are continuing to object to a $10 million settlement struck between Florida and Sandoz, arguing that it limits their ability to negotiate deals while letting the Sunshine State benefit without participating in the litigation.
June 12, 2025
The Florida Attorney General's Office and Sandoz Inc. have told a Connecticut federal court they've fixed the problems the court identified with a generic drug price-fixing settlement after other states with claims in the case objected to a clause in the deal.
May 12, 2025
A Connecticut federal judge Monday agreed to sanction and potentially dismiss for good the state of Missouri from antitrust litigation by state enforcers accusing generic-drug makers of conspiring to raise drug prices, finding Missouri violated a court order by ignoring the drugmakers' repeated discovery requests.
May 01, 2025
A Connecticut federal judge on Thursday refused to put a bow on the deal the state of Florida struck with Sandoz AG and related defendants in three generic drug price-fixing lawsuits, ruling from the bench in Hartford that the settlement agreement "as written" would lead to exorbitant supplemental payments in the event that other states also reach deals to release their claims.
April 23, 2025
Sandoz Inc. and Fougera Pharmaceuticals Inc. have struck a deal with the state of South Carolina to resolve claims that they and Sandoz's former parent company, Novartis AG, engaged in a price-fixing conspiracy to inflate the price of certain generic drugs.