Barr Pharmaceuticals

Second company previously reached multistate settlement over allegations, bringing total to $11.4 million

February 27, 2008 -- TALLAHASSEE, FL – Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum today announced that Florida has joined 33 other states and the District of Columbia in a $5.9 million antitrust settlement with drug company Barr Pharmaceuticals.    » read more »

October 05, 2007 -- BOSTON – Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley’s Office entered into a settlement with Barr Laboratories, Inc. and Duramed Pharmaceuticals, Inc., wholly owned subsidiaries of New Jersey based generic drug manufacturer Barr Pharmaceuticals, Inc regarding litigation pending in the Federal District Court in Boston. In that litigation, the Commonwealth sued thirteen generic drug manufacturers, including Barr and Duramed, for allegedly inflating the prices that they reported to national price reporting services.    » read more »

June 13, 2007 - Vermont Attorney General William H. Sorrell today announced the settlement of a civil law enforcement action against the makers of the popular oral contraceptive product Ovcon. The lawsuit, joined by thirty-three other states and the District of Columbia, charged Warner Chilcott and Barr Pharmaceuticals with antitrust violations that have prevented generic versions of Ovcon, from reaching the marketplace. As part of the settlement, Warner Chilcott will pay $5.5 million to Vermont and the other litigating states.    » read more »

Utah will get part of a $5.5 million antitrust lawsuit settlement involving a popular oral contraceptive. Attorney General Mark Shurtleff and attorneys general from 33 other states and the District of Columbia accused Warner Chilcott and Barr Pharmaceuticals with anti-trust violations that prevented generic versions of the drug Ovcon from reaching the marketplace.

“Consumers always benefit from competition,” says Shurtleff. “It’s satisfying to know these companies are paying the price for conspiring to keep a lower priced generic drug off the market.”    » read more »

06/12/2007 -- Oklahoma Attorney General Drew Edmondson and the attorneys general for 33 other states and the District of Columbia today announced a settlement with Warner Chilcott Corporation, one of two companies accused of conspiring to keep a generic oral contraceptive off the market.    » read more »

June 12, 2007 -- Jefferson City, Mo. — Missouri Attorney General Jay Nixon today announced the settlement of a civil law enforcement action against the makers of the popular oral contraceptive product Ovcon. The lawsuit, joined by thirty-three other states and the District of Columbia, charged Warner Chilcott and Barr Pharmaceuticals with antitrust violations that have prevented generic versions of Ovcon from reaching consumers. As part of the settlement, Warner Chilcott will pay a total of $5.5 million to the litigating states, including more than $150,000 to the state of Missouri.    » read more »

June 13, 2007 -- BOSTON– Today, Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley, along with the attorneys general of 33 other states and the District of Columbia, entered into a $5.5 million settlement with Warner Chilcott, the manufacturer of the popular oral contraceptive product Ovcon. Massachusetts will receive over $132,000 from the settlement. The lawsuit, filed in 2005, charged both Warner Chilcott and Barr Pharmaceuticals with violating antitrust laws by entering into an agreement that prevented generic versions of Ovcon from reaching the marketplace.    » read more »

BALTIMORE, MD (June 13, 2007) - Maryland Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler announced today the settlement of a lawsuit against Warner Chilcott Holdings Company III., Ltd., makers of the popular oral contraceptive product Ovcon. The lawsuit, joined by 33 other states and the District of Columbia, charged Warner Chilcott and a chief competitor, Barr Pharmaceuticals, Inc., with unlawfully agreeing to deny consumers the opportunity to purchase a less expensive, generic version of the drug.    » read more »

June 12, 2007 -- Kentucky Attorney General Greg Stumbo today announced the settlement of a civil lawsuit against the makers of the popular oral contraceptive product Ovcon. The lawsuit, jointly filed by thirty-three other states and the District of Columbia, charged Warner Chilcott and Barr Pharmaceuticals with antitrust violations that have prevented generic versions of Ovcon from reaching the marketplace, thereby decreasing competition and inflating consumers’ costs. As part of the settlement, Warner Chilcott will pay a total of $5.5 million to Kentucky and the other litigating states.    » read more »