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Company: Allergan PLC
Current Parent Company: AbbVie
Penalty: $120,000,000
Year: 2020
Date: September 1, 2020
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: Allergan subsidiaries Warner-Chilcott and Watson Pharmaceuticals agreed to pay $120 million to direct purchasers to settle litigation alleging they were was part of a scheme to block the introduction of a generic alternative to the birth control drug Loestrin.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: private litigation
Court: District of Rhode Island
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Case ID: 1:13md2472
Case Name: Loestrin 24 FE Antitrust Litigation
Private Lawsuit Resolution Type: settlement
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Illinois
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: pharmaceuticals
Specific Industry of Current Parent: pharmaceuticals
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