Antitrust and Generic Drugs – A Rare Combination

This article outlines several different actions focused on generic pharmaceutical manufacturers that are presently working their way through the courts. On December 12, 2016, two former senior generic pharmaceutical executives were charged for their alleged roles in conspiracies to fix prices, rig bids, and allocate customers for certain generic drugs. Jeffrey Glazer, the former CEO of Heritage Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Heritage”), and Jason Malek, the former president of Heritage, allegedly conspired to fix prices, rig bids, and allocate customers for two different generics: an antibiotic (doxycycline hyclate) and a medicine used to treat diabetes (glyburide). Read the full article in the February 2017 issue of Life Science Compliance Update.  To Read the Full Story, Subscribe, Download a Sample Issue, or Sign In        
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