Violation Tracker Individual Record
Company:
Barr Pharmaceuticals
Current Parent Company:
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries
Penalty:
$5,900,000
Year:
2008
Date:
February 25, 2008
Offense Group:
competition-related offenses
Primary Offense:
price-fixing or anti-competitive practices
Violation Description:
Barr Pharmaceuticals agreed to pay $5.9 million to settle a multistate lawsuit alleging it accepted a $20 million payment from Warner Chilcott to forgo marketing of a generic version of the contraceptive Ovcon.
Level of Government:
state
Action Type:
agency action
Agency:
Multistate Attorneys General Case
Civil or Criminal Case:
civil
HQ Country of Parent:
Israel
Ownership Structure of Parent:
publicly traded
Major Industry of Parent:
pharmaceuticals
Specific Industry of Parent:
pharmaceuticals
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Parent company note:
Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.
