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Company: Aventis Pharmaceuticals Inc.
Current Parent Company: Sanofi
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Penalty: $3,500,000
Year: 2011
Date: November 28, 2011
Offense Group: competition-related offenses
Primary Offense: price-fixing or anti-competitive practices
Violation Description: Aventis agreed to pay over $3 million to direct purchaser plaintiffs to settle litigation alleging it was part of an effort to block the introduction of a generic version of the diuretic DDAVP.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: private litigation
Court: Southern District of New York
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Case ID: 7:05-cv-02237
Case Name: Meijer, Inc. et al v. Ferring B.V. et al
Private Lawsuit Resolution Type: settlement
HQ Country of Current Parent: France
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: pharmaceuticals
Specific Industry of Current Parent: pharmaceuticals
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