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Company: Actavis Inc.
Current Parent Company: Teva Pharmaceutical Industries
Penalty: $41,000,000
Year: 2018
Date: September 12, 2018
Offense Group: competition-related offenses
Primary Offense: price-fixing or anti-competitive practices
Secondary Offense: generic drug pay for delay
Mega-Scandal: Generic Drug Pay for Delay
Violation Description: Actavis, formerly Watson Pharmaceuticals, agreed to pay $41 million to end-payor plaintiffs to settle its role in litigation alleging it was part of a conspiracy to delay the release of a generic version of the Lidoderm pain patch.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: private litigation
Court: Northern District of California
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Case ID: 3:14md2521
Case Name: In re Lidoderm Antitrust Litigation
Private Lawsuit Resolution Type: settlement
HQ Country of Current Parent: Israel
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: pharmaceuticals
Specific Industry of Current Parent: pharmaceuticals
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