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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October 16, 2024
Direct Buyers Get Final OK For $44M Drug Price-Fixing Deal

A Pennsylvania federal court has granted final approval to $44.4 million in settlements between drugmakers Apotex, Breckenridge and Heritage and direct purchasers in a multidistrict litigation over alleged price-fixing in the generic-drug industry.
September 24, 2024
Buyers Seek $97M Fees From $335M Drug Price-Fixing Deals

A class of direct purchaser plaintiffs in the multidistrict antitrust litigation over generic drug pricing asked a Pennsylvania federal judge Monday to award them $97 million in fees across six settlements with pharmaceutical firms, arguing its attorneys "spent the better part of a decade and hundreds of thousands of hours litigating this case."
June 27, 2024
Judge OKs $10M Deal In Generic Price-Fixing MDL

Heritage Pharmaceuticals has secured a Pennsylvania federal court's blessing on the second $10 million deal it has inked this year in hopes of extricating itself from multidistrict litigation accusing the generic-drug maker of working with others to hike up the cost of off-brand drugs.
May 16, 2024
$5.5M Apotex Generic Drug Price-Fixing Deal Gets Initial OK

A Pennsylvania federal judge gave preliminary approval to yet another settlement in the sweeping generic drug price-fixing multidistrict litigation, this time signing off on pharmaceutical company Apotex's $5.5 million settlement with clinics, hospitals and independent pharmacies.
April 02, 2024
Healthcare In Court: Idaho AG Not 'Cute' On Abortion Ban

Idaho's solicitor general had a hard day at the Ninth Circuit, where a panel tried and failed to get a lock on the state attorney general's stance on Idaho's abortion ban. Home Depot pressed the U.S. Supreme Court to review a $2.67 billion settlement in antitrust litigation against the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association. And in Texas, a woman charged with murder for inducing her own abortion sued the prosecutors behind the case.
March 27, 2024
NY AG, Others Blast Sandoz Deal 'Tax' On Future Settlements

New York's attorney general was one of three objectors Tuesday to a provision in Sandoz's proposed $265 million settlement with a class of drug wholesalers in Pennsylvania federal court that they say will delay any future generic-drug price-fixing litigation deals by taxing agreements over $119.25 million.
March 14, 2024
Drug Wholesalers Want Preliminary OK On $265M Sandoz Deal

A group of direct purchasers of generic drugs has asked a Pennsylvania federal court for approval of a $265 million settlement with Swiss drugmaker Sandoz over allegations of federal antitrust violations.
February 29, 2024
Sandoz To Pay $265M To Resolve Claims In Price-Fixing MDL

Swiss generic drug and biosimilar manufacturer Sandoz announced Thursday that two of its subsidiaries have reached a $265 million settlement with the direct purchasers of generic medications to resolve allegations of federal antitrust violations.
February 14, 2024
Settlements of 3 Drug Cos. Get Prelim OK In Price-Fixing MDL

A Pennsylvania federal judge granted preliminary approval Wednesday to settlements in which two makers and one distributor of generic drugs agreed to pay a combined $45 million to resolve allegations they colluded to fix the prices of medications, including those used to treat glaucoma, high blood pressure and high cholesterol.
February 01, 2024
State-Led Generic Drug Cases Removed From MDL

The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation has sent a trio of cases from state-level enforcers back to federal court in Connecticut, separating them from the sprawling MDL centralized in Pennsylvania over claims of price fixing in the generic drug industry.

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