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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July 09, 2025
Sandoz, Buyers Defend $275M Deal Amid State Objections

Counsel for consumers, insurers and others urged a Pennsylvania federal court on Tuesday to approve Sandoz and its subsidiaries' $275 million deal settling claims it conspired with other companies to fix some generic drug prices, with Sandoz separately calling states' objections "a paternalistic desire to control private class action settlements."
June 18, 2025
Ex-Drug Exec Must Testify, But Keeps 5th Amendment Rights

Sandoz, Teva, Actavis and Taro can again subpoena the deposition testimony of a former Actavis and Teva executive, but a Pennsylvania federal judge is still allowing the witness to invoke his Fifth Amendment rights against self-incrimination, even though the Justice Department dropped the criminal charges against him.
June 09, 2025
5th Amendment Can't Shield Ex-Exec, Drugmakers Argue

Generic-drug makers urged a Pennsylvania court to compel a former executive to sit for a deposition in ongoing price-fixing litigation despite his invocation of the Fifth Amendment, arguing his testimony is crucial to their defense.
May 30, 2025
$5.2M Generic Drug Price-Fixing MDL Deal Gets Final OK

Apotex Corp. will be paying $5.2 million to settle claims from a class of indirect purchasers alleging the drugmaker was working with other pharmaceutical companies to hike up the price of certain generic medications.
May 12, 2025
AGs Call Sandoz Deal's Consumer-Side Benefits 'Illusory'

Dozens of state attorneys general asked a Pennsylvania federal judge to permit intervention into a $275 million settlement resolving generic-drug price-fixing claims from end-payor plaintiffs against Sandoz, arguing the deal threatens relief for consumers and warning that the agreement favors insurers over individuals.
April 07, 2025
Drug Buyers, Generics Cos. Fight Over Bellwether Litigation

Generic drug buyers vied Friday with the pharmaceutical companies they've accused of price-fixing over how to shape the first rounds of long-gestating Pennsylvania federal court litigation that the plaintiffs want heard in separate consecutive trials and that the drugmakers want combined.
March 07, 2025
New Bellwethers Score Cert. In Generic Drug Price-Fixing MDL

The Pennsylvania federal court overseeing sprawling multidistrict litigation springing from claims that pharmaceutical giants worked together to hike the cost of off-brand drugs has certified several sets of classes for the cases for the MDL's latest bellwethers.
February 20, 2025
Drug Buyers Get OK On $275M Sandoz Antitrust Settlement

Swiss drugmaker Sandoz and its subsidiaries will pay consumers, insurers and other "end payer plaintiffs" $275 million to settle class action claims that it conspired with other companies to fix the price of certain generic drugs, under a deal that got preliminary approval from a Pennsylvania federal court Wednesday.
February 04, 2025
McKesson, Others Beat Indirect Drug Reseller Price-Fix Suit

A Pennsylvania federal judge permanently tossed antitrust claims from indirect generic-drug resellers who alleged distributors like McKesson Corp. and AmerisourceBergen colluded with manufacturers to fix prices of many medications, writing Monday the plaintiffs fail to show the existence of such an agreement between drugmakers and distributors.
December 17, 2024
Sandoz Cuts $275M Deal For More Price-Fixing Claims

Swiss drugmaker Sandoz said Tuesday it has reached a $275 million settlement to end claims from consumers, insurers and others in the sprawling multidistrict litigation over alleged price-fixing in the generic-drug industry.

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