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Top court takes up generic drugs case

Source: The Politico, Dec 10 2012, 3:29am CST

The Supreme Court will take up “pay for delay” — the multibillion-dollar dispute over whether brand-name drug makers should be able to pay generic drug companies for agreeing to delay putting cheaper versions ...

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Proper Scrutiny for Drug Settlements

Source: The New York Times  |   Jun 18 2013, 9:06pm CDT

The Federal Trade Commission has been battling for years to end a devious tactic used by some drug companies to pay competitors to delay putting cheaper generic versions of their brand-name drugs on the market. The tactic, known as pay-for-d ...

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Research shows moves to ban pay-to-delay deals are justified

Source: EurekAlert  |   Jun 18 2013, 6:28pm CDT

Controversial deals that delay generic versions of drugs coming onto the market can lead to consumers paying significantly more for some treatments, according to new research by an academic from the University of East Anglia (UEA). Dr Fa ...

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Pharma takes some comfort from 'pay-to-delay' ruling

Source: Philadelphia Inquirer  |   Jun 18 2013, 3:11pm CDT

Pharmaceutical companies are happy that they did not lose on all the key points when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday that deals between brand-name and generic drug manufacturers were subject to antitrust laws. But th ...

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How Three Conservative Justices Voted To Jack Up Your Prescription Drug Costs

Source: Think Progress  |   Jun 18 2013, 2:05pm CDT

In 2000, a pharmaceutical company named Solvay obtained a patent for a drug called “AndroGel,” which is used to treat men with low testosterone levels. Shortly thereafter, several of Solvay’s competitors sought to market generic ...

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PhRMA Statement on Supreme Court Ruling in Patent Settlement Case

Source: Drugs.com  |   Jun 18 2013, 12:30pm CDT

WASHINGTON, D.C. (June 17, 2013) – Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) Executive Vice President and General Counsel Mit Spears issued the following statement on the decision issued ...

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The Supreme Court’s Actavis Decision, Or Why Pay-for-Delay Litigation Just Got More Active

Source: IP Watchdog  |   Jun 18 2013, 12:24pm CDT

One of the most difficult issues in antitrust and patent law involves “pay for delay” or “reverse payment” settlements. Today, for the first time, the Supreme Court entered the fray, finding – in a 5-3 opinion written by Jus ...

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Pharma Companies can be Sued If They Make 'Pay to Delay' Deals

Source: Medindia Health News  |   Jun 18 2013, 12:05pm CDT

In a major blow to pharmaceutical companies, the US Supreme Court has ruled that drug makers can be sued if they make deals that delay creation of less expensive generic medications in order to keep the cost of ...

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Consumer Rights Lawyers Call For Criminal Prosecution Of...

Source: PRWeb  |   Jun 18 2013, 11:22am CDT

“It is time for these anticompetitive agreements to end. Enough is enough,” Shadowen said After a 13-year legal battle, today the Supreme Court of the United States definitively rejected, in a 5 – 3 ruling, pharmaceutical manufacturers’ claim that ...

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At the FTC, Lawyers Cycle In and Out of Top Spots

Source: The Legal Times  |   Jun 18 2013, 10:18am CDT

The revolving door between the Federal Trade Commission and big firms is spinning briskly with news that former chairman Jon Leibowitz is joining Davis Polk ...

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