Teva, Glenmark fined $255 million by DOJ to resolve price fixing charges

[ad_1] Boxes of tablets produced by Teva Pharmaceutical Industries. Chris Ratcliffe | Bloomberg | Getty Images Drugmaker Teva Pharmaceuticals agreed to pay $225 million in criminal fines to resolve charges related to price fixing three medications, including a generic cholesterol drug that it has agreed to divest, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Monday. Glenmark Pharmaceuticals…

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GSK sues Pfizer claiming RSV vaccine patent infringement

[ad_1] Jun Li | Istock | Getty Images GlaxoSmithKline on Wednesday sued Pfizer in U.S. court, alleging patent infringement over Britain-based GSK’s respiratory syncytial virus vaccine.  GSK claims New York-based Pfizer’s RSV vaccine, Abrysvo, infringes on four of its patents related to the antigen used in its own shot. related investing news “Upon information and…

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Johnson & Johnson sues Biden administration over Medicare drug price negotiations

[ad_1] Pavlo Gonchar | LightRocket | Getty Images Johnson & Johnson on Tuesday sued the Biden administration over Medicare’s new powers to slash drug prices, making it the third pharmaceutical company to challenge the controversial provision of the Inflation Reduction Act.   The lawsuit filed in federal district court in New Jersey argues the Medicare negotiations…

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Whistleblower alleges Medtronic engaged in bribery scheme at veterans hospital

[ad_1] For nearly a decade, sales representatives from a prominent medical device maker operated a bribery scheme at a Kansas veterans hospital that wasted millions of taxpayer dollars and jeopardized the lives of patients, a recently unsealed whistleblower lawsuit alleges. The sales reps from the company, Medtronic, “bribed hospital staff to purchase its devices over…

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Pharmaceutical trade group sues Biden administration over Medicare drug price negotiations

[ad_1] Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during morning trading, April 10, 2023. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images The pharmaceutical industry’s largest lobbying group and two other organizations Wednesday sued the Biden administration over Medicare’s new powers to slash drug prices for seniors under the Inflation Reduction Act.  Pharmaceutical…

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